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Style File: Ciara

A look at the newly engaged star's knockout style.
By Celia L. Smith · Updated October 28, 2020
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Leather Bound

Ciara got the party started right clad in leather with a flannel shirt tied around her waist at the 9th Annual Paper Nightlife in New York City.

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Highlight

While folks sported black tie at the Elton John AIDS Foundation’s 12th Annual benefit gala, the singer shook things up in a bright yellow, beaded Emilio Pucci hooded dress with her favorite Christian Louboutin “Monicarina” thigh highs.

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Black & White Affair

Ciara attended Paris Fashion Week’s Valentino show wearing the haute couture designer’s black and white lace, bead and leather concoction that was beyond sophisticated for the singer.

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Givenchy Chic

Ciara’s Givenchy’s #1 fan, so it was only befitting for the singer to sit front row and fabulous in one of Riccardo Tisci’s frocks at Paris Fashion Week.

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Read All About It!

Cece plays up her love for the paparazzi in Bernhard Wilhem’s “Post” sweater dress and Louboutin’s thigh-high boots at New York Fashion Week.

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B-Girl Stance

The fashion industry darling heads out to yet another New York Fashion Week event donning her “Monicarina” thigh-grazing boots and a KYE sleeveless top with mesh netting beneath. Appropriately street chic for the occasion.

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Tomboy Chic

Ciara was rocking sporty looks even before it was a trend; just check out the singers bustier and bomber matched with cool kicks at the Easy, Breezy, Brooklyn event.

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Nude Night

At the MTV Video Music Awards Ciara gave them something to talk about: a barely-there Givenchy Couture gown with appliqués and feathers covering her lady parts.

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Here Comes The Bride

If the newly engaged star’s bridal style is anything like the off-white Givenchy gown she wore to the Tate Americas Foundation Artists Dinner, it will be fabulous!

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Pretty Prowl

Cece’s no stranger to walking on the wild side, but here she does it demurely in a leopard print Versace dress.

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Slim Fit

The singer stuns on the red carpet (yet again) in a less-is-more leather ensemble. The singer’s Saint Laurent bandeau and pumps, Dominic Louis pencil skirt and Lorraine Schwartz jewels might be her best look yet!

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Art of Style

Ciara steps out of the box and has fun pushing boundaries in a conceptual ensemble by Givenchy at Haze Nightclub in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Black Power

A little black dress is so much more when’s Ciara sporting it. An asymetrical neckline, body-hugging fit paired with matching platforms takes it next level.

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Givenchic

Givenchy muse Ciara suppported her favorite designer Riccardo Tisci at his Fall/Winter 2013 runway presentation in Paris covered in a conservative-chic peplum number complete with split and sheer panels

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Euro-Star

Ciara keeps it Euro-chic in Givenchy without question at BBC Radio One in London, England.

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Star Studded

Clad in Givenchy (of course!), Ciara puts a nifty spin on comfort with a studded white sweatshirt, leggings and pointed pumps for that extra sexy touch. 

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Black Girls Rock

“It was so fun because it was sort of risky in a sense,” Ciara told us about this look. ” It definitely had the elegance too but it also had the attitude.”

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Stage Presence

“I wore the Givenchy neckpiece he sent me fresh from the runway,” explained Ciara. “The look that I wore on the carpet had a gold clutch that went on the actual outfit. I liked the piece and placed it on here; but my outfit isn’t Givenchy. My stylist actually made it from scratch, but I still put a Givenchy clutch on there.”

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Sheer Beauty

“This was really fun. I love this look,” Ciara said about this beaded Givenchy beauty at the MOMA. “This was one of my favorite things from him.”

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Ruffled Feathers
“I liked taking a risk with this look. Again, pull back the hair sleek and still have the tomboy-chicness to it with the shorts and the tall boots that I wore with this. And it just really felt cool and different.”
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Rock On!
“It was like just doing something, pushing myself, going for something different, and having fun! The Grammys is rock ‘n roll, you know what I mean? It’s the place to try and have fun,” said Cece about her rocker-esque look designed by Riccardo Tisci.
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Sleek & Chic

“I really love the dress because it was so sleek and still gave edge. I was still able to be the tomboy that I am. I could be that and still have the sleek, kind of sexy edge to it.”

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