Naomi Campbell isn't as cold-hearted as she appears to be. She's actually got a little bit of human kindness in her.

Monday night, several celebs and fashion insiders attended the 2009 Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual Costume Institute Gala in NYC.

The evening had several high and low points, with notable designers such as Marc Jacobs and fashion editor Anna Wintour in attendance. Though noticeably absent from the event was fashion designer Azzedine Alaïa. None of his dresses were even exhibited in the Model As Muse exhibit.

So why not invite one of the top designers to the event? Alaia blames it on Wintour. He stated in a recent interview that "She has too much power over this museum." Seems Anna's not a big fan of his.

So Alaia decided to ask seven models who were going to wear his designs to the show, not to wear his creations. One of those models included Naomi Campbell.

So instead, Campbell decided to skip the whole event!

Campbell has reportedly been a "muse" for Alaia for the past 23 years and even lived with him in Paris when she started her career and has been known to call him "Papa." A rep for the supermodel said Naomi "feels she doesn’t want to attend unless she can represent his work." Also not in attendance due to Alaia's snubb was Stephanie Seymour,

However, Met exhibit curator, Harold Koda, is defending Wintour (he knows what's good for him) and claiming that The Devil had nothing to do with the situation and he apparently just didn't include Alaia's work figuring the designer wouldn't agree to be part of a group show.

Riiiiight. Cuz calling to find out would have been too much work, right?

Either way, kudos to Campbell for sticking up for her designer!

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