Wintour was to present the Icon award to the supermodel, but left instead to head to the U.S. Open – and Campbell said she preferred Samira Nasr of Harper's Bazaar anyway, who did present it.
Instead of starting fashionably late as awards events routinely do, Harlem’s Fashion Row Show and Style Awards got underway promptly Tuesday night at Grant’s Tomb.
Nasr was then saluted as editor of the year by Tracee Ellis Ross, whom she first befriended in 1994 as interns at Mirabella magazine.
Campbell opened with, “Yes, Naomi’s always late….I want to say this, ‘Everything is meant to work out, the way it is meant to work out. It wasn’t my choice to have the other lady . I would much rather have this .” The supermodel thanked Harlem’s Fashion Row founder Daniel and her team’s “commitment to elevating diverse voices in fashion.” Campbell added, “We must still thank, as she did take the time to come here to give me the award even though I wasn’t here.”
All in all, inclusion extends beyond people featured in advertising and on runways, she said. “It’s about who is controlling the narrative, where we read it and watch it. Who’s getting the money for brands and who’s making decision in the boardrooms? Virgil was one, if not the one, who got a seat at the boardroom table.”
But Taylor said her main goal with Team N.E.R.D. was to create a safe space for the kids, who were like herself. “Getting dressed gave us freedom. It was our imagination.”
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