Just Naomi

Fashion icon, top model, first black mannequin to appear on the cover of Vogue Paris in 1988, Naomi Campbell is the protagonist of an exhibition that the V&A will host from June 2024. A "monographic" exhibition that has the ambition of chronicling the first 40 years of career of the British model and celebrity born in 1970 in London. Making her catwalk debut at just 15 years old, Naomi Campbell quickly scales the heights of the fashion industry. Naomi collaborates with the most famous fashion houses in the world, parading on the catwalks of Milan, Paris, New York, Tokyo and her image conquers the covers of the most important glossy magazines. The exhibition titled NAOMI will include approximately 100 looks from the best of global high fashion chronicling her years in the industry. Visitors will encounter designs by Alexander McQueen, Azzedine Alaïa, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Gianni and Donatella Versace, Jean Paul Gaultier, John Galliano, Karl Lagerfeld, Kenneth Ize, Valentino, Virgil Abloh, Vivienne Westwood, Yves Saint Laurent and many others. In addition to stunning garments and fashion accessories, fashion photography features prominently. Striking imagery by leading photographers such as Nick Knight, Steven Meisel and Tim Walker, will form an installation curated by Edward Enninful OBE.