In the second episode of Apple TV+'s, Campbell opens up about a make or break moment in her fledgling modeling career and the chance encounter that changed her entire life.
"I had all my money stolen, my traveler's checks I should say. Mum gave me traveler's checks. I was going to dinner with another model because she [took] pity on me and that's when I met Azzedine Alaïa," a meeting that would alter the course of fashion history. "He doesn't speak English, I don't speak French, but there's"And then he gave me an outfit and he asked me to put it on to see what his clothes look like on me.
And it wasn't just an incredible designer wardrobe that Alaïa provided his young muse with, but also his protection in a very predatory industry."Once, an art director felt the need to tell me that he thought my breasts were perfect, but he felt the need to have to touch them," Campbell reveals. "I called papa. I called papa right away, and papa called him up and read him. He never came near me again.