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Kate Moss for Topshop - a closer look at the formal dresses

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What else could you expect from a blog obsessed with red carpet fashion than a chance to see the more formal Kate Moss offerings close-up. We were very, very lucky to get our hands on the same red dress that La Moss wore in the window of Topshop a few hours earlier. We also managed to snag my favourite piece from the range, the bias-cut inky coloured dress with a waistcoat top. It's a tad big around the hips on Laura, but I still think it looks great, especially teamed with our trilby...

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The red dress (£195, though we seem to have been charged £150) is likely to be one of the most difficult items in the collection to get hold of, so we're glad we managed to grab one. There was limited stock of 100 of these, and this dress is actually number 12. You can see from the picture of Kim that it's very long (remember she's 5'10) and we found that to be the case with both full-length dresses. The fabric is a very naff-looking red mesh, which we've been frightened of tearing the whole time! It looks better on than it does on the hanger. The frills make it very heavy, meaning it hangs well, but the skimpy fabric leaves little to the imagination, even with it's satin slip underdress! The seaming on the front is supposed to be a design detail but we weren't sure about it. It's definitely a talking-point dress, but you'll need to be very body confident and willing to go commando to really pull it off.

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The inky coloured dress (£75) with the backless waistcoat top is probably my favourite item, though we did wonder on trying it on if it would have been better as two separate pieces. The bottom is a fairly generous bias-cut satin skirt, the top a skimpy tie-back waistcoat. The problem with tops like this is they're not made for girls with boobs, so we found with this and also the tie-back striped waistcoat you'll see later, that they have a tendency to fit a bit oddly (definitely try these on if you can before buying). You'll be able to see on our video later on just how detailed the back is, which is what I loved the most about it.

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Posted by Gemma on May 1, 2007 12:15 PM in Kate Moss for Topshop
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oh my god.. i love the orange dress, it's breath-taking!

Posted by: Stephanie | May 1, 2007 12:28 PM

Red dress - over-priced and quite hideous looking. I like the blue one much better.

Posted by: arelya | May 1, 2007 12:32 PM

Both of these girls are gorgeous but the clothes are hideous- unflattering and cheap-looking.

Posted by: jackandjill | May 1, 2007 2:23 PM

Not sure about the dress, but well done for telling us how tall Kim is. I wish more sites/magazines would do this as it would give you an idea how the clothes would fit you if you knew the height of the model.

Posted by: Fi | May 1, 2007 2:59 PM

those outfits look nasty..... sorry...

Posted by: Lulu | May 1, 2007 10:32 PM

Horrible, horrible cheap-looking clothes

Posted by: Ally | May 2, 2007 5:45 AM

Honestly, I'm so unimpressed. These outfits are awful. Both girls are super cute with beautiful figures but the clothes just look all wrong, talk about unflattering. I wouldn't be seen dead in anything I've seen from the range so far...
Kate fucked up.

Posted by: Tui | May 2, 2007 7:05 AM

£195 for the red dress? It looks like a bridesmaid dress from the 80's!!!

Posted by: Kt | May 2, 2007 11:31 AM

spend the same amount in selfridges and get a better mande and more unique piece!! total waste of time and money!!! its badly made rubbish with an exstortionate price tag!!

Posted by: Alex | May 2, 2007 1:43 PM

here now what the fuck are use wank holes at deleting my comment??? dick heads!!

Posted by: yoyo | May 18, 2007 1:25 PM

wel wat do yas tnk yr playn at deletin my comment......lak if ya dntlik it tof......ever1 is intitled 2 dr opinion!!!ya pack of WANKERS!!!!

Posted by: lollypop | May 18, 2007 1:28 PM

Both dresses are still available at Oxford Circus - the red dress also comes in blue and a horrible fluoro yellow...

Posted by: Bex | May 30, 2007 11:51 PM

Laura is cute and so is Isabelle but somehow the whole Moss fashion line does not seem to be made for "normal" people, I think the are tailored to look good on Kate Moss; she introduces them to the public, everyone runs to get a piece, can't really try it on in your own time and once you are at home you realise that you spent a lot of money for clothes that have a bad cut and are made for waifs.

Posted by: Alice Walsh | July 3, 2007 3:42 PM

A one-shoulder sleeveless dress? Why do I have my doubts that’s ever been in use by CMs? Love the fabric though.

Posted by: Scott | January 16, 2008 7:04 AM

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