Kate Moss explains modelling break

LONDON, England -- British supermodel Kate Moss quit modelling for a time last year after becoming disillusioned with the industry's hedonistic lifestyle.

"I quit because I thought: 'I ... hate it'. I didn't want to have to say I'm a model ever again," Moss said in an interview with Britain's Time Out magazine.

She told the magazine the only way she could deal with life in the fashion industry was to "get out of it."

"In fashion, excess is not for creative purposes, whatever people may say. It is about escapism. You just have to get out of it to deal with it," Moss said.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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