Kate Moss is one of the most recognizable faces in the Fashion world. This slightly awkward, wide eyed, Brit knocked the glamazon beauties of the 80s off the pages of Vogue, leading the way for a new type of beauty, the "Waif". Many contribute the new type of look that rocked the fashion world solely to the sucesss produced by Moss, but it was really photographer Corinne Day's images of Kate that set the scene of her sucess years later.
Corinne's most famous, and most infamous image of a "Waifish" Kate, appeared in the pages of Vogue in 1993, alongside images of real life Drug addicts, creating the Herion Chic moment of the 90s
Corinne was a cutting edge photographer ahead of her time. A model herself, she enjoyed breaking the rules of convention set by the likes of Anna Wintour and fashion elitists. Her portrayal of Kate was to show a gritty side of the reality held within her life. She did not glamorize this girl, but rather just the opposite. "Fashion photography had always been about fantasy," Day said in an interview. "I wanted to take it in the opposite direction...The best thing I did for fashion was bringing it down to earth, bringing a documentary quality to it. I waned to put in that feeling of youth culture. After my pictures came out, the sale of Birkenstock sandals skyrocketed!" Within the opposite of glamour a new generation was born, creating a stigma that will remain within the fashion universe to this day.
One of Corrine's first photos of her muse, taken in 1990
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