Kate Moss: Breast Champagne Glasses

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How do you celebrate a quarter century of being one of the biggest and most influential models in the world? By drinking bubbly out of a glass shaped like your own breast, of course. Sounds eccentric, and that's because it is. It's also precisely what Kate Moss did the other night in London. The mega-model—surrounded by famous pals like Jade Jagger and Rita Ora—celebrated 25 years of being in fashion by sipping from specially made champagne coupes molded from her own left breast. The Moss cup, in the flesh. (Sorry, had to.) Interestingly, Moss isn't the first famous lady to have had drinking receptacles modeled from her, um, special parts. Legend has it that historical beauties like Madame du Pompadour, Helen of Troy, and Marie Antoinette all had glasses created from molds of their breasts. In fact, it was Marie Antoinette's own breast cup (also modeled from the left breast—what is it about the left breast?!) that inspired artist Jane McAdam Freud and London restaurant 34 to create the special Moss-shaped glasses. ''I was excited to participate in this project. What an honor to be alongside Marie Antoinette—she was a very intriguing and mischievous character," says Moss. "Champagne is always
How do you celebrate a quarter century of being one of the biggest and most influential models in the world? By drinking bubbly out of a glass shaped like your own breast, of course. Sounds eccentric, and that's because it is. It's also precisely what Kate Moss did the other night in London. The mega-model—surrounded by famous pals like Jade Jagger and Rita Ora—celebrated 25 years of being in fashion by sipping from specially made champagne coupes molded from her own left breast. The Moss cup, in the flesh. (Sorry, had to.) Interestingly, Moss isn't the first famous lady to have had drinking receptacles modeled from her, um, special parts. Legend has it that historical beauties like Madame du Pompadour, Helen of Troy, and Marie Antoinette all had glasses created from molds of their breasts. In fact, it was Marie Antoinette's own breast cup (also modeled from the left breast—what is it about the left breast?!) that inspired artist Jane McAdam Freud and London restaurant 34 to create the special Moss-shaped glasses. ''I was excited to participate in this project. What an honor to be alongside Marie Antoinette—she was a very intriguing and mischievous character, says Moss. Champagne is always