Thanks to Desert Island Discs, we finally know what the supermodel sounds like – and it’s magnificent, writes Zoe Williams
Thanks to Desert Island Discs, we finally know what the supermodel sounds like – and it’s magnificentPhotograph: Catherine McGann/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Catherine McGann/Getty Imagessaid on Desert Island Discs were shocking and yet not shocking, but before any of that, just the sound of her voice was absolutely arresting.
It’s terrifically sad to hear what it was like to be a model in 1990, partly because it’s probably exactly the same today. Moss described going to a casting for a bra catalogue when she was 15, and some garden-variety predator asking her to take her bra off. It’s such a low move. An equal could retort, “Why do you need to see me without a bra, when you’re specifically hiring me to wear a bra?” It’s a pure leverage of shabby, middle-ranking power.