A great British institution pays tribute to a great British institution
A fashion model is paid to make an exhibition of herself, so perhaps it makes sense, beyond the no-brainer celebrity appeal, for the VA to devote a major show to one of the most successful models to ever grace a catwalk. And Naomi Campbell is no mere model. She’s a supermodel. One third of the Trinity — Naomi, Linda, Christy — who bestrode the 1980s and 1990s like glamazon colossi.
Black women are better represented now in magazines, the media in general and entertainment, than they once were — certainly better than when Naomi arrived on the scene, in 1985, aged just 15. But there’s a long way to go. And Naomi has had to work harder than her white peers for recognition and reward. “That’s just the way it is,” she said to me. “As a Black woman I have to travel more to match my counterparts.
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