The same dress and the same model, three decades later. The top Naomi Campbell has paid tribute to herself and remembered the era of supermodels by recovering an archive model from the nineties signed by John Galliano. He did so during the Bambi Awards gala, awards given by the German communications group Hubert Burda Media that this year celebrated its 77th edition in Munich. The 55-year-old Londoner went there on Thursday to present this award to the top, German presenter and producer Heidi Klum, 52 years old.
Campbell arrived at the event dressed in a white lingerie dress with openwork and a large white flower in her hair. It was a clear self-reference to one of his emblematic looks of catwalk: because the top She had worn that same style—with the same flower, although then with her hair up—during the show in Paris for the spring-summer 1996 collection. ready to wear by John Galliano. In that show, In the midst of the effervescence of the group of those known as “supermodels”, Campbell, Helena Christensen, Kate Moss, Amber Valleta and Shalom Harlow paraded.
The British woman reached the Olympus of modeling in 1988, after becoming the first black model to star on the cover of the French edition of Vogue, and to date he has never left the catwalks (this year he has been part of the Burberry, Richard Quinn or DSquared2 shows). Gibraltarian John Galliano, 64, worked with her on multiple occasions and their friendship has continued over the years and the controversies between both of them. In fact, in the Apple docuseries The supermodels, 2023, Campbell spoke about his addictions to alcohol and drugs – aggravated after the murder of designer Gianni Versace – and how he overcame them, and Marc Jacobs and John Galliano recalled how the British woman helped them face their drug problems and enter rehabilitation centers.
At the event held in Munich, Campbell has vindicated the creative work of Galliano, who in December 2024 left his last position in charge of a fashion brand, by not renewing – after a decade in the position – his contract with Maison Margiela, a brand from which he said goodbye with a fashion show-event in Paris. The designer, who graduated from Central Saint Martins in London in 1984 and then created his own brand, was the first Briton in charge of a house of French haute couture, Givenchy, and marked a time at the head of Dior, where he began working in 1996, as successor to Gianfranco Ferré. In 2011 he was fired for his “particularly hateful behavior” and racist comments at the La Perle café in Paris. After that event, he entered rehabilitation, began working at Margiela and in 2024 he starred in the documentary Rise and fall of John Gallianowhich reviewed his career, from his peak moments to his falls into the abyss, and reflected his creative genius. In it, Campbell explained why all tops They always wanted to work with him: “We wanted to be part of that magic.”
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