Naomi Campbell Says She’s ‘Honored’ to Share Her ‘Life in Clothes’ at New London Exhibition

Naomi Campbell’s profession continues to climb to new heights!

On Thursday, the long-lasting supermodel shared that she is honored to have fun her contribution to the style business with a brand new exhibition that might be opening in London subsequent yr. 

“I am HONOURED to be requested by the V&A to share my life in garments with the world,” Campbell, 53, wrote on Instagram. 

“The V&A’s vogue assortment is likely one of the largest collections on the planet, and it’s a blessing to work with them to share my story,” she continued.

Included in her announcement was a photograph of the United Kingdom-born businesswoman standing in a black pinstripe two-piece pantsuit. Staying true to her signature look, her jet-black hair was styled in a glossy center half. 

Campbell stood in an atelier in the course of clothes for the image. 

“Congrats type queen!,” fellow supermodel Cindy Crawford commented on the social media publish. 

Intercourse and the Metropolis actress Kristin Davis added, “That is so thrilling and deserved! I’m so glad that the world is attending to expertise extra of the actual you, in your whole love and light-weight✨✨✨✨✨⭐️🌟.”

Her exhibition, titled NAOMI, might be held on the Victoria and Albert Museum (generally known as the V&A Museum) in South Kensington, London. 

A press release discovered on the venue’s homepage calls it “The primary exhibition of its form exploring the extraordinary profession of vogue mannequin Naomi Campbell.”

“By means of the work of main international designers and photographers we have fun her inventive collaborations, activism and far-reaching cultural influence,” the assertion continued. 

Along with Campbell’s retrospective, V&A has additionally held exhibitions paying homage to the work of David Bowie and Kylie Minogue.

NAOMI will characteristic choose objects from her very personal wardrobe assortment, plus roughly 100 of the items she’s worn on runways from luxurious labels similar to Alexander McQueen, Chanel, and Vivienne Westwood.

“Naomi Campbell’s extraordinary profession intersects with the perfect of excessive vogue. She is recognised worldwide as a supermodel, activist, philanthropist, and artistic collaborator, making her probably the most prolific and influential figures in modern tradition. We’re delighted to be working with Naomi Campbell on this challenge and to have fun her profession with our audiences,” Sonnet Stanfill, the V&A’s senior curator of vogue, mentioned in an announcement.

The exhibition may even characteristic the notorious Westwood excessive heels that Campbell wore when she walked (and tripped) down the runway in 1993. 

The sneakers will reside on as a everlasting fixture within the museum. 

Campbell’s exhibition is scheduled to open subsequent summer time on June 22, 2024, and tickets might be out there quickly. Those that select to turn out to be a V&A Museum member can take pleasure in free entry to the upcoming present, in addition to different freshly curated content material the venue presents.

Final month, PEOPLE caught up with Campbell at New York Vogue Week the place the veteran mannequin admitted that she was “nervous” about being hands-on throughout her PrettyLittleThing x Naomi Campbell occasion. 

“I simply needed to ensure the ladies had been okay, that they might stroll okay, that everybody’s going to be sturdy and poised,” she mentioned. “I used to be saying, ‘Robust, sturdy, sturdy, sturdy’ and ‘be your self, let your character present.’ ”

Quickly after, she starred alongside Crawford, Linda Evangelista, and Christy Turlington within the Apple TV+ four-part docuseries The Tremendous Fashions, which was launched in late September.