LONDON — Naomi Campbell is getting her own major exhibition at the Victor & Albert museum in London’s South Kensington.
The exhibition, titled “Naomi,” will run from June 22, 2024, to April 6, 2025, and trace her four-decade career featuring items and objects from designers such as Alexander McQueen, Azzedine Alaïa, Gianni and Donatella Versace, Jean Paul Gaultier, John Galliano, Karl Lagerfeld, Vivienne Westwood, Yves Saint Laurent and more.
“I’m honored to be asked by the V&A to share my life in clothes with the world,” Campbell said in a short statement.
Naomi Campbell walking in Sarah Burton’s final show Alexander McQueen.
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“Naomi Campbell’s extraordinary career intersects with the best of high fashion. She is recognized worldwide as a supermodel, activist, philanthropist and creative collaborator, making her one of the most prolific and influential figures in contemporary culture,” said Sonnet Stanfill, senior curator of fashion at the V&A.
British Vogue’s outgoing editor Edward Enninful has formed an installation for the showcase that will feature imagery from Nick Knight, Steven Meisel and Tim Walker.
The exhibition will touch upon Campbell’s initiatives throughout her career, from meeting Nelson Mandela; joining the Black Girls Coalition in 1989; campaigning for The Diversity Coalition with Iman and Bethann Hardison; her support for Arise Fashion Week, and spotlighting Emerge, the global initiative that she started in 2022.
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The model was recently part of Apple TV+’s documentary series “The Super Models” alongside Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington and Cindy Crawford.
“I’m looking at myself as a changemaker. As a changemaker, I thought this was something that was a good thing to do. I know that it’s fast fashion, and that people have their criticism. I’m not denying them. But as a changemaker, I felt this was a great way to effect change in the industry in getting my emerging designers recognized and seeing them on a global platform,” Campbell told WWD in an interview ahead of her collaboration with PrettyLittleThing that launched at New York Fashion Week.