CEBU, Philippines - Former Spice Girl-turned-designer Victoria Beckham has incited the ire of supermodel Naomi Campbell when she only featured one non-white model in her 30-person fashion show during London Fashion Week.
After noting the lack of minority represented on the catwalk recently, the unruly model has waged a campaign exposing discrimination in the fashion industry, including writing a letter naming designers whom she felt showed a lack of diversity. Victoria was one of the offenders on the list, and apparently Naomi even personally called Victoria to discuss the issue after the designer was included on a letter listing all the offending design houses.
The statuesque 43-year-old told the UK’s Mirror: “I called Victoria and I spoke to her. I don’t want to pin-point anyone. It isn’t a blame game. Everyone’s name was on that letter because they’d done it. It could have been completely unintentional. She is one of the designers on there like everyone else.â€
The fashionable duo have a storied friendship. They were friends in the late ‘90s and then had a falling out when Naomi questioned Victoria’s nickname “Posh.†Mrs. Beckham responded to the jab by calling the supermodel a “massive cow†on her British TV show.
Despite the cat fight, the leggy ladies made up eight years later when Victoria got involved in Naomi’s Fashion for Relief Flood campaign and since then the twosome have remained close.
In 2010, Naomi even complemented the mom of four, “I love Victoria Beckham’s dresses. I’ve worn many of them before. I’ve also got her jeans. I love her work and she’s a great friend and mother.†(FREEMAN)