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Naomi Campbell Londoner No More

Has Naomi Campbell left London behind? Vogue UK reports that the supermodel has become a full-time Muscovite, moving to Moscow to shack up with her Russian billionaire boyfriend Vladimir Doronin. Campbell also indicated that she might be retiring from modeling. The peripatetic pair spend a great deal of time jetting around the world and Doronin has residences in many different countries. Just last month the pair were in Thailand hanging out with Campbell's friend, fellow catwalk veteran Kate Moss.

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First "Naomi for Haiti" Lotus Specials Fetching Big Bucks at Auction

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Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Auctions, Charity, Celebrity Design

A Lotus may seem like an exotic supercar, but the superlight British machines never approach the six-figure prices you'd expect from the likes of Ferrari or Lamborghini. But even that can change in the name of good will.

The first three examples of the special-edition "Naomi for Haiti" Lotus Evoras, created in conjunction with supermodel Naomi Campbell on which we reported recently, went up for auction during London Fashion Week, fetching prices in excess of GBP 300,000, or nearly $500,000 American. Campbell's boyfriend Vladimir Doronin got his hands on the first one. The remaining five examples are up for auction now at naomiforhaiti.com, with bidding ending on February 28.

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Lotus and Naomi Campbell Team Up for Haiti Relief

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Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Auctions, Charity, Celebrity Design

Lotus isn't the first to pitch in for the relief efforts in Haiti. And godwilling, it won't be the last. But it is the latest, and every bit helps. The British sportscar-maker has teamed up with supermodel Naomi Campbell for a limited run of special Evora sportscars that will be auctioned off, with proceeds going towards relief on the disaster-struck Caribbean island.

Each of the eight examples of the "Naomi for Haiti" edition Lotus Evora gets a special paintjob designed by Campbell and Lotus, bearing the Haitian flag, coupled with a special interior and all the options. The first example will be auctioned off live during London Fashion Week, with the seven remaining examples up for grabs at naomiforhaiti.com.

Gallery: Lotus Evora "Naomi for Haiti"

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Art Basel Miami Beach: The Parties

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Art

Art Basel Miami Beach opened this week with a mixture of excitement and cautious hope. Our friends at Plum TV are in Miami checking out the scene and they've shared some video with us. The overall mood seems to be fairly festive this year. Plum TV is covering both the art and the always entertaining nightlife, starting with the VIP Pre-Vernissage Preview Party on Wednesday night, shown above. Plum TV has a designated Art Basel Miami page with regularly updated videos and information as well as links to their Facebook and Twitter feeds.

Check out snippets of fashionable celebrities including Calvin Klein, Naomi Campbell and Lorenzo Martone, the art-savvy boyfriend of designer Marc Jacobs in the first video after the jump.

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Naomi Campbell's Birthday Surprise for Russian Billionaire Boyfriend

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Filed under: Events, Celebrity Shopping

Naomi Campbell just surprised her Russian billionaire boyfriend Vladislav Doronin with a lavish jet-set birthday surprise in Morocco, the London Mirror reports.

The supermodel chartered a private jet to fly them there as a surprise for Doronin, who's been called the Donald Trump of Russia. There she presented him with a lifesize sports-themed cake with a boxing ring, race cars and rackets on it.

The pair partied all night before boarding a jet to Abu Dhabi and then Tanzania for her charity work for the White Ribbon Alliance. Of course, as we've reported previously Doronin has been very generous as well.

Campbell has been earning praise of late for looking better then ever despite her 39 years. Her longtime hairstylist Amoy Pitters, who tended to the precious tresses for recent A-list events like Black Girls Rock and the Clinton Global Initiative gala, deserves her share of the credit.

Pitters, whose other celeb clients include Sheryl Crow, Ashanti, Ciara, Iman, Rihanna, Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige and The Pussycat Dolls, is famed for her unique, signature method of hair extensions, indistinguishable from - some would say better than - the real thing.

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Shaq Finally Unloads Miami Mansion for $16 Million - to Naomi Campbell's Boyfriend?

