TALK OF THE TOWN: Kate Moss’s toyboy flogs topless pictures of her

The on-off relationship between Kate Moss and her toyboy photographer Count Nikolai von Bismarck is famously mercurial – but it could also prove lucrative.

The supermodel’s partner is cashing in on their eight-year romance by selling T-shirts showing her topless.

Although she is notorious for wearing see-through outfits at parties or on the catwalk, this is the first time the 50-year-old has posed for a photoshoot semi-naked.

Nikolai, 37, took the grainy image while they were on holiday, with Kate reclining by the edge of the pool with one strap of her leopard-print playsuit pulled down to expose her left breast.

Nikolai printed the provocative image on the front of a white T-shirt, which is now on sale for £60 on the website of his fashion brand Tarantula.

The tops went on sale in June, a month after Kate fuelled rumours she and Nikolai had split when she was seen hand-in-hand with reggae legend Bob Marley’s grandson Skip, 27. Hours later she was sitting next to Nikolai at a London fashion show, but gave him the cold shoulder all night. 

However the pair always find their way back to each other. One source said: ‘They are constantly on and off, but both are very bohemian about hook-ups.’

A friend of Kate’s added: ‘She’s a passionate person and very flirtatious. Whether it is Nikolai, or whoever, they just have to accept it.’

Katie’s a carnival hero

Tatler model Katie Readman came to the rescue during last weekend’s Notting Hill Carnival when an open-top bus crashed into a tree’s low-hanging branches outside her home off Westbourne Grove, showering passers-by in broken glass.

The society darling took in the rattled driver and two of his friends, letting them stay overnight until their bus could be towed away. A source tells me: ‘She was a hero of the hour and really comforted them.’

A stable income for racing’s Flora

Racing expert Flora Gibbs has always been a bit of a clothes horse. Now fans of the 26-year-old ITV presenter can buy her cast-offs, for she has developed a side hustle – flogging her designer wear on resale site Depop.

Flora, left, who is dating Duke of Rutland heir Charles Manners, has put several items up for sale, including a funky purple mock-snakeskin jacket and a Joules yellow and blue spotty mac – either of which are yours for just £30.

Aristos have always appreciated ladies who avoid bling!

Lucien’s brush with humiliation

As the charming Alfie, British star Lucien Laviscount is the perfect love interest for Lily Collins’s title character in Emily In Paris.

However, the 31-year-old heart-throb is not always so suave at work, as he has revealed the humiliations he endured while filming Shakira and Cardi B’s Punteria music video.

In it, he plays a centaur, thanks to computer wizardry, but it took some effort. ‘I was in these blue Lycra pants with orange dots stuck to me that kept falling off, with a broomstick ducttaped to my butt,’ he said. ‘I caught myself in one of the mirrors. I was like, ‘Smooth, bro. Smooth.’ It wasn’t a sexy day for me.’

Shakira may beg to disagree, however, as the pair are reportedly now dating.

Alicia wants the joy of six!

As Hollywood star Alicia Vikander bitten off more than she can Tudor? After playing Henry VIII’s sixth wife Catherine Parr in last year’s Firebrand, the 35-year-old in and out of costume, now wants to join West End musical Six, a modern take on the story of Henry’s wives. 

‘I’ve been watching a lot of YouTube clips,’ she said. ‘Do I want to play another of the wives? Maybe in the musical. Maybe I will become part of that.’

Bobbie’s film tests patience of a Saint

All Saints star Nicole Appleton is bracing herself for the premiere of Robbie Williams’s ‘warts and all’ biopic Better Man next week.

The pair dated in the 1990s, with Nicole aborting their baby under pressure from her record company.

A source said: ‘Nicole was a key part of Robbie’s life and director Michael Gracey has vowed that audiences will get to learn how Robbie was affected by sex, drugs and women during the height of his fame. This may prove uncomfortable viewing for Nicole.’

Minnie surfs to success 

She played sassy Lorraine in the hit TV sitcom Will And Grace, set in the big-city corporate world of New York.  So I was surprised to learn it was Minnie Driver’s love of catching a wave on her surfboard that won her the part. 

Producer Jeff Greenstein revealed that during her audition, the actress, now 54, ‘grasped her side and winced’. 

He asked: ‘Surfing injury?’ to which Minnie said yes. Jeff has now told her he concluded she was ‘far more complicated than we suspected… and that’s why we had to have you’. 

Joe Wicks’s dark locks helped him become the nation’s most handsome PE teacher, but the 38-year-old is looking forward to losing them. 

‘I’d love to be a silver fox,’ he says. ‘I’ve got a few greys around the back but I’m still happy. I think it’s quite nice, it shows maturity. I’m not someone who’s going to dye their beard – I’m more natural. The minute I start going bald, I’m shaving it all off, then I won’t have to worry any more.’ 

Dominic West might have blown his chances of a knighthood when he played the future King Charles in The Crown… but that isn’t going to stop him acting the part. 

I spotted the 54-year-old brandishing a shield and sword last weekend, ready to do battle against some ‘terrifying Vikings’ at Glin Castle in County Limerick.

The castle, which belongs to West’s wife Catherine, was hosting an open day in aid of the village development fund and Dominic happily joined the ranks of the ‘Norman’ soldiers going into combat. 

The Garrick Club famously opened its membership to women this year but Kathy Lette has already turned down an invitation to join. 

The Australian author, 65, told me at a performance of A Night With Janis Joplin that Stephen Fry offered to nominate her, but she refused. 

‘I said I don’t think they’d want me,’ she confessed. ‘I didn’t think they’d like me swinging from the chandelier, I don’t think I’d fit in there.’ 

In July, actresses Judi Dench and Sian Phillips became the first women to join the prestigious London club in its 193-year history. 

Coldplay’s Chris Martin says his love of music comes from hearing his dad play Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal, with its line, ‘Annie, are you OK?’, on the school run every day. 

‘He’d say, ‘He never gives her a chance to answer!’ Chris recalls.