CNN style Architecture | Inside Naomi Campbell’s tranquil Kenyan villa
A dogged work ethic
has granted fashion royalty Naomi Campbell a phenomenal 35-year-long modeling
and acting career, but even perennial highfliers need some R&R. Campbell
takes hers in a spacious and serene East African retreat, where a turquoise
saltwater pool stretches from the sunny patio right into the living room.
After a visit to Malindi, Kenya, in the 1990s left Campbell besotted, the
supermodel, who at the time dominated runways for Chanel, Vivienne Westwood and
Versace, bought an idyllic villa in the sleepy seaside town which has served as
her circuit breaker for more than 20 years. “It’s a very calming
place,” Campbell told Architectural Digest in a recent interview for the
magazine’s May cover story. “You don’t really want to be on the phone.
You’re not trying to find a television. You just want to read and be with
yourself. It’s nice to just have the silence and the crickets.” —read
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