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates, Sports

Shaquille O'Neal has finally unloaded his Miami mansion for $16 million - $2 million less than he paid for the place - after nearly five years. The basketball superstar bought the Star Island spread in 2004 for $18.2 million, and first listed it for sale in 2005 for $32 million. The home was listed at $29 million when it was our estate of the day last summer, then the price dropped to $22 million before climbing back up to $25 million, then going back down to $22.5 million. Quite the real estate roller coaster. The Miami Herald reports that the new owner who reportedly coughed up $16 million in cash is said to be a European businessman who plans to renovate the estate. According to the South Beach Real Estate Blog, the buyer is none other than Vladislav Doronin, the handsome Russian billionaire who's dating supermodel Naomi Campbell. The Mediterranean-style main house has eight bedrooms, an indoor basketball court, gym, steam room and sauna. The 2.5 acre grounds include a tennis court, six-car garage, dock, two-bedroom guest house and Shaq's pool complete with Superman logo.

Gallery: Shaq on Star Island

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Naomi Campbell's Beau Buys Her $18.5 Million Apt. in Brazil

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Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping

The New York Post reports that Naomi Campbell and her Russian billionaire boyfriend, Vladimir Doronin, the "Donald Trump of Russia," recently were in her favorite country, Brazil, where he dropped $18.5 million on a penthouse apartment for her in Jardins, the Upper East Side of Sao Paolo. This came after Campbell told him how much she loved the country and "wanted to settle down there." Glamurama.com says the apartment was a "gift" to the supermodel and the couple will use it as their home in Brazil.

And more news: Campbell, who's trying to improve her angry, assistant-attacking image, also is focusing on being photographed at charitable events and launching a clothing line through 284, the new label from Daslu. "It's for strong women. I hope everybody will like it," she told a local Brazilian paper.

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The Battle Over Sardinia's Famed Billionaire Club

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels

One of the investors in Billionaire, the famed club for the megarich on Sardinia's swank Emerald Coast, says the club should be shuttered because of the current economic climate. Billionaire, a favored haunt of tycoons who come to frolic with the likes of Dolce & Gabbana, Kate Moss and Sean Combs, is controlled by rakish Formula 1 mogul Flavio Briatore (above), but Italian entrepreneur and politician Daniela Santanchè has a 10% stake.

Santanchè says that the ultra-exclusive club, where methuselahs of Cristal go for $50,000 a pop, is an offensive relic of a more wasteful age, the London Guardian reports. "With people struggling to get by, Billionaire should be consigned to history," Santanchè says. "I myself have put my Aston Martin in the garage and get around in a Fiat 500."

"Daniela has been in the sun too long," Briatore, who has dated the likes of Naomi Campbell and Heidi Klum, fired back. "What she's saying is absurd. If luxury is suddenly a problem let's close Bulgari and Cartier, or even all the discos, restaurants and the whole of the Emerald Coast." That may not be necessary, in any case. The New York Times recently reported that the hotspot has lost a lot of its exclusivity lately and that some recent visitors aren't even millionaires, let alone billionaires.

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Vanity Fair Celebrates Supermodel Comeback

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Last month we reported that top fashion brands were once again bringing back the supermodels of the 1990s to star in new fall ad campaigns for the likes of Prada, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent and Louis Vuitton.

Vanity Fair has now picked up on the trend, with an eight page story in the new September issue and a photo shoot by Mario Testino (right) featuring Cindy Crawford, Stephanie Seymour, Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, Claudia Schiffer and Naomi Campbell.

Though they're all obviously in great shape, Testino somehow makes Seymour look as if she's made entirely of plastic, while the gorgeous Schiffer looks more like a hausfrau than a supermodel. Perhaps the lighting and make-up is to blame. The shoot was originally rumored to be for the magazine's cover, but we can see why they went with Carla Bruni instead.

