Catwalk Kate's no dummy

Kate Moss will play the dummy to mark the launch of her new Topshop range.The supermodel is apparently planning to join mannequins in the window of the company's flagship London store as her range goes on sale at 7am on Monday.Shoppers will be limited to five items each to prevent the clothes appearing on eBay, Topshop said.But not everyone is being kind about her collection. Fashion designer Jeff Banks has attacked the High Street trend of featuring ranges by celebrity "designers".Banks questioned how much creative input famous faces such as Kate Moss and Madonna had in their clothing ranges at Topshop and H&M.The former presenter of BBC television series The Clothes Show asked: "Can Kate sharpen a pencil or draw a matchstick man? I wouldn't put money on it."I'll bet she just grabbed one of her many Prada bags, rifled through her wardrobe... and turned up at Topshop's head office in Oxford Street for a quick hour's briefing with the in-house designers and buying staff."I'm not against celebrity endorsement, but to claim the product has been actually designed by the celeb simply beggars belief."A spokesman for Topshop hit back at the comments, saying: "Kate Moss has had a huge input in the range from every level, from the design concept of the garments to the fitting and the logo."The fashion industry may be a different place to one Jeff Banks is used to. Top designers like John Galliano don't cut patterns, they have pattern cutters. That's the industry."Kate Moss isn't a full-time member of staff and she isn't a trained fashion designer, however we see her as a fashion icon. Most brands have made quite a lot of money out of copying what she wears."She's been in the industry since she was 14, she's been surrounded by the best designers and attended a million and one fittings and shoots."She's hardly in a factory stitching clothing, but she's been totally involved from the beginning."© Independent Television News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.

ITN | April 25, 2007

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