phantasmas 9,245 Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago As you enter the exhibition “Naomi: In Fashion” at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, you are greeted by a video montage of Naomi Campbell’s iconic walk down the many runways of her 40-year career: a flirty sashay from baby Naomi at Todd Oldham in the mid-’90s, a moody saunter in a black silk outfit for Isaac Mizrahi from Fall 1997, a dead-serious stomp in a sequined black Saint Laurent tuxedo just a few years ago—all distinctly different, all distinctly Naomi. A solo V&A exhibition on any one person, particularly during his or her lifetime, is rare and sought-after. (Previous honors have been bestowed upon Alexander McQueen, Frida Kahlo, and David Bowie.) I also observe, quietly, two Black girls, perhaps 16 or 17, who are transfixed, staring closely at the footage and swapping stories about admiring her beauty and “fierceness.” I smile, thinking of my own experience of observing Naomi Campbell from afar at that very age. When I was growing up in London, Campbell’s image and mononym were so inextricably linked with fashion that when I told my West African father, a general practitioner with absolutely no knowledge of fashion, that I had aspirations for a career in the industry, he asked if I wanted to be Naomi. Interview: https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/models/a61741188/naomi-campbell-icons-interview-2024/ 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hieronymus 9,047 Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago I'm glad she looks like she's having fun Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzkill 4,329 Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago she's always beautiful. i love her. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killa 14,750 Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago Still got it. Her personality Always comes through the print/screen. Love the short hair. She Just looks good in everything 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chlorine 46,546 Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago Showing off that legussy 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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