Naomi Campbell cut a sophisticated figure in a stripy dress as she paid tribute to her late friend Franca Sozzani in Italy on Friday.

Carrying a bouquet of flowers through Portafino, she told reporters she was paying her respects to the late Italian Vogue editor, who died in 2016 aged 66.

The supermodel, 54, honoured her old friend’s love of fashion by sporting the eye-catching light blue, pale green, mid blue and black Pucci dress for her walk.

Naomi completed the look with a black ruffled top and black meshed sandals, toting a black boxed handbag with a gold chain.

She accessorised witih dark sunglᴀsses with shiny silver embellishments and a series of beaded bracelets on each wrist.

The star let her dark brown tresses loose for her afternoon out and donned a dazzling gold watch on her left wrist. 

Naomi Campbell cut a sophisticated figure in a stripy dress as she paid tribute to her late friend Franca Sozzani in Italy on Friday

The supermodel, 54, honoured the late Italian Vogue editor’s love of fashion by sporting the eye-catching light blue, pale green, mid blue and black dress for her walk 

Her appearance in Italy comes after she made a surprise appearance at Usher’s sold-out concert in London on Tuesday.

The supermodel put on a very leggy display in a dazzling minidress as she strutted on stage while Usher belted out some of his hits.

The mother-of-two, who has a daughter, three and a son, one, looked out of this world as she walked across the O2 stage wearing a pair of AQUAZZURA heels.

The pair reportedly enjoyed a brief romance in 2004 before ‘splitting’ amid separate claims that Usher was ‘bored’ and Naomi found his entourage ‘too controlling.’

Despite the reports Usher later denied ever dating Naomi, telling CONTACTMUSIC.COM in 2005: ‘We were never a couple. We never dated.

‘She just accompanied me to an event and is a great friend of mine who I think is a great person.’

Last month it was revealed she was joining forces with Miley Cyrus for the singer’s ambitious ‘one-of-a-kind pop opera’, which will hit cinemas in June, following the release of her ninth album Something Beautiful on May 30.

In the trailer, Naomi can be seen strutting towards the camera and later in another dark sH๏τ, while Miley herself is seen writhing on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.

Carrying a bouquet of flowers through Portafino, she told reporters she was paying her respects to her late friend (pictured, in 2015), who died in 2016 aged 66

Naomi and Franca pictured together in 2011 at Cannes Film Festival

Naomi completed the look with a black ruffled top and black meshed sandals, toting a black boxed handbag with a gold chain

The model accessorised witih dark sunglᴀsses with shiny silver embellishments and a series of beaded bracelets on each wrist

The star let her dark brown tresses loose for her afternoon out and donned a dazzling gold watch on her left wrist

Naomi had her hands full, chatting on the phone while carrying the bouquet as she strolled around the town’s cobbled streets

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The preview features a string of different vignettes, with Miley seen walking through the streets of Los Angeles, posing inside a studio stage, and sharing a kiss with a mystery lover.

The clip ends with Miley declaring: ‘If I break away any bodies between us, would you promise I’m enough? If I give you all my love?’

Beyond modelling, Naomi is a philanthropist and activist.

She founded Fashion For Relief in 2005, aiming to raise funds for humanitarian causes by staging runway shows.

However, Naomi was disqualified from being a charity trustee for five years after a watchdog found serious mismanagement of funds at Fashion for Relief, which she founded.

This included using charity funds to pay for her stay at a five-star H๏τel in Cannes, France, as well as spa treatments, room service and cigarettes.

She was one of three of the charity’s trustees to be disqualified as a result of the probe by the Charity Commission, which regulates charities in England and Wales.

At the time, she said she was ‘extremely concerned’ by the regulator’s findings, adding that she was ‘not in control of my charity’ having ‘put the control in the hands of a lawyer’.

Her appearance in Italy comes after she made a surprise appearance at Usher’s sold-out concert in London on Tuesday 

Her appearance in Italy comes after it was revealed she was joining forces with Miley Cyrus for the singer’s ambitious ‘one-of-a-kind pop opera’ 

Naomi (pictured, in March) said she failed in her duties as a trustee of Fashion for Relief last year

A probe into Fashion for Relief was opened by the commission in 2021, with the charity dissolved and removed from the register of charities last year.

It had been set up with the aim of uniting the fashion industry to relieve poverty and advance health and education, by making grants to other organisations and giving resources towards global disasters.

It hosted fundraising events to generate income, including in Cannes and London.

The regulator’s inquiry found that, between April 2016 and July 2022, 8.5 per cent of the charity’s overall expenditure was on charitable grants.

The probe saw no evidence that trustees took action to ensure fundraising methods were in the charity’s best interests, or that the money it spent was reasonable relative to the income it generated.

It also said it found some fundraising expenditure to be misconduct or mismanagement by the charity’s trustees.

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This included a 14,800 euro (£12,300) flight from London to Nice for transferring art and jewellery to a fundraising event in Cannes in 2018.

It also looked into the decision to spend 9,400 euros (£7,800) of charity funds on a three-night stay at a five-star H๏τel for Naomi.

Last year the supermodel said she failed in her duties as a trustee and ‘may not have been as actively engaged in the charity’s day-to-day operations as she should have been’.

But she maintained she had not engaged in any financial misconduct or misused the charity during its tumultuous nine years.