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Erykah Badu is new face of Givenchy

 Riccardo Tisci has chosen singer Erykah Badu to be the new face of Givenchy’s spring 2014 campaign, passing over his good pal Kim Kardashian.

The soul singer, who is also a pal of the designer, has been introduced as the new spokesperson as Tisci hails her as “one of the most stylish women” out there.

Talking to Style.com, he said: "She's one of the most stylish women I've met in my life. She's got such a good sense of proportion, of colours."

Tisci, who dressed Kim Kardashian during her pregnancy for the Met Ball, also called the singer an “icon”, although she’s fairly unknown compared to household name Kim Kardashian. 

It was Badu that served as slight inspiration for the new spring line, with Tisci revealing that he always had the singer in mind.

In the interview, Tisci also spoke about how all of the models that he had chosen for the new campaign are from a diverse background  which appears to be a stark statement from what is seen on the runways for the biggest fashion house.

"I discovered a lot of black girls, and I've been always supporting them," Tisci said. "At the end of the day, why are so many black girls or Latin girls not in shows? When you have an American president who is black! When I see this happening, it's quite sad, I think. 

“ People can be so avant-garde, so advanced, but actually not, because people are still making differences between skin colour."

The designer also added: "What I want to do with my advertising campaign is spread the love. Already now it's been three seasons that I've been using people that express something - they are great artists, or beautiful women, or stylish women, or models that I really believe in. It's kind of a family portfolio."

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