Kate Moss exhibition famous photos model in Paris

With all the fuss about drugs, rockstars and anorexia-inspiring catchphrases it’s sometimes difficult to remember that Kate Moss is famous for a reason - her jaw-dropping good looks.

A new exhibition hopes to remind us with a collection of photographs which go on display today at La Gallerie de L’Instant in Paris.

But clearly the model’s popularity is questionable as as the exhibition almost didn’t take place due to insufficient funds.

Lady in Red, Mary McCartney’s photos of Kate Moss are some of the most show-stopping in the Galerie de L’Instant’s exhibition

Kate Moss has inspired dozens of photographers, and the exhibition showcases some of their best works from the past 20 years

It was scheduled to be held almost three years ago in Paris’ famous Musee des Arts Decoratifs.

The museum had already hosted retrospectives on Balenciaga, Madeleine Vionnet and Christian Lacroix and wanted to pay homage to the world’s most recognised supermodel.

Its Kate Moss exhibition, which promised to explore the myths surrounding the model, was scheduled to open in November 2008 - but kept getting delayed due to lack of funding.

Bert Stern’s picture shows Kate wearing a tiara and a ballet tutu

Natural beauty. This photo of Kate Moss, taken by Paolo Roversi, graces the exhibition’s flyers

Eventually, in April 2010, the plan was abandoned altogether.

Now the smaller Galerie de L’Instant has put on its own version of the exhibition.

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’Kate Moss by the biggest photographers’ opens tomorrow.

A spokesperson for the gallery says: ’Despite a lack of interviews and a few scandals, [Kate Moss’] career has been a success and has set an example.

Fashion shot, Kate Moss (centre) in a Comme des Garcons shoot taken by Juliette Butler in 1995

Paparazzi-inspired: Shots taken by Axl Fred at the Grand Palais in Paris this year

’She has inspired the biggest photographers of every generation as well as contemporary artists including Lucian Freud, Marc Quinn, Sam Taylor Wood...

’It is therefore only fair that we dedicate an exhibition to her, as her work with photographers has been so rich and varied.’

The pictures, which chart Kate’s 20 year career, were taken by artists including Rankin, Mary McCartney, Bert Stern, Corrine Day and Bettina Rheims - who discovered the model when she was just 14.

Hello boys. ’Kate Moss at Cafe Lipp’ by Arthur Elgort, taken for Italian Vogue in 1993

Jewel in the crown, Another Bert Stern portrait, taken in 2002 (left), and Marc Hispard’s 1993 portrait of the supermodel

They show Kate standing on a table surrounded by businessmen in Paris’ Brasserie Lipp, being styled before stepping onto the Chloe catwalk and wearing (and removing) a red dress for Mary McCartney.

The gallery adds Kate is ’one of the most photographed people in he world, and yet she continues to fascinate and inspire.

’This exhibition is a homage, not only to her beauty, but also to her intelligence.’