Kate Moss’s Vintage-Fashion Obsessions – The Wall Street Journal

The more-is-more aesthetic of the Victorian age manifested in exuberantly ornamented outerwear like capes, mantles and dolmans, a type of sleeved shawl. Shown here attending a West End premiere in 2003, Ms. Moss bundles up in a paisley-patterned dolman that resembles a circa-1880 piece in the museum’s collection.

Flapper Dresses

In the 1920s, a generation of young women cropped their hair and hemlines, draping their lithe, androgynous figures in sparkly sheaths. Seventy years later, the young Ms. Moss—equally lithe and androgynous—snapped up vintage flapper dresses to wear out on the town. Here, she attends a premiere with then-paramour Johnny Depp in 1997.

Swinging London

Born and raised in South London, Ms. Moss appreciates how groovy fashions like Mary Quant’s miniskirts made the city swing in the ’60s and ’70s. The modern-day Twiggy collects homegrown designers like Ossie Clark, Biba and Thea Porter, who designed the 1971 boho-chic printed maxi dress that Ms. Moss wears here in 2015.

Tuxedos

In 1966, when many restaurants still refused to serve women in trousers, Yves Saint Laurent introduced a gender-bending version of the tuxedo dubbed “Le Smoking.” Versions would appear in all his subsequent collections. Over the years, Ms. Moss has given tuxedo jackets her own delightful spin, pairing them with dresses (as in this 2007 photo) and even shorts.