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Kate Moss's Future Capsule Collections at Topshop Will Focus on "Whatever Takes Her Fancy"

fashionologie — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 10:38:14 PDT

>> Kate Moss's last full Topshop collection hit the floor today, but Philip Green reiterated that the connection isn't over. “I’m not going anywhere and neither is she,” he said. “This collection still works, and our relationship hasn’t ended. But we now need to go away for a while, and think about how to do things differently. This collection takes a lot of hard work - she wants to do other things and so do I - but our relationship is as strong as ever.”

He's said in the past that a series of smaller capsule Kate Moss for Topshop collections, comprising 12 to 15 pieces instead of the current collection's 109 styles, will still come out two to three times per year: "That will be easier for us, we’ll do something fun."

So what does "something fun" entail? A Topshop spokesperson sheds a little light: "It could be some special pieces in cashmere, for example, or some amazing vintage treasures Kate has uncovered. Basically, it will be whatever takes her fancy. We want Kate's collections to be always surprising, like her - not formulaic and tied to seasons, like a machine."

A Further Look at Kate Moss's Last Collection for Topshop

fashionologie — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:04:23 PDT

>> Yesterday, we got a fleeting peek at Kate Moss's fourteenth and final major Topshop collaboration - out Nov. 2 - and today comes a portion of the lookbook. In addition to the new designs this time around, Topshop is also releasing the "Kate Iconic," a capsule collection of the 10 most popular designs sold over the years. The retailer is revealing more from the collection every day until the launch. Today, it's a tweed jacket. And Moss will be on hand Nov. 1 at the Oxford Circus flagship in London for a preview shopping party open to the public.

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A Video Sneak Peek at Kate Moss's Last Topshop Collection

fashionologie — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:48:18 PDT

>> Although she'll still continue to design for Topshop in a smaller capacity, Kate Moss's last big collection for Topshop - her fourteenth with the brand - debuts Nov. 2. “When we started the project we didn’t have an end in mind but I’m really proud of all 14 collections,” says Moss. “I’ve learned a lot about the design and development process; experiences that I’d only ever seen informally through being a model.” A video sneak peek of the collection, which includes sequined dresses, hot pants, a tweed cape with faux fur collar, and vintage-inspired floral day dresses, is above, featuring Moss along with London girls Adwoa Aboah, Cara Delevigne, Genevieve Garner, Rosalyn Holman, Jessica Horton playing dress up in Topshop's Personal Shopping Suite. Moss’s favorite piece from the collection? “If I had to pick one I’d go for the pansy dress!” [The Moment, Topshop]

Kate Moss's Last Full Topshop Collection Hitting Stores in October

fashionologie — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:51:17 PDT

>> Kate Moss has been doing collections for Topshop since 2007, and her 14th collection, out on Oct. 25, will be her last full collection for the brand, Sir Philip Green confirmed. The October release will include a few pieces from Moss's first Topshop collection which are still in demand.

Sources close to Moss described her existing Topshop contract as having “reached its natural conclusion." Green noted, "Kate has done 14 collections with us. It has been fantastic for us and fantastic for her, but they take more and more time and she cannot do this full-time any more." Earlier this year, Green had already decided to downsize the number of Kate Moss of Topshop collections from six to two.

The collaboration isn't totally over »

fashionologie — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:53:36 PST

>> Naomi Campbell Likes to Wear Kate Moss's Topshop Collection -Naomi Campbell is gearing up for a Fashion for Relief runway show benefiting Haiti this Friday, Feb. 12 during New York Fashion Week, followed by a similiar event Feb. 18 in London. She wouldn't reveal who will be walking in the show, but when questioned about what pieces in Kate Moss's wardrobe she coveted, Naomi replied: "I wear a lot of her [Topshop line] . . . She has a black chiffon top that I put on with a bikini but it’s a top to wear at night, too. And I wear that a lot. I also have the cut-off denim shorts. And I have her vest. All from her Topshop collection." [Grazia]

Kate Moss Missed Opportunity on Gossip Girl, About to Launch Eleventh Collection for Topshop

fashionologie — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:42:15 PDT

>> Kate Moss was supposed to be on Gossip Girl last season, Blake Lively told The Cut, "but it ended up not working out." That missed chance aside, Kate's collaboration with Topshop is still working out - her 11th collection comes out Aug. 31, and focuses on the grunge look, according to Kate: “This season’s grunge is all about being creative about how you put your look together, and not necessarily spending a fortune. It’s about being a little bit surprising and very creative. I love the glamour of adding some vintage to my look, and have done for years, as it keeps things original."

