The American SetA Runway Debut That Traded Polish for Plainness — And Won
Kate Moss's 1990s runway debut for Calvin Klein did more than introduce a new face — it introduced a new measure of beauty. Where the supermodel era ran on gloss and spectacle, her turn on that runway argued for something plainer, and the industry took the argument seriously. It's the sort of shift this desk was built to track: not simply what a woman wore, but what her wearing it rearranged.
With reporting from WWD.