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In the season of supermodel revivals, Naomi Campbell is riding high. With an Yves Saint Laurent campaign under her belt (as well as a certain V55 coup you'll find out about later), Ms. Campbell stars in a high voltage 26-page shoot with Mario Sorrenti in the next issue. Stylist Jane How culled the most far-out looks and exaggerated shapes of the season and sent it all out onto the streets of Manhattan, where Campbell made use of an endless encyclopedia of looks and poses. There she is rising from the subway in Lanvin, crossing the high line in Balenciaga, and walking down a bustling Midtown street in Viktor & Rolf, among many more.
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Magazine: V Magazine, Issue: 54, Spread: The Empire Strikes Black, Photographer: Mario Sorrenti, Stylist: Jane How, Make Up: Aaron De Mey (streeters), Hair: Oribe for Oribe Hair Care, Date: August 2008
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Here’s Naomi’s profile from ModelTV (from about '03)

Loved-up Naomi Campbell sets sail with her billionaire beau
By Daily Mail
She's notorious for her fiery temper, but yesterday Naomi Campbell put her tender side on show during a romantic cruise with billionaire Russian Vladislav Doronin. The supermodel, dressed in a black string bikini, showered her beau with kisses and hugs as they soaked up the sun in St Tropez aboard his luxury yacht, Lady In Blue. The pair's relationship has become increasingly serious after Naomi introduced Doronin to 12 of her most trusted friends at a dinner party in the South of France last month. With an estimated

Political Fashion
Renowned fashion photographer Nick Knight has created an experimental video featuring a machine gun-toting Naomi Campbell, two Rodarte dresses, a pair of Christian Louboutin shoes and title cards that silently express his outrage at the fashion industry’s systemized racism.
www.showstudio.com/project/politicalfashion/season2/2008-07-28
Nick Knight chooses to tackle the outright taboo subject of racism in the fashion industry. Despite increasing diversity throughout contemporary society, it is undoubtedly true that black models feature in fashion far less than their white counterpoints. Nick's film not only questions this, but as a fashion 'insider' takes the industry to task over one of the last arenas where racism is apparently a tacitly-accepted fact of life.