Kate Moss came out to the launch party for the Gossip singer's new fashion endeavor, Beth Ditto at Evans, in London on Wednesday.

Ditto was looking divalicous in a domino-laden catsuit, while Kate looked like herself.

We're just glad to see Kate use her fashion power for good!!!

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Rejoice, big beautiful ladies!

The Gossip lead singer Beth Ditto is revitalizing the fashion industry with her debut clothing line with Evans.

The UK plus-size brand caters to women between sizes 14-32 and features a range of products, including tight print dresses, domino print scarves, acid washed textiles and cropped fitted jackets.

Hawt!

Ditto is not some random celebrity who claims to design! She has been making her clothes out of hand-me-downs, pieces of fabric or re-working vintage pieces for years.

Beth will hopefully change the entire plus-size clothing industry!!!

No more boring, oversized clothes!

Big girls, you are beautiful!

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We love Beth Ditto, but she's completely off track on this one!

Or, then again, maybe she's not. Maybe she is just using the issue for media attention, which, if that's the case, then she's actually pretty smart.

Either way, the lead singer of The Gossip continues her tirade against Katy Perry, responding to Katy's recent opinion that she is not "impressed" with Beth Ditto. The feeling is most definitely mutual, as Beth explains to Spinner that she still feels Katy's success with I Kissed A Girl is "offensive to gay people".

Says Ditto, "I don't care if she writes a song about kissing a girl, but there are people who kiss girls in their everyday life, and it's not as easy as just kissing a girl and everyone loving you. It'd be really rad to hear her talk about something like that."

At the heart of it, Beth is trying to shed light on the hypocrisy of the industry, stating: "It's not about Katy Perry. It's about this song and its innocence on her part. To [Katy], it's just this party song. But as a gay person, it's like, 'Oh, of course this straight person singing about kissing a girl goes straight to Top 40 and people buy this record. Who can give a fuck about real gay people?' That's what's really painful about the whole thing. That's what makes me laugh about 'I'm not impressed.' It's like, 'Oh, that's what you think? Of course, because you never thought about what a real gay person feels, and the impact that a song like that has on the gay world in a time of crucial civil rights.' That's just one of the examples of what the mainstream is thinking about queer culture, when actually, we are completely fighting for our rights right now."

Maybe Beth and Katy should talk it out. We think Beth is coming from a good place, but if she really talked to Katy, she would realize how stupid this whole thing is.

Or maybe there would be an awesome cat fight!

Either way, we're down!

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In a recent column, British journalist Alex Blimes blasted Beth Ditto, her band the Gossip, and the entire fashion industry, calling them outright "stupid."

Blimes calls the fashion industry's love for Ditto a transparent ploy to "get the feminazis off their case," adding that Ditto is "just as bad an example to young women as a girl ten stone lighter than her."

Commenting on the release of the Gossip's fourth album, Music for Men, Blimes calls them a "deeply average, resolutely unsuccessful rock band."

Um, let's see…which name do you recognize more instantly? Beth Ditto and the Gossip or Alex Blimes?

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Check out The Gossip's just-released music video for their smokin' new single, Heavy Cross (above).

We love the vid!

It's fashion. It's glam. It's simple. It's moody. It's sexy.

It's fierce and faboosh and Beth Ditto rocks our world!

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Oh, Beth Ditto? We think Katy Perry read your interview!

And Katy is none too pleased.

The leading lady of The Gossip recently slammed Katy for "faking lesbianism" in her songs, such as I Kissed A Girl, and that she found her songs "offensive to gay culture."

Ever the dignified artist, Katy took the high road and instead of calling Beth a big, dumb moo-moo cow, she simply attempts to put Beth in her place, saying: "I heard that she said something about me. I don't want to get into a slanging war with anybody, so I don't want to say anything bad about her. But I'm not impressed. I've learned in the past year that one artist should never insult another artist's music — it's tacky. And with me, it always comes back to bite me on the arse!"

Response Beth?

We would much rather this turn into a "slanging war"!

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Beth Ditto graces the cover of the new issue of Attitude magazine and inside, the singer has a few bones to pick with Katy perry.

Ditto calls I Kissed A Girl a "boner dyke" anthem for "straight girls who like to turn guys on by making out or like faking gay".

Beth righteously adds, "I hate Katy Perry! She's offensive to gay culture, I'm so offended. She's just riding on the backs of our culture, without having to pay any of the dues and not being actually lesbian or anything at all. She's on the cover of a fucking gay magazine."

And Ditto doesn't stop there! She goes on to say that she would like to incite a "band feud" with the singer.

Well, Ditto, we think you've definitely got the ball rolling on that!

Now it's time for Katy's response!

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Check out a LOLtastic video from The Gossip (above)!

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Beth Ditto knows how to have a good time!

The Gossip lead singer is in London, promoting the band's new single, and on Wednesday night she attended Mark Ronson's DJ set for Trekstock charity at Proud Galleries.

And the fun didn't stop there for Ditto, as she was spotted with friends heading to Bungalow 8 nightclub later in the evening.

By the look of things, Ditto got smashed and trashed while out in Londontown! Her "smart" friends decided to [attempt to] hide the fact that it was Beth from the paparazzi, first by covering the singer up with a jacket and then with a blanket.

Uhmm, next time, use a bigger blanket.

[Images via Will Alexander/WENN.]

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