Supermodel Naomi Campbell covers the March-April 2023 issue of Vogue India. Kate Phelan styled the supermodel legend in rich images by Campbell Addy [IG].

Naomi wears major jewelry by Sabyasachi [IG] and fashion, too, throughout the images. Never has Campbell had a Vogue India cover, nor a solo fashion feature, even though she’s been coming to India since 1994.

Writing about Raphael Pavarotti last week, AOC noted the global lineup of creatives he assembled for the shoot. Naomi assembles a similarly diverse crew for these images.

“The second time that I ever travelled alone in my life [to India], I went to Trivandrum,” Naomi reveals to Shriya Zamindar. “I went there by myself in 2012 to learn about yoga. I saw yoga being done in all these different ways, for different purposes. But I specifically wanted to know how to find this triangle of peace,” she says to the photo shoot team. “I wanted to go to the source and teach myself. I stayed there for a month and put my phone in the safe. There were only two people who knew how to contact me. I immersed myself in the experience and I loved it.”

Speaking of Indian jewelry and Sabyasachi’s jewelry specifically, the supermodel explains her passion. “It’s not just the front of the jewellery that I like, but the intricate detailing that India does behind the necklace. These are beautiful details, and we just don’t see any of this workmanship anywhere else.”

Naomi Campbell’s mission in India has taken on a new focus. “I just launched my new initiative, EMERGE, in Qatar and we’re looking to bring it to India. It highlights young creatives and gives them a platform so that the world gets to see them,” she explains. “The concept is to invest in them and bring them to London and Milan, mixing them in where they should be. It’s about highlighting their work which doesn’t get highlighted.”

Campbell is working with Qatar Creates and Her Excellency Sheika Al Mayassa bint Hamad Al-Thani [IG].

Carine Roitfeld and crew are also working with the Qatar Museums Chairperson, launching Qatar Fashion United by CR Runway in December 2022.

The sold-out show situated over 20,000 attendees into the seats of Ras Abu Aboud Stadium 974 two nights before the World Cup 2022 finals in Doha. The monumental moment intersecting fashion, music, sports, and culture resulted in the largest fashion show to date anywhere in the world. Read more details at CR Fashionbook.