Fashion's Famous Muses
Janelle, Ciara and more stars are tight with top designers.
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Janelle Monae and Karl Lagerfeld - While we look to magazines and our favorite celebrities to learn what’s hot in fashion, designers turn to their fashionable friends to test drive their next masterpiece. See the stars who serve as muses for some of the hottest designers. By Britt MiddletonFrom their love of black-and-white tuxedos to their matching pompadours, the R&B songstress and Lagerfeld, creative director for Chanel, are a match in fashion heaven. Lagerfeld even used a remix of “Q.U.E.E.N.” as the soundtrack to his Spring/Summer 2014 Paris Fashion Week show. (Photo: Francois Nel/Getty Images)
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Ciara and Riccardo Tisci - If you’ve peeped Ciara’s Instagram feed lately, than you know the singer has an affinity for Givenchy. “I am very blessed that I get to dig in his closet and pull out things I like,” she said about her tight bond with the luxury brand’s creative director. (Photo: Dominique Charriau/WireImage)
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Rihanna and Olivier Rousteing - Who better to have as a model than one of the world’s biggest pop stars? This past summer, RiRi visited Balmain’s Paris studio and personally modeled pieces for creative director Olivier Rousteing. (Photo: Rihanna via Instagram)
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Rita Ora and Karl Lagerfeld - The singer and the fashion designer have been inseparable since working together on a Chanel ad campaign in Paris last month, where Rita donned some truly spectacular animal-themed headwear. (Photo: Monte-Carlo SBM/Pierre Villard/PLS Pool/Getty Images)
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Joan Smalls and Riccardo Tisci - The Puerto Rican beauty joins the exclusive group of stars spoiled by Tisci’s creative genius. You’ll always spot the pair arm-and-arm at swanky events or see Smalls sporting his latest looks weeks before they hit stores. (Photo: Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty Images)
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