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"There was a point when it all really took off and got quite overwhelming, even though I didn't realize it"

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Fame, in Kate Moss's telling, doesn't arrive with trumpets; it sneaks in like weather. The line is deceptively plain, but it's doing sophisticated work: splitting her life into a before and after without granting the after any clean origin story. "There was a point" suggests a turning point, yet she refuses to name it. That vagueness isn't evasive so much as accurate to how celebrity actually scales - not as a single event, but as a slow accumulation that only becomes visible once it has already changed your posture, your friendships, your sense of privacy.

The phrase "really took off" borrows the language of products and rockets, as if her image became a commodity with its own momentum. Moss is both the person and the brand watching the brand accelerate. Then comes the quiet twist: "quite overwhelming, even though I didn't realize it". Overwhelming is a bodily word - the nervous system drowning - but the lack of realization implies dissociation, a coping mechanism dressed as understatement. It's the model's version of the industry's favorite trick: keep moving, keep shooting, keep smiling, and don't stop long enough to register what it's costing.

Context matters. Moss's rise in the early 90s wasn't just personal success; it was a cultural pivot, from supermodel glamour to "heroin chic" minimalism, from runway divas to waifish cool. Her unshowy delivery reinforces the myth that she didn't chase the moment; the moment claimed her. That posture preserves mystique while quietly indicting a machine that can swallow a teenager whole and call it an aesthetic.

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Kate Moss (born January 16, 1974) is a Model from England.

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