Kate Moss is undoubtedly one of the most iconic models of the 90s – and we know she has more than a few stories to tell! However, some stories are more personal and emotional than others; and she recently opened up about a traumatic modeling experience she had when she was just 15 years old on an episode of the Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud podcast.
The now 50-year-old model, who we think is definitely more than comfortable in her own skin now, recalled how she was being pushed to pose topless at the age of just 15, despite telling British fashion photographer Corinne Day that it made her feel extremely uncomfortable.
Kate Moss Recalls Being Told She Would Lose Future Modeling Jobs If She Didn’t Pose Topless
The Charlotte Tilbury model explained that she told Day that she “never wanted to be topless” while being photographed for The Face magazine, after which Day allegedly told her that she could lose future job opportunities if she didn’t do what she was told.
“I had to get over it because the photographer was like, ‘If you don’t do this, I’m not gonna book you for the next job,'” she recalled, adding that she soon discovered: “You can’t be very self-conscious because your body’s kind of not your own when you’re a vessel for somebody else’s imagination.”
Moss referenced how she also felt self-conscious about posing topless due to a mole she had on her right breast. “I hated it so much, I would cry,” she said. “I still, even after that shoot, I did cry a lot about taking my clothes off. I really didn’t want to do it,” she added.
Kate Moss Says Her Brother Was Mocked Over The Topless Pictures
The Bottega Veneta model said that after she obliged and posed topless, her brother was mocked for the images, even though she didn't think many people from her hometown had actually seen the pictures.
"I was 15 and topless in a magazine, and I was still in school. Luckily, The Face wasn't sold in Croydon, so I don't think anyone really saw it, but they heard about it," Moss confessed, adding: "They took the [expletive] out of my brother, like 'Oh your sister has her [expletive] out.' He probably suffered more than I did about it."