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Fashion Brands Still Sold on Supermodels for Fall

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Apparel

Back in April we commented on the fact that several major fashion houses had chosen to bring back '90s supermodels such as Claudia Schiffer, Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell for their spring ad campaigns. We speculated at the time that the revival was no mere flash in the pan and would continue for subsequent seasons; the new crop of fall ad campaigns has now proved our prognostications correct. Top of the heap is Linda Evangelista's new series of ads for Prada shot by Steven Meisel (above), which rates as a major comeback for the ageless beauty.

In addition, both Chanel and Salvatore Ferragamo have kept Schiffer for their new fall campaigns, while Turlington returns for Escada as well. Elsewhere, Naomi Campbell appears for Yves Saint Laurent and Amber Valletta does the honors for DSquared, Iceberg and David Yurman; while as we mentioned previously Eva Herzigova and Kate Moss heat up the new Louis Vuitton and Just Cavalli campaigns respectively. See the gallery for more.

Gallery: More Supermodels for Spring

Claudia Schiffer on a recent cover of German Vogue

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Top Fashion Brands Fall Back In Love With Supermodels

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Apparel, Handbags

After several years of scrambling after hot new faces, a slew of the world's top fashion houses have decided to take a more classic approach for Spring/Summer '08, showcasing supermodels who ruled the Earth in the 1990s in their latest ad campaigns. The top indicator that the supes are back in town is artist Richard Prince's new campaign for the Louis Vuitton bags he designed, starring a gaggle of semi-retired stars: Stephanie Seymour, Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer and Eva Herzigova, all sprawled on the hood of a kandy-kolored muscle car.

This season, Schiffer also appears in ads for Salvatore Ferragamo as well as Chanel, along with Christy Turlington, who's now also the face of Escada. Herzigova also stars in the new Roberto Cavalli and Chopard campaigns, while Shalom Harlow meanwhile does the honors for Valentino, Tumi and Jones New York.

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Naomi Campbell Banned From British Airways

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wings, Celebrity Shopping

Well folks, she's at it again. 37 yr old supermodel Naomi Campbell was arrested at the airport last week in London and has been banned from ever again flying British Airways. Apparently she became aggressive and abusive with some of the airline staff and eventually ended up assaulting a police officer -- all before the plane had even taken off. What could have possibly been so wrong as to warrant all that anger? Was somebody sitting in her window seat?

British Airlines wouldn't comment on the specific incident, but they did say that they take all incidents of violence and disruptive behavior "very seriously" and that "it will not be tolerated."

She needs serious help, seriously.

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Naomi Campbell, Not So Menacing After All?

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Yachts & Sailing, Celebrity Shopping

Maybe Naomi Campbell isn't so bad after all. At least when it comes to yachts. Naomi is suing Brit tabloid, The Sun over the story that Naomi piitched a fit in an antipasti debate with a chef and trashed her boyfriend's yacht. Naomi and the boyfriend deny that it happened. Someting must have gone down though, rumor has it that the boyfriend Badr Jafar and Naomi are now splitsville.

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Naomi Campbell Becomes A Yacht Menace

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Yachts & Sailing, Celebrity Shopping

Look out, she's on the rampage again. This time, instead of taking her rage out on an assistant, Naomi Campbell has smashed up her boyfriend's new yacht. The Sun says that Campbell's temper was sparked over an argument with an Italian chef and his choice of antipasti and wine. She is reported to have broken furniture and china and glasses on the yacht while it was moored in the Tuscan Rivieria. The yacht belongs to her new boyfriend, Dubai-born Prince Badr Jafar. The damage could be over $55,000.

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Naomi Campbell's Apartment, Estate of the Day

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Filed under: Estates

The other day I mentioned that Star Reynolds put her New York home on the market. Now Braden Keil over at the New York Post reports Naomi Campbell is selling her Park Avenue duplex. The six-room condo is selling for $5.25 million and has three bedrooms, a library, a large dressing room, and a "floating" master bedroom with a teak bathroom including the massive four-person sunken tub shown here. Ah, if bathtubs could talk. More pictures after the jump (check out the knife collection on the wall in the kitchen, scary!).

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