Kate Moss

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Summary: I Was Hoping for More.
Review: As a fan of Kate Moss, I was very excited to hear of the release of this biography. Unfortunately, this book only touches the surface of Kate's story. The majority of the information presented is already known, I was hoping Kendall would dig a little deeper for a more intimate portrait of Kate. Also, this book could use more and better pictures. I suggest The Kate Moss Book (1997) as a companion piece for readers of the Kendall book.
In praise, this is the only Kate Moss biography that I know of; it's existence, though abbreviated, is a credit to Katherine Kendall.

Rating:
Summary: Happy 31st Birthday Kate Moss
Review: Every year my friends and I make a special day out of January 16 to celebrate the birthday of our fashion idol Kate Moss. This year we bought fourteen copies of MODEL OF IMPERFECTION and distributed them among ourselves during our fun-filled bash. In the days that followed our Moss party I heard many grumblings about how badly the book was written, but I paid them no mind, ascribing the bad reviews to the general hangover of our group.

Also we've been worried about Kate Moss and her growing attachment to the Libertines' Pete Doherty, whose fascination with crack has emperiled our heroine and her beloved baby by Jefferson Hack.

Katherine Kendall's book doesn't find the space to cover these latest debelopments, but with a figure so stylish and dynamic as Kate Moss, it would be hard to write a book that could keep itself up-to-date--maybe regular CD-ROM supplements would do the trick? I liked the way she wrote about Kate Moss posing for Lucien Freud, it shows that she has a brain too, not just an appetite for sensation as a result of being brought up in a overly restictive family that would not allow her sweets. Kate Moss has had to battle a lot of problems, including the bad press engendered by her rampages through hotels during the Johnny Depp days, and people feeling that she has no talent, and the rumors about bulimia and anorexia, and yet every time she gets written off, she bounces right back looking prettier than ever! In our crowd, we consider her the Babe Paley of the 21st Century, than which there is no higher compliment.

And her little daughter, Lila Grace, is so cute. There are some good snaps of her in the Kendall book.

Yes, the book is filled with re-cycled interviews and other sources, but it isn't all that bad.

Perhaps next Katherine Kendall could write a book about the British actress slash comedienne Kay Kendall, whg was Kate Moss' spiritual ancestor back in the 1950s. Trivia--did you know that Kate has appeared in ten films--always as "Herself"? What other star can boast such a high ratio of appearances as herself?

Rating:
Summary: Weak.
Review: When I heard there was a biography on Kate Moss coming out, I could not wait, especially since this book received so much hype about how much it revealed.
Please! First of all, this is a very small book, just shy over 100 pages of actual writing. The rest of the pages are poor quality B&W pictures, and a huge section in the back of "notes," and a bibliography.
After finishing this book in one sitting, I had learned nothing new about Kate Moss. Every bit of information in this book is taken from old interviews Kate, Johnny Depp, and others, had done for different magazines.
I think this book was a waste of money, and is not worth it at all, not even for a die-hard fan.