For controversial supermodel Kate Moss it is business as usual -- flying to pleasure island Ibiza for a two day Roberto Cavalli photo shoot, gracing the cover of French Vogue, appearing in a Virgin Mobile ad, chain smoking and dodging the paparazzi. It is hard to believe merely a few months ago the very core of this existence was shook by a mammoth scandal, starring a troubled young woman, namely “Cocaine Kate”. Back then prospects looked bleak for the famous chameleon. In the face of consecutively canceled contracts and bitter denunciations, her namesake empire, built on the idea of ephemeral beauty, seemed to be crumbling. However, in a world where change seems to be the only constant; the tide has turned once again – this time in Kate’s favor.

When all hell broke loose, Kate borrowed a page from Hugh Grant’s book and openly apologized for her reckless behavior. “I take full responsibility for my actions” she declared in a statement and added, “I also accept that there are various personal issues that I need to address and have started taking the difficult, yet necessary, steps to resolve them.” Moss even went as far as to cut the cord with notorious troublemaker boyfriend Peter Doherthy, speculated to be a bad influence and checked into rehab. Thus, by owning up to her wrongdoing and taking decisive action to amend the damage done, Kate successfully appeased the public. Still, skeptical naysayers prophesize ominous future downfalls for the slender doll, as they believe kicking the habit is a life-long struggle. But, for the moment, the model extraordinaire has successfully battened down the hatches and more.

Rumors of Kate Moss’ cocaine consumption was the number one item on the international agenda in mid September, even in the wake of Katrina, mainly due to the loss of her high profile contracts with retail giants like Chanel, Burberry, Cavalli, and H&M. Back then, a spokeswoman for Roberto Cavalli --Italian designer renowned for his theatrical clothes embellished with crystals, feathers, and embroideries-- declared, “Mr. Cavalli is very heated up about this because he is totally against drugs,” and continued, “He certainly had no clue that there was a problem.” Ironically, two weeks ago Moss went back to work for the maestro of opulence, shooting her first ad campaign since her brief stint in rehab. Afterwards, Cavalli himself commented, “Kate is back working and doing what she does best.”

On a similar note, London fashion house, Burberry had announced Moss was dropped from its autumn campaign. Nonetheless, the It-girl continued to appear in ads for the label in Central London even after the serious drug allegations. NY based H. Stern pulled a similar stunt. First issuing a statement strongly condemning any type of drug use and confirming their zero tolerance policy of substance abuse, the jeweler for the rich and famous then went on to ubiquitously publish images of Kate shot by photographer Rankin to mark the 60 th anniversary of H. Stern Jewelry.

Today is yesterday’s tomorrow after all. Despite the doomsday predictions, the resilient Moss has survived, surprisingly, with her career intact. The eerily poignant Jewel song declaring, “In a high tech digital world Kate Moss can’t find a job. In a world of post modern fad what was good now is bad” has not come true, just yet. Once Kate stops looking so good in pictures, well, that is a different story. For the time being the show is going on strong. It appears that Kate still has a few great shots left in her.

To answer Vanity Fair’s question, “Can she come back?” Fashionlines says, “She already has.”