Long before Lily Donaldson, Cara Delevingne, Jourdan Dunn and Edie Campbell, there was Naomi Campbell – the original Brit supermodel and arguably the best, alongside BFF Kate Moss.
While the new gen of models might be adored for their down-day dressing and off-duty style, doyenne Naomi isn't one for casual. When it comes to red carpet and events, no one does it quite like her. Yes, many may be 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 first scouted way back when in 1986. She stars on the current covers of both Paper and Another Magazine, not to mention the £1000 coffee table book which came out earlier this year, chronicling her 30-year career in fashion.
Though we're big fans of the Tom Ford and Cavalli gowns she dons now, our love affair with the incomparable catwalk queen and her A+ wardrobe began in the early '90s, at the start 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 first published September 24, 2016.
The Originals: Christy Turlington, Naomi and Kate Moss in NYC in 1995. Campbell quite literally knows how to outshine her friends.
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Mesmerised by the mermaid hair and that pearlescent, pink dress.
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Naomi at the Todd Oldham fashion show in New York in 1996. Check out those flares and the barely-there bandeau.
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Naomi attends a party for Grace Coddington in November 1993 in New York. This is giving us major inspo for how to style an oversized blazer. Extra points for the socks worn with colourful court shoes.
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Naomi's makeup is always as flawless as her red carpet fashion. The super was probably contouring when Kim K was still at school.
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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.
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Speechless.
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When asked why she never became a VS angel, Naomi responded: "They could not afford me." Natch. Here she is looking like she's giving serious shade at the Victoria's Secret show in 1997.
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Anyone else might look a bit Miami Vice in an all-white suit but Naomi looks nothing short of fabulous here in London in 1997.
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Gingham is one of the biggest trends for SS17 so take tips from Naomi in this slinky number in 1992. Maybe give the frosted eyeshadow a miss though...
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A ra-ra skirt, a stripy top and knee-high bovver boots – this is when many wrongs make a right. We're kind of obsessed with Naomi's arm candy too a.k.a. Jonathan Ross.
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Dionne and Cher eat your heart out! Naomi wears head-to-toe Vivienne Westwood to the Designer of the Year Awards at the Natural History Museum, accompanied by an equally glamorous Kate Moss, during LFW in 1991.
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We were almost distracted by Elton's blinding suit but nothing can detract from Naomi in 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. Naomi nails it yet again.
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