We were all members of V&A so we could just turn up and walk in, which we did having first taken advantage of members' privileges to drop out coats of in the cloakroom for free.
It was a fairly small exhibition, unlike say Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty which had been on in the largest space and this was, appropriately, in the fashion space, as Wedding Dresses had been. That suited me as while I was not quite there under duress I do not think that I would have gone but for the external influences, unlike the other fashion exhibitions which I had definitely been up for.
I had not followed Naomi Campbell's career at all and only knew the things forced on me through the mainstream media. I probably could have learned a lot more about her life had I read more of the exhibition notes but it was not her life that I was interested in, it was the clothes that she had worn, and she had worn some incredible outfits (using "incredible" in several ways).
I was also interested in the way that she had been photographed. There were plenty of outfits and photographs on display so that was good.
The common factor in the exhibition was Naomi and as that did not interest me I found the collection of clothes by many different designers to be a disjointed exhibition.
I was also surprised at how few of the outfits actually impressed me and it is telling that I have chosen an Alexander McQueen one. If I had to pick another it would have to be a Vivienne Westwood tartan outfit.
NAOMI In Fashion did not do a great deal for me but it did enough, and it was free.
It was also at V&A which meant that I could go and have a coffee and a cake in the Members' Room afterwards. A fair start to a busy day.
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