British actor RUPERT EVERETT has slammed style icons KATE MOSS and MADONNA, branding their widely-worshipped fashion sense "terrible".

The 48-year-old plays the headmistress of an all-girls school in new movie St Trinian's - but he insists he would be better suited to teach celebrities about looking their best.

He says, "Forget St Trinian's, I should really be headmistress of a star academy. All these so-called style divas have such terrible dress sense. I could give them a proper going over, and then put them back on the road. ‘Ooh, look, Kate Moss' hands have become almost as grabby as Madonna's.' "Actually, they're all at it, clutching their handbags with knobbly claws, like it's stuffed full of cash. That will have to be one of the first week's lessons at school. How to hold your handbag without looking grasping."