1. Kate Moss’s The Beautiful and the Damned-themed 30th 16 January 2004
What better place to start could there be than with La Moss: host of more debauched birthday parties than Romford High Street on any given Saturday. Worth mentioning are the four days of medieval-themed mayhem in honour of her 35th, a Bowie-inspired 42nd and her 21st at the Viper Room in Los Angeles. None of these occasions, though, is as notorious as the Claridge’s bash celebrating her three decades on the planet. Chris Martin and Gwynnie left early because it was getting too wild. Ronnie Wood fell off the wagon. And then, if the tabloids are to be believed, there was an in-keeping-with-the-theme orgy. ‘One of the most eager participants in these fevered goings on is a woman who is a household name in Britain,’ gasped the Daily Mail. ‘She is having sex with a man who is neither husband… nor regular partner.’ Imagine!
