Summer Style: Kate Moss sunglasses inspiration – EYESEEMAG

In 1992, 17-year-old Kate Moss was already one of the coolest people on the planet. She was on the come-up and just three years later, would be walking the runway for some of the biggest names in the business and partying with her friend Naomi Campbell. Spotted by Corinne Dayjust few months earlier, she was already charming the microcosm of the fashion worldwith her delicate features. She was the girl of the moment, embodying all the youth, rebellion and difference of the early 1990s and would soon become the ultimate icon for photographers, brands (Yves Saint Laurent, Versace and Burberry to name a few from the era) and magazine covers. Few would resist her singular beauty and she was nicknamed ‘La Brindille’ or ‘The Twig’ in France for her small proportions, in comparison with the Amazonian beauties stalking the runways at the time. The natural style of the Calvin Klein face was soon copied by girls-about-town all over the world, and her bed-head hair, slip dresses, leather jackets, loose-cut stonewashed jeans, tanks, Adidas sneakersand flip-flops would come to mark the grunge era. The oversized sunglassess he wore out and about with beau Johnny Depp, who she met in 1994, would also become a paparazzi-avoidance classic.

Today, she still often wears Ray-Ban Wayfarers, sunglasses by Alexandre Vauthierand, Le Specs, Hogans, Saint-Laurent and Illesteva, with the same rock chic allure. She was the face of Vogue Eyewear for several seasons and this year, Mulberry has also launched a pair of red sunglasses in homage to her look, alongside a pair in tribute to John Lennon. Her status as a style legend is in little doubt and when asked about how she throws her looks together, she has said in the past that “it’s important to accessorize. I always wear scarves, hats and glasses. But too much at once can be a disaster.” Kate keeps the rest of her look low-key, with plenty of skinny jeans and statement boots, deftly steering clear of a style shipwreck.