Kate Moss has told a British newspaper that Pete Doherty has trouble identifying her in magazines.

"It's like a joke now," Moss says. "Yesterday, in the pub, we were going through a Sunday magazine and playing a game of, 'Ooh, that's me! And that's me again!' Because Pete will go, 'Is that you?' about any model in a magazine. And I'm like, 'No, she's Chinese.' 'Is that you?' 'No. She's 12.' It's quite funny." Any wonder her PR-savvy agents have kept her muzzle on for so long?

If you can look at Kate Moss without thinking of her grating Croydon accent and circuitous ramblings, then her management rightfully deserves their pretty little bonuses. For over a decade, it's been a fashion industry given that Kate doesn't, under any circumstances, do interviews.

And it's not merely A-List privilege that keeps her lips sealed. While her fellow "Supers" Linda, Naomi, and Christy are frequently happy to spill their guts to the glossies, when Vanity Fair featured Moss on the cover for their annual best-dressed list it was accompanied by a lame write-around. But now journos are getting what Graydon couldn't as the 33-year-old mannequin speaks out on her endlessly hyped Topshop line.

The verdict is that designing is, like, hard. As she told British Vogue: "Everyone said I should do something, but I didn't want to be a 'designer' designer and have to do shows and all of it. I've seen that stress."

It's nothing compared to giving coherent interviews.

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