Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss are very close friends. Campbell wrote an essay in 2014 to her friend for the occasion. Evening StandardShe revealed that they have known each other since childhood. “I first met Kate Moss in Los Angeles in 1992. She was 15, I was 18,”She wrote that Moss stood out because of her appearance. “It was a brief meeting but I remember her being strikingly quiet, she hardly spoke. She can be very shy at times. The other striking thing, obviously, was her beautiful face.”
They formed a friendship months later. Campbell stated that they met in Madrid, 1993. Campbell took it upon herself. “kidnap”Moss, and take her under your wing. “You can’t be here on your own! You’re coming with me,”She told her. They became best friends from that point on. “Kate and I were a backbone of support for each other. We’d meet after work for dinner, we’d go out,”Campbell continued. “We were very spontaneous, never pre-planned. We lived life, enjoyed life everywhere we went.”
Moss for her part appreciated Campbell’s support when she was feeling lost in her early years. “Naomi took complete care of me. She’d say, ‘Calm down.’ I think because you’re alone a lot of the time, you really need guidance,”Moss said Business of Fashion Hello!). “Even now you’re expected to do anything to get the picture, and that’s a work ethic, but you also need a support system.”