Inside Naomi Campbell And Kate Moss' Friendship

May 2024 ยท 2 minute read

Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss go way back. In an essay Campbell penned for her friend in 2014 for the Evening Standard, she revealed that they had known each other since they were teenagers. "I first met Kate Moss in Los Angeles in 1992. She was 15, I was 18," she wrote, adding that Moss stood out to her because of her looks. "It was a brief meeting but I remember her being strikingly quiet, she hardly spoke. She can be very shy at times. The other striking thing, obviously, was her beautiful face."

It wasn't until months later that the two struck up a friendship. Campbell said that they saw each other in Madrid in 1993, and she took it upon herself to "kidnap" Moss and take her under her wing. "You can't be here on your own! You're coming with me," she told her. From then on, they became something like best friends. "Kate and I were a backbone of support for each other. We'd meet after work for dinner, we'd go out," Campbell continued. "We were very spontaneous, never pre-planned. We lived life, enjoyed life everywhere we went."

Moss, for her part, appreciated Campbell's efforts to support her when she felt lost during her early years. "Naomi took complete care of me. She'd say, 'Calm down.' I think because you're alone a lot of the time, you really need guidance," Moss told Business of Fashion (via Hello!). "Even now you're expected to do anything to get the picture, and that's a work ethic, but you also need a support system."

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