Lottie Moss insists she has never shared a close bond with supermodel sister Kate and claims her status as a fashion icon triggered abandonment issues as she struggled to carve out her own career in the same industry.
The young model appeared to be following Kate’s meteoric trajectory after signing with the internationally respected, London-based Storm Management when she was just 14, the age at which the same agency initially discovered her sister.
Now 22, the couture catwalks have been replaced by edgy content online and the potentially lucrative subscriber-only website OnlyFans, where Lottie claims she has finally stepped out of her sister’s tall shadow as she expresses herself within a free-spirited, like-minded community. , X-rated models.
Opening: Lottie Moss insists she has never shared a close bond with her sister Kate and claims her status as a fashion icon triggered abandonment issues during her early modeling years.
Writing for the latest issue of Glamor United Kingdomshe recalled: ‘When I started out, I was always just the sister of Kate Moss. It was really hard for me growing up, especially not being that close to my sister (we’re not in a relationship yet now, which is something I never talk about).
“But back then, people were constantly bombarding me asking about my sister. I would go to my friends’ houses and there would be pictures of her on the walls, and it really caused a lot of abandonment issues.”
Storm Management brought Kate out of obscurity in 1988 after agency founder Sarah Doukas spotted the dainty model walking through New York’s JFK airport after a family vacation in the Bahamas.
Old times: Lottie with her half-sister Kate Moss on the front row of London Fashion Week in 2014, the year she signed with London-based agency Storm Management.
Since then, she’s cemented her place as one of the world’s most instantly recognizable supermodels, a revered icon for fashion-conscious girls the world over, but Lottie claims her sister offered no support when she took her first tentative steps. as a model in her own right.
She added: “It’s hard when you have someone ‘close’ to you doing the exact same job as you, who is already very prominent in the industry, but doesn’t have any advice or guidance.”
The young model finally found a foothold after appearing in photo shoots for Dazed and Teen Vogue magazines, before mimicking Kate’s 1992 Calvin Klein underwear campaign by starring in her own promotional shoot for the fashion brand. lifetime.
Center stage: Lottie walks the Dolce & Gabbana Christmas catwalk at London’s Harrods store in November 2017
Mixed emotions: While there were good times in the fashion industry, she believes they were overshadowed by the constant pressure to be thin (on the Topshop Unique catwalk at London Fashion Week in 2017)
But while there were good times in the fashion industry, she believes they’ve been overshadowed by the constant pressure to be thin, wear sample dresses and remain at the beck and call of her agents.
She recalled, “I would cry on set when I felt too uncomfortable, and they would just fix my makeup.” I never received the support I needed from the people who were supposed to take care of me.
‘The attitude was more, ‘put a plaster on the problem and keep it working; give her alcohol or whatever to keep her going,’ instead of, ‘Okay, maybe this girl needs some help.’
Distance: ‘When I started, I was always just the sister of Kate Moss. It was very difficult for me growing up, especially not being that close to my sister,” she recalled.
Racy: Lottie took a break from mainstream modeling in 2021, but has since reinvented herself as a raunchy OnlyFans content creator.
After falling into what she describes as a “deep depression”, Lottie took a break from modeling in April 2021, while sharing a house with close friend Sahara Rey, an OnlyFans content creator, in Los Angeles.
And it was here, within an online community far from the catwalks of London, Milan, Paris and New York, that Lottie says she finally found her niche after joining the site in June.
She added, “The modeling industry is so glamorous and OnlyFans is so villainous, but OnlyFans is the only place I’ve ever felt so empowered and confident.”
“Looking back at how I started this year, I never would have imagined that I would end up in the best place of mind I’ve ever been.
“I’m part of a community on OnlyFans: I love nudity, I love doing nude photoshoots, feeling good about myself and seeing other girls feel proud of themselves too.”
Belonging: “I’m part of a community on OnlyFans. I love nudity, I love doing nude photoshoots, feeling good about myself and seeing other girls feel proud of themselves too.”