Naomi Campbell certainly knows how to do extravagance
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Version 0 of 1. As you can imagine, Lost in Showbiz gets invited to a lot of supposedly glitzy dos. But for all the promises of glamour and A-listers, somehow we always end up in the function room of a Best Western drinking past-its-sell-by-date Red Stripe and listening to Kelly Osbourne whingeing. So this week we praise Naomi Campbell for throwing a horrifyingly extravagant bash: a 50th-birthday party for her fiance, Vladimir Doronin, that genuinely looks as if it cost more than the Olympics. Campbell flew guests out on chartered planes to Jodhpur, where she had rented the Mehrangarh Fort, a 15th-century palace that sits 400m above the city. The party ran over two nights, with the themes apparently decided by a Bristol uni student just back from their year abroad. On the first, guests dressed in full Indian regalia – bindis included. On the second, they donned tailcoats for a Great Gatsby-inspired black-tie affair. Celebrations included a mammoth fireworks display and a performance by Diana Ross (for which she was reportedly paid £500,000). If guests got sleepy, a vintage Rolls-Royce would ferry them to another giant palace, the five-star Umaid Palace Hotel, where Campbell forked out more than a grand a room. The only thing that marred the decadence was the company Campbell keeps. In her 90s heyday, she would have stayed up for the full 48 with Robert De Niro and Spike Lee. These days, the most high-profile guests included Bob Geldof and Sarah Ferguson. Pictures haven't emerged yet of Fergie in her Indian garb, but the laywers who deal with Prince Harry's wardrobe malfunctions are on standby. |