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Naomi Campbell talks about Using Fashion to Champion Charity on the cover of ELLE USA’s New Issue
Supermodel Naomi Campbell joins Gisele Bundchen, Doutzen Kroes, and Anja Rubik as the latest cover stars for ELLE USA‘s July 2019 Conservation Issue.
ELLE’s new edition aims to celebrate and raise awareness of women making a difference in climate change—from marine biologists to supermodels.
Naomi, who was in Lagos earlier in the year and spoke about using her platform for philanthropy, shed more light on her humanitarian work; from the Fashion for Relief show for Hurricane Katrina to the #Togetherband campaign, a partnership between the UN Foundation, Bottletop Foundation, UBS, Eco-Age, Project Everyone, and TO.org to work toward the UN’s 17 global goals for sustainable development.
Read excerpts below:
On supporting “Knot On My Planet”, an elephant-preservation charity
Africa is very close to my heart. I have a place in Kenya, and it’s tragic and disgusting to know that people are killing elephants for their ivory, destroying the nature and beauty of this continent. So it wasn’t very difficult for me to say yes. Many people have asked us to come together on numerous occasions, but we chose this because we all feel the same way about it.
On hanging on to pieces without regard for trends
I don’t care how old it is, if I have a connection or an affiliation or a love of the creativity of the person who made it and the design, I’m wearing it.
Read the full feature on www.elle.com
Credits
Editor-in-chief: @ninagarcia
Cover star: @naomi
Photographer: @chriscolls
Stylist: @ilona_hamer
Wearing: @dior @fashion4relief
