<<Wilson noted that drug-taking was not specific to the fashion world.
"I don't take the view that there are anymore drugs in this industry than there are in many other high profile activities be it sport, be it music, be it whatever it is," he told AFP. "It is a part of life these days," Wilson said, while adding that he had never given it a go. Many models consume cocaine rather than alcohol at parties to have a good time without piling on any extra weight.>> Kate Moss's alleged cocaine penchant 'typical' of fashion world Thu Sep 22, 1:21 PM ET http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050922/ts_afp/afplifestylebri tain_050922133431 LONDON (AFP) - Allegations that a supermodel such as Britain's Kate Moss may have snorted cocaine should come as no surprise as drug abuse is rife in the fashion world and other high-profile industries, models and experts say. Three big-name brands have rushed to drop or distance themselves from Moss this week after revelations in the British press about her alleged drug habit. But the chances are that anyone chosen to replace the 31-year-old beauty in a series of lucrative advertising campaigns for fashion retailers H and M and Burberry along with the French label Chanel may also have dabbled in narcotics. "It is a problem in the industry, but it always has been and it always will be," said willowy, Estonian model Olga Serova, 20. "It will never disappear," she told AFP, after appearing in a catwalk show by one of Moss's close friends, actress-cum-style-guru Sadie Frost, who presented her latest FrostFrench collection as part of London Fashion Week. The news about Moss developed, by chance, as Britain's biggest fashion carnival -- which is due to end on Thursday -- got underway. This unfortunate coincidence helped fuel the debate about narcotics and models, with one London newspaper claiming that revellers at several after-show parties this week were snorting cocaine like it was going out of fashion. "They (models) all do it, I am sorry. Everybody does it," said Natasha Lewis, 28, a freelance presenter on a fashion television channel. "It is their new thing, what can you do?" she said after attending the FrostFrench spring/summer 2006 show. The collection was developed with Frost's designer friend Jemima French. The Evening Standard newspaper offered a rare insight into the world of fashion, after it sent undercover reporters to four of the most prestigious London Fashion Week after-show parties. Samples taken from toilets at each of the venues found traces of cocaine, the newspaper alleged. Describing the parties, it said: "Traces of white powder criss-crossed the enamel surfaces of every cistern, while groups of friends discussed their 'stash' as they queued, waiting for the previous group to emerge, sniffing, from the laboratory." John Wilson, chief executive of the British Fashion Council, which organised London Fashion Week, insisted no illegal activity took place at the five-day event and if it ever did the council would stamp down on it straight away. At the same time he said: "What goes on outside of here, what people do in their own lives, of course is their lives, so it is not for me to be a dictator as to what people should do." Wilson noted that drug-taking was not specific to the fashion world. "I don't take the view that there are anymore drugs in this industry than there are in many other high profile activities be it sport, be it music, be it whatever it is," he told AFP. "It is a part of life these days," Wilson said, while adding that he had never given it a go. Many models consume cocaine rather than alcohol at parties to have a good time without piling on any extra weight. "(Drug-taking) has been there forever," said Charlotte Bailey, 22, a design student at the renown St Martin's College in London and one of the backstage helpers on the FrostFrench set. "I don't know why everyone is so surprised really," she said, referring to the media's hysterical response to the Moss allegations, first reported by the Daily Mirror last week. The tabloid published grainy video camera stills which appeared to show the supermodel using cocaine in a music studio where her rock-star lover Pete Doherty -- a self-confessed drug addict -- was recording with his band. Other newspapers took up the story eagerly, with tabloid titles running a series of lurid allegations about Moss involving sex and drugs. Turning up the heat, London's Metropolitan Police have said they will investigate the model's alleged cocaine abuse. ------ KETAMINE KATE Model went crazy after snorting up horse drug By Martin Fricker 24 September 2005 http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16169170&method=full&siteid=94762&h eadline=ketamine-kate--name_page.html KATE Moss bragged how she could handle the potentially lethal drug ketamine - normally used to tranquillise horses. But