![]() The award is in recognition of her incredible contribution to the fashion industry, her world-renowned career as a supermodel, as well as her philanthropic work with charities, and incredible efforts in creating a more diverse and equal future. The British Fashion Council will be honoring Naomi with the Fashion Icon Award at The Fashion Awards 2019, taking place at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on 2 December. Since its inception, Fashion For Relief has staged events in New York, London, Cannes, Moscow, Mumbai and Dar es Salaam. David Bailey and Mariano Vivanco also donated their iconic photographs of the supermodel, which were taken in 19 respectively.įounded by Naomi in 2005, Fashion For Relief has raised millions for disaster relief (UK floods in summer 2007, Hurricane Katrina, the Haiti earthquake, the Japanese earthquake and tsunami) and humanitarian causes around the world including child refugee crises, maternal health, the fight against Ebola, and more. ![]() ![]() Ellen Von Unwerth donated a signed black and white photograph she took of Naomi in 1990 from her personal collection. There were a few nods to Naomi in the auction too. Dolce and Gabbana donated two items: the “Eupheme” georgette dress entirely embroidered with sequins and small bugle beads, and “Nausicaa” lurex lace cape and Chiffon dress. The one of a kind Marina Abramović original sketch was made specifically for the auction this year. Items up for bid include art pieces by Andy Warhol, Salvador Dali, Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and Marina Abramović. The glamorous gala dinner attended by 500 guests featured a charity auction with prized art items that were donated by Naomi’s industry contacts. ![]() Grammy Award winning hip-hop icon Eve and rising star rapper Octavian provided the evening’s music entertainment. Naomi invited the students to join her on the catwalk after meeting them in a school visit earlier this year. For the grand show closer, the South London-born supermodel strutted out with 30 school students from West Norwood’s The Elmgreen School. Swedish artist Seinabo Sey kickstarted the evening with a soulful performance before Naomi Campbell made her London Fashion Week homecoming on the runway, joined by Erin O’Connor, Adut Akech, Tiwa Savage and Damson Idris. The fashion industry has really come together with FFR and has shown it’s not just bout looking good, it’s about being good and doing good.” -Naomi Campbell Without the opportunity to learn, they’re more likely to be trapped in cycles of poverty, poor health and forced labour. One of the underlying difficulties young people have is education – or rather the lack of it. “I’m truly happy to be bringing Fashion For Relief back to my home town London! We hear so much about the problems facing young people in the capital. Vogue Runway descrived the collection as darker and more mysterious than the previous season, 'a fashion. Maria Callas as Medea was included on the mood board as a muse. Maybe I am different, but I have heard Naomi saying, ‘Bitch better have my money after I walked for her.’ So it’s going to be fine.' If people don’t like how I walk then they don’t have to watch.Guests from the world of fashion, music and entertainment who showed up in support include: Edward Enninful, Anna Wintour, Luke Evans, Naomie Harris, Pierce Brosnan, Billy Porter, Skepta, Adwoa Aboah, Alexa Chung, Ella Eyre, Maya Jama and more. Spring 2014 edit The Valentino Ready-to-Wear Spring 2014 Collection was presented on September 30, 2013, by creative directors Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli. "After getting a lot of different opinions about my past Fashion Week I went into the VS show thinking, 'Yeah. Italian families are coming out to watch and she’s like, 'Don’t look at them, keep walking, they’re your audience.' The elevator would open and the waiter would come out - 'Don’t look at him, he’s your audience, do a spin and keep going.' It was terrifying, walking in front of this Italian grandmother and her kid," Gigi recalled. "I go to her hotel and we end up practicing walking in the hallway of the hotel. Their supermodel bonding sesh took place in a hotel in Milan where Naomi even offered her some lessons on how to further perfect her walk. Everyone said my walk was weird too,'" The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills daughter told Love magazine. "She said, 'Don’t apologize, don’t do it. And, it turns out, one of the women who helped shape her signature walk is none other than a fashion legend herself: Naomi Campbell. The supermoel offered the 20-year-old some sage wisdom about how to shrug off anyone who might not like the way she walks down a runway. Gigi Hadid has proven she can stand out from the model crowd whether she's using social media to shine a light on real issues, or hitting the runway with a swagger that's uniquely her own.
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