By Shreya Kachroo
If you were around in the 90s – or even if you weren’t but religiously scroll Instagram like it鈥檚 your part-time job鈥攜ou鈥檝e probably seen THAT look. You know the one: barely there makeup, tousled hair and an oversized blazer slung effortlessly over a slip dress. That isn’t just the 90s vibes. That’s THE Kate Moss vibe. And yes, she didn’t just wear it like nobody’s business, she invented it. Legendary supermodel Kate Moss was never supposed to be in the showbiz. Not by industry standards, anyway. She was too short, too thin and looked too different. But, of course fate had other plans. Kate showed up in the fashion world at just 14. Back then the world was obsessed with big hair, loud makeup, and glamazon beauty. And here comes a London girl with sleepy eyes, hair that seems to have never seen a brush and a barely-there presence. The World just couldn鈥檛 look away. While her industry peers were getting glamorous blowouts and shellacked with hairspray, Kate rolled out of bed and into fashion shoots looking like she had been at Coachella for three days straight. Somehow, that was her magic. Her messy hair never screamed ‘styled’, but it sure did whisper cool, carefree, and a little rebellious. Soon, everyone wanted hair that looked like they didn鈥檛 care at all. And, if the hair wasn’t iconic enough, enter – blazers Nope, not the stiff, boardroom blazers that would leave you feeling suffocated. Kate wore them big, thrown over her shoulders, often with lingerie or skinny jeans. It was her rare boy-meets-girl energy that had everyone hooked. And the best part? It never felt forced. It was looked as if she genuinely didn鈥檛 care what you thought鈥攁nd that just made it even cooler. Kate Moss didn’t just invent a brand-new genre of personal style. Oh no, she changed fashion’s entire attitude. Remember the rise of minimalist, grunge, model-off-duty fashion? She was the blueprint. Kate, in her own subtle ways, told women that it was okay to be raw, a little messy, and wildly themselves.