One of her favorite pieces from the collection, captured by Josh Olins below, is a black leather pencil skirt, she told the Times UK: “The shape is really lady, but the leather gives it a real grungy, cool, rock’n’roll feel, especially if you wear it with shredded tights and lived-in leather army boots."

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Things Hussein Chalayan Dislikes: Models-Turned-Designers and the Term "Avant-Garde"

fashionologie — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:54:59 PDT

>> Hussein Chalayan admits that he's a "designer's designer," which is probably why he told WWD he's "weirded out by" models-turned-designers. This isn't anything new - in February of last year, he informed the Independent UK that he found Kate Moss designing "kind of insulting . . . because it's like saying - and I don't mean this personally - 'I can sell more clothes off my name, off my brand, than you can, even though you're a better designer.' "

He seems to have lightened his feelings on Kate specifically, and now says he views her Topshop line as credible, but he's still not totally convinced: “I don’t think it represented her, and I didn’t think she worked hard enough. I even told her to her face.” Her response, as he recalls, was: "‘Oh, I’m just trying to do a light thing; I’m not trying to do anything serious.' But I said, ‘That’s not the point.’”

Don't call him "avant-garde" »

fashionologie — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:45:16 PDT

>> IN PRODUCTION -Kate Moss's tenth collection for Topshop - the high Summer edition, inspired by her travels and full of sheer embroidered blouses, tie-dye tops, and print minidresses - hits stores and online tomorrow. As for the big dreamcatcher-style earrings she wears in the lookbook photos, those are not from her collection, but they are from the Freedom at Topshop main line. [FabSugar, Vogue UK, Daily Mail]

Kate Moss: Launching Topshop in New York, Maybe Engaged?

fashionologie — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:44:03 PDT

>> Kate Moss is still very much in business - that photoshoot with Craig McDean in Paris last week was for a future Yves Saint Laurent women's fragrance, she recently had buckets of water thrown in her face during a Mert & Marcus shoot, and soon she's going to be jetting in to New York to launch that first stateside Topshop store - they've already got racks inside - simultaneously with her ninth collection for the brand, which she's already been wearing out and about, and has garnered fans like Giovanna Bataglia.

But those things might not be the only projects on Kate's plate. In a recent interview with the Telegraph, it appears that Kate slipped up and admitted that she's getting married - why else would she say "the wedding"?

An exquisitely beaded 1920s-style flapper dress that is draped over a chair catches her eye. "Ooh that would be great for the wedding." She pauses, suddenly realising the headline-worthy nature of what she has just said. "Not my wedding. A friend’s. No. I’m not getting married and my boobs haven’t grown because I’m lactating or pregnant."

But back to her Topshop collection - she's says it's evolved since round one.

"The first season was pieces that I loved which had been hanging in my wardrobe that I then tweaked and improved. It was great, but now I can’t wear any of it because, oh my God, all my favourite dresses have a Topshop label in them, ha ha. Now when I come into the office I’ll talk about things that I really want. It’s about what I think I am going to wear next season."

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Topshop Reupps Kate Moss for Three More Years

fashionologie — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:11:13 PST

>> Kate Moss is supposed to have her big announcement tomorrow, but she had a pretty big announcement today, too: Her eight sell-out collections have earned her another three years of designing for Topshop.

Sir Phillip Green, who earlier this year credited Topshop's record sales to the "Kate effect," reiterated his belief in Kate: "Having had two years experience, I am confident that Kate’s collection now has the potential to become a significant global brand within Topshop." Although he hasn't yet granted Kate's wish to do menswear, she will be expanding future collections into lingerie and accessories. Her next collection, for Spring 2009, will launch in March, to coincide with Topshop's New York grand opening.
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