Naomi Campbell is not into “ticking the box” of diversity in the fashion industry. The supermodel, 54, made her name as one of the leading black models on the planet in the 1980s and was the first black model to appear on the cover of publications including Vogue Paris and Time, and has been using her platform to promote inclusion in her business. Hitting out at brands who want to “look good” without investing in long-term diversity, she said in an interview to promote her ongoing ‘Naomi in Fashion’ exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London: “A lot of people can come up to me and say, ‘Oh we want this, we want that.
’ “But that can go through one ear or the other if it’s just for a ‘tick the box’. Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion. “I’m not into ticking the box.
You have to show me that you really want to commit into the community and the infrastructure. “You know, there’s been brands where they’ve been in trouble, they just want to look good. “And I’ve gone out to help, and then once I’ve helped, or things have turned around, they’ve just forgotten.
“It doesn’t work that way – so I’m learning too.” Speaking at the V and A Museum in March, Naomi said: “Will (diversity) remain? That is a question I don’t really want to think about but that is what I’m thinking about, because as I am again looking at the collections, I’m starting to get nervous that we are .