Long before Lily Donaldson, Cara Delevingne, Jourdan Dunn, and Edie Campbell, there was Naomi Campbell — the O.G. British supermodel (and arguably the best, alongside her BFF, the one-and-only Kate Moss).
While the new generation of models might be adored for their off-duty style, doyenne Campbell isn't one for casual. When it comes to red carpets and swishy events, no one does it quite like her. Yes, some are opposed to her fondness for fur or her looks dripping with diamonds, but with a love of Alaïa, body-con silhouettes and killer heels, 46-year-old Campbell is always impossibly chic.
Naomi is still at the very top of her game, despite being discovered way back when in 1986. She stars on the current covers of both Paper and AnOther Magazine, not to mention her very own $2,500 coffee table book (which came out earlier this year), chronicling her 30-year career in the fashion industry.
Though we're big fans of the Tom Ford and Roberto Cavalli gowns Campbell dons now, our love affair with the incomparable catwalk queen and her A+ wardrobe began in the early '90s, in the early days of her career. Let's take a little trip down memory lane to dig out some of her greatest vintage style hits...
This post was originally published on September 24, 2016.
The Originals: Christy Turlington, Campbell, and Kate Moss in NYC in 1995. The supermodel quite literally knows how to outshine her friends.
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Mesmerized by the mermaid hair and that pearlescent pink dress? Us, too.
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Campbell at the Todd Oldham fashion show in New York in 1996. Check out those flares and that barely-there bandeau.
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Here, Naomi's en route to a party for Vogue' s Grace Coddington in New York in 1993. This is giving us major inspiration for how to style an oversized blazer. And extra points for those socks worn with the mismatched heels.
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Because when glitter is in question, why not go all out? Campbell sparkles in head-to-toe red.
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We told you no one does body-con quite like our Naomi. That skin-tight LBD is major (as is Lenny Kravitz's entire look, too).
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Because of course Campbell was doing the Naked dress before everyone else.
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When asked why she never became a wing-certified Victoria's Secret angel, Naomi responded: "They could not afford me." Natch. Here she is, looking like she's giving serious shade at the VS Fashion Show in 1997.
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Anyone else might look a bit Miami Vice in an all-white suit (excluding Hillary Clinton), but Campbell looks nothing short of fabulous here in London in 1997.
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Gingham is one of the biggest trends for spring 2017, so take tips from the model in this slinky number in 1992.
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A ra-ra skirt, a stripy top, and knee-high combat boots — this is when many potential wrongs make a right.
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Dionne and Cher, eat your hearts out! Campbell wore head-to-toe Vivienne Westwood to the Designer of the Year Awards at the Natural History Museum, accompanied by an equally glamorous Moss, during London Fashion Week in 1991.
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We were almost distracted by Elton's blinding suit, but nothing can detract from Campbell, donning yet another black body-con dress at a Versace party in London in 1995.
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The fishnets. The baby blue dress. The coat...which Kate Moss wore on another occasion, as we just saw a couple slides ago, because supermodel BFFs share clothes, too. Campbell nails it yet again.
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