Rihanna as The Face of Balmain’s Spring 2014 Campaign

There seems to be a recent trend of top designers choosing global singers and icons rather than supermodels to feature in their ad campaigns. Balmain’s creative director Olivier Rousteing’s choice of Rihanna to front the brand is no exception. 

Rihanna channels Balmain’s edgy character and brings personality to the clothes and styles Balmain is well known for. This is an incredibly competent choice on Rousteing’s part given Rihanna’s current position as an icon in both the music and fashion industries.

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Erykah Badu: The New Face of Givenchy’s Spring 2014 Campaign

Ricardo Tisci, the man credited with ‘discovering’ Joan Smalls and others, has decided to appoint critically-acclaimed musician Erykah Badu as the new face of his latest campaign which boasts African and Japanese influences. The new campaign will only feature women of color, and is a bold and much needed step from such a prominent figure in the fashion industry. 

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