Ciara, meanwhile, has used her music stardom to attempt a modeling career, and claims she derives a great deal of inspiration from fashion, believing that, "fashion and music run parallel to each other" (Bailey 2010). Sean Combs has launched an even more successful entry into fashion using his musical fame (and personal infamy) -- like Mary Kate Olsen, he has translated his sense of style into a career as a fashion designer, and despite the fact that much of his style seems derivative of the gangsters of the Roaring Twenties and the Depression era, his ability to make this classic look also current and somehow cutting edge marks him firmly as a fashion leader even as his popularity and fame as a musician have faded (Greenhouse 2003). Lady Gaga is also a musician-turned-fashion icon, but of an entirely different caliber than the three discussed above. She has made an equally large statement with her fashion as with her music since she first started performing, and this has kept her on the forefront -- literally a part of the avant garde -- of the fashion world, even arguably influencing big-name designers (Lomrantz 2009). Christian Siriano is the oddball of my collection, as he achieved his fame in fashion solely through his talent as a designer (albeit assisted by his Project Runway fame and championship), and his consistent creativity makes him one of the most interesting young designers in fashion today...
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