Did Kate Moss's no-show at last night's Chanel spectacular have anything to do with Irina Lazareanu?

Fans disappointed by the non-appearance of Kate Moss at recent Babyshambles' gigs might have enjoyed last night's performance of Pete Doherty's reported new fiance, model Irina Lazareanu, instead. Lazareanu, who was supposedly "discovered" by Moss and modelled the first Kate Moss for Top Shop collection at Moss's request, unveiled her voice to a very fancy fashion crowd at Chanel's Paris/Londres fashion show. Jefferson Hack, Daphne Guinness, Natalie Imbruglia, stylists, editors, designers, and a giant gang of young blonde London socialites (almost universally clad in black) watched the 25 year old Canadian saunter onto the stage in a long silk Chanel dress and clumpy boots, and nervously take the mike. Models who want to be singers can be a worry, but by the third song, and accompanied by her musical collaborator, Sean Lennon, Lazareanu seemed to have won the audience fair and square. Her and a parade of models, including Devon Aoki and Daisy Lowe, who wandered the room wearing exquisite clothes from Lagerfeld's annual Métiers d'Art collection, created specifically to showcase the skills of Chanel's Parisian ateliers. This was a fashion moment, that's for sure. Karl Lagerfeld's patronage will give Lazareanu and Lennon a career boost. But Moss: where was she?    

Comments

[Perolillas]

oh my god that istruly stunning - of course it isn't an american mag, our editorials seem to be so hum drum

[TimothyL]

The women in the photo has no muscle tone at all! Her arms look atrophied.

[lee harrison]

Super Models? no i don't think so .. young silly and impressionable and usually drug addicts pushed into the fashion scene by other fickle self important drug addicts i am not interested in gorky looking school girls playing guitars using black and white photography to make it look artistic.. Babyshambles ? who the heck are those? ... my brother has been a heroin addict for 18 years ... he was never sensationalised! stop reporting and taking pictures of these rebellious silver spoon kids

[marina]

I just think the whole thing is so cruel and very very sad.I hope something will happen to stop the public humiliation of it all. I am no fan of moss but to this is really is ugly and non sensical cruelty staged to create the most public degredation of moss. Pure schadenfreude.

[marina]

I just think the whole thing is so cruel and very very sad.I hope something will happen to stop the public humiliation of it all. I am no fan of moss but to this is really is ugly and non sensical cruelty staged to create the most public degredation of moss. Pure schadenfreude.