she went crazy after snorting the drug - nicknamed Special K - along with lines of cocaine in a mind-bending cocktail. The junkie supermodel admitted she suffered terrifying hallucinations after taking the powerful sedative which has killed many users. Kate, 31, also kept a secret stash of cocaine in an antique silver pendant around her neck - so she was never without a "hit" of the class A drug. She was said to be "like a machine" as she snorted line after line of coke and Special K during a debauched night at a plush apartment in London. A former model who witnessed the wild bender said she was "amazed" at the amount of drugs Kate got through. She also claimed the catwalk queen - exposed as a cocaine user by the Mirror last week - invited her for a threesome with a man. The source - who does not want to be named - ended up at the flat with a friend after meeting associates of Kate at West End club Kabaret. She said: "When we arrived, Kate was already in the kitchen with two other people. She was wearing a white vest and black jeans. "She seemed quite hyper. She was moving her jaw in a weird way and her eyes were huge. I could tell straight away that she was on something. "She was out of it and seemed really wired. She didn't look anything like she does when she is modelling. Her face was sweaty and her eyes were rolling. She was friendly and offered us a drink. She was drinking neat vodka with ice. "I guess there were around six other people in the apartment when I was there, but I didn't know who they were. While we were in the kitchen, Kate got a white, over-sized dinner plate and put it under the grill to heat it up. I asked her what she was doing and she said, 'It's for the Special K'. I knew that meant ketamine. Once the plate was warm, she took it from under the grill, opened a packet up and poured this white powder on to it. "She was saying how the warm plate helped fluff up the ketamine and made it easier to snort. She said it was what you do with Special K. "Then she took control. She used a credit card to cut up the powder and then they snorted it with a straw. She definitely knew what she was doing. She hoovered hers up first. She was quite greedy about it. She was like a machine. "Once she had snorted the line, she wiped her nose and started jumping around the room like a mad woman. She wouldn't stop talking. She was going on about Special K, saying how great it was. She said she had done a lot of it. SHE also said it was a great drug to mix with cocaine but said you had to be careful, because if you had too much you could hallucinate. "She said she once did too much ketamine and started tripping out. She said she started seeing things and it scared her. "After 10 minutes, we moved into the lounge. Kate did a line of coke off the table. I was amazed she was doing coke so soon after the ketamine. "She couldn't stop talking and was also chain smoking. She was acting quite big-headed, and boasting about how much drugs she could do. "Then she started dancing on her own in the room. She was gurning and her eyes were rolling. "After a bit, she said, 'Okay, who's up for another line of K?' I couldn't believe it. The others said no, but she went back to the kitchen. "I could see them heating up the plate again and snorting more ketamine. She came back into the lounge even more wired than before." Things turned even seedier as Kate began boasting about her sex life. "She started talking about sex," said the source. "I was quite shocked by the things she was saying but she didn't seem to care. "She kept getting her own stash of cocaine out of a pendant. It was attached to a silver chain, about two inches long. It was like a miniature flask, with a spoon attached to the inside of the lid. She kept unscrewing the top, scooping some coke out and snorting it off the spoon. "She was alternating between the pendant, the coke on the lounge table and the ketamine in the kitchen. I would guess I saw her snorting at least eight or nine lines of ketamine during the night." The model - who has since quit the industry to raise her young son - says she was stunned when Kate made a pass at her during the party in 2000. "She kept putting her hand on my leg and at one point tried to kiss me. I told her I wasn't into that type of thing. Then she pointed to the bedroom and said, 'Do you want to come in there for some fun?' I said, 'No thanks'. "Then she moved on to another girl, and they started kissing with tongues. I was really shocked. I'd never experienced a night like that one - and haven't since." Following our revelations about Kate's cocaine binge at a recording studio with lover Pete Doherty, his band and others, police are preparing a file that will be sent to the Crown Prosecution Service. It will decide whether the model or her friends will face charges. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
