In her Desert Island Discs episode, model Kate Moss discussed a 1992 shoot she did - her first international advert campaign - for Calvin Klein, alongside rapper Mark Wahlberg. Moss remembered feeling 'vulnerable and scared' that she was required to be topless and said that she was offered valium to calm her nerves.
When asked if she felt objectified she said: 'Completely. And vulnerable and scared. I think they played on my vulnerability. I was young and innocent, and Calvin loved that.' On Wahlberg she said: 'He was very macho and it was all about him.'
Back in 2013 Marc Jacobs interviewed Calvin Klein for Interview Magazine, and their conversation turned to Kate Moss - and Mark Wahlberg - here's what he said:
How Calvin Klein discovered Kate Moss...
'At that time, the girls were also building up their tits and doing things to their bodies that were really awful. So I thought, "It's time for a whole different look." I remember talking to Patrick Demarchelier, who I was working with a bit then. I said to Patrick that I liked a particular French actress, a tiny waify thing. So I was thinking about her. But then one day, Kate walked into Patrick's studio and he said, "I think I found what you're looking for." So he sent her over. And that opened the door for me, to a whole different type of girl. Instead of the really built ones.'
Calvin Klein confirms that Kate and Mark Wahlberg disliked each other...
When asked about Marky Mark the designer says: 'He was so great. So, immediately, we did a contract. I didn't want anyone else. But he was trouble ... Oh, my god. He and Kate couldn't stand each other.' Marc Jacobs, good pal of the Mossy, replies 'I bet. Well, Kate doesn't love a lot of people so much ... She's very picky.'
Calvin Klein said he had a 'tough time' with Kate Moss...
'I had a tough time with her, too,' Calvin says. 'Yeah, from the very beginning. She had gone through some difficult times, and it sometimes came through in the work and in the attitude ... She ended up being really great, though. But the earlier stuff was part of that whole opposite wave ...' Marc replies: 'Anti-glamour.'
Calvin revealed how he got the campaign images for Obsession...
'What happened is that when I met Kate, and she told me that she had a boyfriend, I said, "Who's the boyfriend?" And she said Mario Sorrenti, and I said, "What does he do?" She said, "He's a photographer." I said, "Oh, why don't you ask him to come up. I'd like to meet him." So he comes up and he shows me his stuff. Obsession was going down in the toilet that time—the sales were really sliding—and the fragrance company said, "You have to do something." So Mario walks into my studio and he's got a book with him. So I said, "What's that?" And he said, "Those are my private pictures of Kate." I said, "Really? Can I have a look?" And I look at the pictures and it just says to me Obsession—he was obsessed with her. So I said, "Why don't the two of you go to an island alone and you just photograph her and let's see what happens." And that's how I got all of it. I just got so much from Mario and her. Taking a chance, taking risks with the photographers and the models ...