Hysteria and the Great Kate Con ; Our Fashion Columnist Joined the Mob Fighting to Buy Kate Moss's New Cloths Range. Her Verdict? Tacky Outfits. Hugely Inlated Prices. And a Blind Worship at the Altar of Celecrity That Defies Belief

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MONDAY night on Oxford Circus will go down in fashion history as the moment British women woke up to the fact that we have all been thoroughly duped.

Even the most sensible and sceptical among us - ie me - had been seduced by the tremendous amount of hype surrounding the new collection for Topshop 'designed' by Kate Moss.

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Hysteria and the Great Kate Con ; Our Fashion Columnist Joined the Mob Fighting to Buy Kate Moss's New Cloths Range. Her Verdict? Tacky Outfits. Hugely Inlated Prices. And a Blind Worship at the Altar of Celecrity That Defies Belief

I turned up at 6pm on Monday to stake my claim outside the flagship store with hundreds of other women, all confident in the knowledge we would soon emerge stylish, cutting edge and envied - and all without having spent too much money. How wrong could we have been?

And, to be honest, what on earth were we thinking, allowing ourselves to be herded and prodded like cattle for the privilege of spending our own money?

All the women around me in the queue were smart, educated, fashion-literate but, ultimately, also deluded, brain...

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