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Valentino Haute Couture Serena T. Aubergine Bouillonne Light Faille Drapé Mini-Dress and Aubergine Feather Hat, price upon request. Photo: Campbell Addy for New York Magazine/the Cut Black people activate fashion in a particular way,” my friend AJ said with casual certainty a couple decades ago. We were poring over clippings of Black images he had surgically extracted from glossy Eurocentric fashion magazines.
Fashion can be a vicious gladiator sport. Naomi, more than any model of any color, seemed to understand that. Maybe as a result of an act of Providence, she never tried to be anyone’s pretty and silent clothes hanger. She was naked with all her complexities — her mess and her majesty on full display. She has demanded respect and redemption, all without shame. Naomi has, openly, unapologetically, relentlessly, been Naomi.
When asked what she felt were her most significant struggles or betrayals in her journey, she said, “I have no time for bitterness.” With a hint of melancholy, she added, “There’s a journey. I’m still on it. It’s God willing. I’m just still going, and I want to keep going and doing things that I love doing in my life. And that’s it!” She snapped back. Any whiff of sentimentality … gone.
Well, that is, unless it’s really out of the box. “If they put out something that’s wrong, I’m coming right out on my platform and I’m going to justify it. I’m going to set the record straight. I don’t do it often, but when it’s really ridiculous and disgraceful, I’m not going to … I’m not living in fear. I’m not doing it. I’m going to speak,” she said.
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