When you think of Vivienne Westwood and Naomi Campbell, it’s likely the first thing that springs to mind is that time Campbell tripped while wearing a pair of the designer’s monstrous heels at her AW93 show. But now the pair have come together again, and this time it is in the form of the designer’s latest campaign. 

Although Campbell and Westwood have worked together many times since that iconic runway show, SS20 marks the first time the model stars in a Westwood campaign: a series which has been 33 years in the making.

With the infamous British creative explaining she was inspired by mythology for the shoot, Campbell is captured wearing a red gown and statement white gloves while carrying the branch of a tree. Elsewhere she is seen wearing nothing but an OTT tulle layered hat, a necktie, and brown heels.

Shot on the backstreet’s of Paris’ 18th Arrondissement against a white wall lit up by neon lights, the campaign also features Westwood herself, her fashion designer husband Andreas Kronthaler, and model Kandioura Fissourou, all captured by fashion photographer Juergen Teller.

Also featuring an accompanying video, Campbell said of the campaign, “I believe things in life come along when they are meant to. It’s taken 33 years to do a Westwood Campaign and I’m so happy to be doing it in my 49th year. It’s meant to be when its meant to be…”