On the occasion of the presentation of her capsule collection with the British brand in New York on September 5, the supermodel walked the catwalk in revealing clothes.
Naomi Campbell is set to kick off Fashion Week this season. On September 5 in New York, the 53-year-old British fashion icon presented her collaboration with digital brand PrettyLittleThing and young designers Victor Anate and Edwin Thompson. A collection she brought to life on the catwalk, highlighting the line’s inspiration, which is none other than her 1990s style.
Naomi Campbell walks the catwalk with Pretty Little Thing during her collection launch in New York, September 5, 2023. Taylor Hill/WireImage
After presenting the seventy pieces that make up the collection, the famous model closed the parade. Naomi walked the catwalk in her famous catwalk wearing a racer-neck ultra-tight black maxi dress designed with sheer mesh and covered in rhinestones. A piece widely applauded by fashion personalities such as Emily Ratajkowski, Julia Fox, Teyana Taylor or even front-row seater Winnie Harlow.
Collection in question
Announced last June, the collaboration between the affordable ready-to-wear brand and Naomi Campbell has already created a lot of buzz, generating mixed reactions. It should be noted that PrettyLittleThing is part of the Boohoo group, which has been the subject (via Labor Behind the Label and the Sunday Times) of allegations of poor working conditions in its British factories, and has been blocked by the English Parliament. its immobility in the face of questionable supplier practices. Issues that haunt the full launch of this event capsule collection on the PrettyLittleThing brand’s Instagram page. Among the comments that appeared there, the influential Camille Charrier mentions a simple “Why?” Another user describes the collaboration as “from one supermodels most respected and unethical brand” as “shameful”.
Naomi Campbell reads it quite differently. In an interview with Vogue US, she explains that the British brand’s huge reach (which has over 18 million followers on Instagram) is an opportunity to promote and highlight emerging creative talent. Indeed, it was with 20-year-old Nigerian Victor Anate and 29-year-old Jamaican Edwin Thompson that the icon worked to create this collection, offering an “avant-garde” vision to Naomi’s timeless aesthetic. .
Naomi Campbell in the video. “I don’t want African designers to be used as a trend”
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Source: Le Figaro
