lifestyle WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2013 FASHION Fashion honors iconic Moss as Playboy cover revealed

conic supermodel was on Monday honored by the British fashion industry for The 2013 British Fashion Awards Iher 25-year career, shortly after her Playboy winners are as follows: cover celebrating the magazine’s 60th anniver- sary was revealed. US designer Womenswear Designer of the Year - handed the her Special Recognition Christopher Kane Award at the British Fashion Awards ceremony at Menswear Designer of the Year - ’s Coliseum. International Designer of the Year - The British Fashion Council called the 39- Miuccia Prada for Prada year-old “fearless and intuitive” and praised her Designer Brand of the Year - Burberry “strong work ethic and knowledge of the fashion Accessory Designer of the Year - Nicholas industry”. Moss began her modeling career aged Kirkwood 14 after being discovered by talent scout Sarah Emerging Womenswear Designer - Doukas in New York. Ever since, the London- Simone Rocha born model has graced the front covers of the Emerging Menswear Designer - Agi & Sam world’s fashion magazines and newspapers, New Establishment Designer - JW transfixed by her high-profile romances includ- Anderson ing actor Johnny Depp and bad-boy rocker Pete Model of the Year - Edie Campbell Doherty. Red Carpet Award - Erdem Leading figures from the world of fashion Award for Fashion Creator - lined up to pay tribute. Celebrity snapper Mario Lady Amanda Harlech Testino said Moss-the world’s most prolific British Style Award brought to you by Vogue cover girl-had “made many people Vodafone (voted by the public) - Harry dream”. “The moment she puts on an outfit, it Styles takes another identity,” he explained. “She adds Special Recognition Award - Kate Moss personality to fashion and I personally can never Special Recognition Award - Suzy Menkes get enough of her.” Designer Donatella Versace Outstanding Achievement in Fashion - highlighted Moss’s “energy, charm and wit”, Terry and Tricia Jones, founders of i-D adding “I love you Kate!” Earlier Monday, racy shots from her 18-page spread in the January/February edition of Playboy were released. Editorial director Jimmy Jellinek said: “Playboy’s anniversary edition is a testament to 60 years of beautiful women, discerning taste, sexual emancipation, groundbreaking fiction and world-changing journalism. “Having Kate Moss, a global icon and the most important supermodel of the past 25 years, appear on our cover makes this issue the perfect way to launch British fashion model Kate Moss and British musician Rita Ora pose on the red carpet. Playboy’s next 60 years.” — AFP

Irish fashion designer Simone Alexa Chung Rocha poses with her trophy after winning the changes her Emerging Womenswear clothes three Designer award. (Right) British model times a day Rosie Huntington Whiteley. he model-and-presenter admits her style icon status takes work and she Tcarries a change of clothes with her in order to have a fresh outfit for every occa- sion. She said: “[I have] three costume British model Kate Moss poses on the red car- changes per day. One in the morning, one pet as she arrives for the British Fashion outfit for work and then one when I go out Awards in London. — AFP photos in the evening.” Alexa, 30, might have a wardrobe full of expensive clothes and accessories, but she tries to limit her designer sunglasses to three pairs because she is so accident-prone. Canadian-born British-Turkish fashion She told Tatler magazine: “I own three designer Erdem Moralioglu poses with his pairs of sunglasses: Zac Posens, APCs and trophy after winning the Red Carpet award Ray-Bans. I’m constantly sitting on them presented by French model and actress and breaking them.” The svelte star puts in Clemence Poesy. the effort to maintain her tousled shoulder- length locks, washing them every day and taking care to avoid split-ends. Alexa said: “I wash my hair seven times a week with Inoa color-care shampoo. Otherwise, it goes flat. And I only ever brush it when it’s wet.” British model and fashion editor Alexa The fashionista also revealed she always Chung poses on the red carpet as she kicks off her day with a healthy, nutrient- arrives for the British Fashion Awards packed smoothie filled with banana, soy in London. — AFP milk, honey and dates.—Bang Showbiz British singer Harry Styles of band One Direction poses with his trophy after winning the British Style Award.

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