Campbell ‘honoured’ by fashion award win
Naomi Campbell has said she is honoured to be called an icon but does not feel like one, as she prepares to collect a top prize at the Fashion Awards next week.
The catwalk superstar, 49, will be honoured by the British Fashion Council for her outstanding contribution to the industry when she is given the Fashion Icon prize at the ceremony on Monday.
She said: “It’s an honour to be called it, it is.
“I don’t think of myself as an icon but I respect and am very honoured to receive and blessed that they consider me to be one.”
Campbell, who has opened a Fashion For Relief charity pop-up store in London’s Westfield shopping centre selling items donated by top brands to raise money for education and employability programmes for young people, also spoke of her delight at witnessing the increased diversity in the industry.