{"id":171957,"date":"2025-10-01T04:06:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T04:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/171957\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T04:06:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T04:06:11","slug":"im-even-cooler-than-kate-moss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/171957\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m even cooler than Kate Moss"},"content":{"rendered":"

To be honest, the accolade has been a long time coming. There were times when I\u2019d almost given up hope, but finally it\u2019s official: I\u2019m cooler than Kate Moss. <\/p>\n

Kate, you see, was at the Saint Laurent show in Paris on Monday night wearing a very short skirt, very high heels and sheer black tights. Charli XCX and Hailey Bieber were also front row in sheer tights and stilettos, which means the kids have obviously got the pins\/spikes\/tights memo too, and you\u2019ll have to forgive me if I suppress a wry smile: welcome to the club, ladies! What took you so long?<\/p>\n

Pins\/spikes\/tights is a look I road-tested when I was 19, to everyone\u2019s satisfaction. I\u2019ve never deviated from it since, so it\u2019s good to see Kate, Charli and Hailey giving a modern masterclass in how to wear it. Kate was in an oversized Le Smoking, half of the classic Saint Laurent trouser suit which lesser mortals might have paired with the trousers. That was it, just jacket on, don\u2019t ladder your 7 deniers, legs out. <\/p>\n

\"Kate<\/p>\n

Moss at the Saint Laurent show<\/p>\n

GILBERT FLORES\/WWD VIA GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n

Charlie XCX wore her spikes and tights with pink frilly hot pants, and Bieber\u2019s hot pants were lemon with a white lace trim. It is true that both were what I\u2019d have called French knickers, not hot pants, but apart from being cooler than Moss \u2014 did I mention that? \u2014 what do I know? Up top, they wore chic little blouson bomber jackets, which might be a bit blouson and cropped for me, but hopefully that won\u2019t put them off. <\/p>\n

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Either way, you know you\u2019re onto a good look when you\u2019re photographed in front of the Eiffel Tower but it\u2019s cropped out of all the photos. Over the years I\u2019ve watched indulgently while Kate and all the rest of the fashionistas toyed with other, lesser, flatter shoes. I counted my Manolos and bided my time. <\/p>\n

When they said that trainers were the new spikes and prairie dresses were the new miniskirts and dungarees with cowboy boots were not actually a terrible idea but a clever new twist on something or other, I smiled and kept my own counsel. <\/p>\n

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But the fact is that bare legs aren\u2019t always practical and black opaques aren\u2019t always the answer. There are nights when sheer are what you need and it is therefore gratifying that here they all are, this trio of fabulous women, conceding that I was right all along.<\/p>\n

I might balk at wearing just my knickers out to a fashion show because I\u2019m not as young as Charli or Hailey, but hot pants\/French knickers or whatever you want to call them are obviously A Thing if you\u2019re young and fabulous and out on the razz in Paris. <\/p>\n

\"Hilary<\/p>\n

Hilary Rose<\/p>\n

MICHAEL LECKIE FOR THE TIMES<\/p>\n

I\u2019d wear Kate\u2019s Monday night look in a heartbeat, although granted it might have been a bit much given that I was in Banbury on Monday night, not at the Saint Laurent show in Paris, which is a shame but there we are. Maybe next time. What Kate has perhaps only now realised is that as long as you funk it up right, pins\/tights\/spikes is a classic crowd-pleaser. It\u2019ll take you anywhere, with the possible exception of Banbury. <\/p>\n

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She had big gold statement earrings, a neat scarlet manicure, a sleek little clutch bag and big black shades. A bodyguard brought up the rear with her Birkin bag, which I\u2019d like to hope had the matching trousers inside in case it got nippy, and a pair of flats in case she had to run for the last bus. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s worth noting in passing that this look works on everyone. La Moss would probably be the first to admit that she didn\u2019t get where she is today because of her legs, which are a bit bowed and knobbly-kneed, and honestly? I\u2019ve got better legs than Moss. I\u2019ve also got the spikes and the tights and, for me, short skirts never went away. (If hemlines permit, it\u2019ll be black sheer hold-ups, not tights, and let\u2019s never rule out suspenders, because you just never know when they might be useful.) <\/p>\n

Failing that, pins\/spikes\/tights. You heard it here first. And you can thank me later, Kate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To be honest, the accolade has been a long time coming. There were times when I\u2019d almost given…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-171957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}