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The Latest Fashion Collab Is In (PS: It’s with your former self)

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The Latest Fashion Collab Is In (PS: It’s with your former self)

Kate Moss for Zara. Three little words to send my dopamine levels sky-high. My index finger twitches with the primal urge to click “buy now” as I zone in on a beaded bra that whispers “Why not?”; a floral tea dress with a thigh split that’s either demure-but-mindful or might expose my bikini line; and the obligatory Glasto micro tube dress that’s really a top.

Kate Moss x ZARA

But let’s pause. This is pure euphoric recall. Because if, like me, you hoarded pieces from Kate Moss’s now legendary Topshop collections (2007-2010, a 2014 encore and the 2017 anniversary range), you already own everything Zara is urging us to buy this weekend.

Here’s the twist: that original Mossy Topshop gear is actually hotter property with Gen Z and Millennial women than the Zara range will be when it drops this weekend. A quick scroll on eBay shows a glittering Kate Moss for Topshop beaded evening jacket listed for £195, while an emerald-green party dress is on the watchlist of three people at £250.

kate moss x topshop

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Same goes for the sellout Bella Freud knits for M&S – OMG, the palpitations of regret that I wasn’t ready to press the “BUY NOW!” button at 7am to snag a “Blue Sky” slogan jumper… and then I remember! I saved up for a Bella Freud “Oh Wow” jumper five years ago and I’ve still got it… somewhere.

And there it is. The pull of “newness” is so utterly, brilliantly intoxicating until you take a beat and realise, “Oh, I’ve been there and got the T-shirt already,” and realise there’s joy in having been around the fashion block. Or you’ve done the horror watch that is Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy on Netflix.

kate moss x zara 2024 collection

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This is particularly satisfying when you consider luxury prices have skyrocketed by 52% since 2019. The noughties were a glorious time for guilt-free fashion splurges (though, in hindsight, there should have been guilt). Today, the same items have returned at eye-watering prices – case in point, Nicolas Ghesquière’s original Balenciaga Lariat bag. I paid £725 for mine at Matches in 2006. Now it’s back, renamed as “Le City” and costing an astronomical £2,090, complete with a brand-new mega-influencer-studded campaign.

So, rather than panic-buying Zara’s “Kate Moss lite”, I took a quick trip to my airing cupboard and dusted off an old Ikea holdall – or, as I prefer to call it, my personal time capsule of noughties excess. I unearthed a red Whistles plissé midi skirt, a sunshine-yellow 1930s bias-cut tea dress, Stella McCartney platform sandals, and that Balenciaga bag, complete with receipts from 2015.

And just like that, I was ready. I can wear it all again and look like the height of fashion – or sell it all for north of £1,500. Either way, I win. This isn’t just shopping smarter; it’s having a full-on collaboration with your past self. The real fashion moment isn’t at Zara. It’s hanging, dust-covered, in your wardrobe.

What noughties gems that are right for now do you have in your wardrobe? Share with us on Stories by tagging @goodhousekeepinguk.

Melanie Rickey is the host of @Theenoughness with Melanie Rickey podcast.

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