-Via Vogue UK
The V&A has announced that its next fashion exhibition will be dedicated to the British supermodel Naomi Campbell, almost 40 years after she was first scouted in Covent Garden at the age of 15. The exhibition, called simply Naomi, will follow the museum’s current retrospective dedicated to Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, and will showcase pieces from Campbell’s own extensive personal wardrobe, alongside archive looks from her runway career loaned by designers.
“For me as a fashion historian, what is so fascinating is the way that her 40-year career intersects with the best of high fashion,” curator Sonnet Stanfill explains to British Vogue. “We’re telling the story of a career through clothes – clothes that are extraordinary.” There will also be an installation of significant fashion photography, curated by British Vogue’s editor-in-chief Edward Enninful, which will capture the “special alchemy she has with photographers, resulting as magic on the page”.
This is the first time that a model will be the focus of an exhibition at the V&A, and Campbell’s personal involvement also makes it unique. Naomi, which will open on 22 June 2024 and run until 6 April 2025, will be a “broad survey of past and present”, with an emphasis on designers who helped shape her early career, such as Azzedine Alaïa (or “Papa”, as Campbell called him), Yves Saint Laurent and Gianni Versace, but also an exploration of her more recent runway looks. The exhibition will span 100 items in total, with pieces from Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Alexander McQueen, Jean Paul Gaultier, Virgil Abloh and more set to be included. The only gown Stanfill confirmed will appear is the pink feathered and lace gown Valentino’s Pierpaolo Piccioli designed for the supermodel to wear to the Met Gala in 2019.
This article was originally seen in Vogue UK
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