On March 17, 1993, the 22-year-old model collapsed in the middle of a show in Paris. The incident will have an unexpected impact. Anatomy of a fall.
On March 17, 1993, designer Vivienne Westwood made her profession of faith. After turning to shake himestablishment The Brit ditched punk in her younger days with many belts to champion her homeland’s rich textile culture. With tartan as her standard, she flies the colors of British craftsmanship along the Channel at the Paris Fashion Week show. And what better than a squad of models on sight to embody his latest manifesto? The inseparable “supermodels” Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista and Naomi Campbell are all four in the 1993-1994 Fall-Winter 1994-1994 collection. In the cast of the play called “Anglomania”. This election ensures, in fact, the coverage of the parade in the media. But Naomi Campbell’s fall on the podium will see her enter the generation.
Wrong for you
From September 20, the documentary series is broadcast on Apple + Supermodels returns to this episode. “Here’s what happened. Naomi was wearing rubber pantyhose and her legs were stuck and…” Vivienne Westwood (died December 29, 2022) narrates on screen, miming turning over with the mannequin’s arms. The image was captured by the cameras. young Naomi slumps to the ground, dressed in a tartan skirt, fuchsia boi and vertiginous platform heels (23 cm high), which undeniably play a role in the mannequin’s fall. Naomi Campbell hides her face for a moment to hide her embarrassment and bursts into laughter as she stands up again to applause from the front row. The model leaves some of her pink boi on the ground, but the romance is far from losing her feathers.
The height of the shoes that Naomi wore during the Vivienne Westwood fashion show, where she fell, is 23 cm. / Alamy Stock Photo / Abaca:
A publicity stunt
“I was ashamed, I told myself that I had to train,” remembers Naomi during a private interview with Vivienne Westwood, which was organized by the British publication. Vogue: , in 2019. They also evoke the implications of a behind-the-scenes designer offering a cane to his model to support him during the impending second leg of the runway. Twenty-seven years later, this meeting is also an opportunity for the “supermodel” to ask him if the incident has hurt the designer. Indeed, this manifesto parade was a particular challenge for a woman whose work at the time received little support from the UK fashion establishment. It is not so. Nor for the model. The opposite.
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In fact, this fall’s media impact was such that it even gained a following. “I never told you, but shortly after, several designers, whom I will not name, asked me if I could also appear in their fashion show (…) for publicity stunts. Naomi is still surprised in the interview filmed in the third episode of the series. Supermodel. Next season, Vivienne Westwood will again parade Naomi Campbell, this time in London.
If she refuses to fall under the command, Noemi has not fallen on this strong character that has contributed to the construction of her popularity. His shoes have been exhibited several times, and are included in the Digitized by Google collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum. In 2020, Naomi Campbell posted a photo of her fall on Instagram, accompanied by Nelson Mandela’s words: The conclusion of a wrong move that has become a mantra.
Source: Le Figaro
