If you thought Kate Moss looked bad getting ON the plane, you should see her getting OFF
31st October 2008
Kate Moss turned heads for all the wrong reasons as she arrived at Heathrow airport yesterday without a scrap of make-up on.
The notoriously hard partying model looked washed-out, wrinkled and every inch her 34 years.
But as the star stepped off her long haul flight at LAX airport today, it was startlingly clear the 11-hour flight had left her skin in an even worse state.
Her complexion was blighted by spots and a cold sore appeared to have surfaced on her upper lip.
Bare-faced: Kate Moss stepped off her long-haul flight in LA today
But Kate didn't seemed too concerned, laughing and joking with her on-off boyfriend Jamie Hince, 39, as they made their way out of the airport.
The model - who has a six-year-old daughter, Lila Grace, with former boyfriend Jefferson Hack - has refused to confirm reports she is expecting her second child with Hince.
The couple are believed to have split last month after arguments about Miss Moss's non-stop party lifestyle, before rekindling their relationship a week later.
Not ready for her close up: Kate looked tired and worn after the trip
Since then, her hectic social schedule has slowed down considerably.
Meanwhile, Kate's latest Topshop collection is set to be her most successful to date.
Scores of young women queued outside Topshop's flagship store in London this for more than an hour before opening to get the pick of her latest line.
The £100 panther claw dress, which the model herself owns, sold out within 15 minutes of the doors opening at the Oxford Circus store.
Flirty: Kate was joined by her boyfriend Jamie Hince
The Topshop website was inundated with orders from 7am and the panther dress sold out on-line in two hours. But the fastest selling design was a £65 triangle rock dress which outstripped last season's star, a navy printed tea dress.
The impending recession seemed to have little impact on spending.
Half the stock of a midnight-blue floor-length gown - the most expensive at £400 - was gone in hours.
Before the flight yesterday
Polished: The model's usual look
It was based on a design Miss Moss wore to her 30th birthday. A shorter version will be available in the newest Topshop branch in the Westfield shopping centre, which opens in West London tomorrow.
Kate has a £3million deal with Topshop to design her own clothing collections.
They have been a runaway success for Topshop, tapping into the admiration many young women have for her style.
The launches success comes just days after Arcadia owner Sir Philip Green credited the supermodel with the store's record profits.
Praising Kate as a 'fantastic ambassador', the retail entrepreneur revealed that Topshop, Topman and Miss Selfridge are defying the credit crunch with soaring sales.
He insists the 'Kate effect' is just one reason for Topshop's growth. He said: 'We have been good for her and she has been good for us.'
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