What Naomi Campbell demonstrates at the Festival of Cannes 2024 it’s how it’s more than possible to make a pact with the devil and stop the advance of time. In fact, the gotha of cinema, who rushed to the most glamorous red carpet of the entire Côte d’Azur, for once can’t help but stop and give the stage to the super model.
At the first of Furiosa: A Mad Max Sagaa film presented out of competition – and complete with 7 minutes of applause at the end of the screening – even international celebs had to shrug their shoulders and accept being overshadowed by the supermodel who appears on the red carpet with that stride that made her famous and immortal.
Naomi Campbell in vintage Chanel.
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Choice vintage the one of Naomi Campbell who for the occasion shows off a designer outfit Chanel Haute Couture coming from the collection Autumn-Winter 1996/97 curated by the then creative director Karl Lagerfeld. A long dress with a slightly mermaid skirt, which from the waist down alternates layers of black sequins with others in soft transparent tulle, and to make everything even more precious, rows of pearls that become precious shoulder pads. To complete, a matching pair of pointed pumps.
An outfit that leaves you breathless and, at the same time, another – yet another – ensemble very well done by the architect of the image Law Roachwho escorts the Black Venus on the red carpet. Yet there is a detail that makes the look even more interesting: the dress in question has already been worn by Naomi Campbell right during the presentation of the collection.
Naomi Campbell in vintage Chanel.
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Naomi Campbell in 1996 during the Chanel Haute Couture Autumn-Winter 1996/97 fashion show
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Indeed, not everyone can re-wear a dress that debuted on the catwalk, with only a small difference compared to almost 30 years ago (28 to be precise): in the ’90s, for the kaiser of fashion, the top model wore under the dress a black slip, here, however, Naomi she shows up with only black underwear on display.
However, apart from this tiny detail, very little, if not nothing, changes between yesterday and today, demonstrating how time has definitively stopped for her. And now we also know when… that is, in 1996.
