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Herb Ritts - Vladimir, Hollywood (1990)

Kate Moss On Heroin, Johnny Depp and Calvin Klein in the December 2012 Vanity Fair

The cover story of December 2012’s Vanity Fair features among topless photos of the superstar model, an interview in which Kate Moss discusses her inability to be herself in a snapshot, her role as the poster girl for heroin chic, and her brief but intense relationship with Johnny Depp. The English model also offers insight into her life as a teenage model along with her discomfort in being shot nude at such a young age.

“There’s nobody that’s ever really been able to take care of me. Johnny did for a bit. I believed what he said… like if I said, ‘What did I do?,’ he’d tell me. And that’s what I missed when I left. I really lost that gauge of somebody I could trust. Nightmare. Years and years of crying. Oh, the tears!”

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First Looks: David Bowie Retrospective at London's V&A Museum

Next spring, London's V&A museum will mount David Bowie Is, a major retrospective that will explore his creative processes "as a musical innovator and cultural icon" over the past five decades. More than 300 objects will be on show, including handwritten lyrics, original costumes, musical instruments and album artwork.  

The show runs from March 23 to July 28, and will include Ziggy Stardust costumes designed by Freddie Burretti in 1972; costumes from the 1973 Aladdin Sane tour, designed by Kansai Yamamoto; and Bowie and Alexander McQueen’s collaborative Union Jack coat, as worn on the 1997 Earthling cover. There’s also fashion photography from the likes of Herb Ritts, Helmut Newton and John Rowlands. Check out the slideshow for a preview of some of the show’s most noteworthy exhibits.   

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Johnny Depp by Herb Ritts for Edward Scissorhands, 1990

Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder by Herb Ritts for Edward Scissorhands, 1990