With that in mind, it should come as no surprise that Normani's beauty idol is Rihanna. "Not only is she daring and willing to try out any beauty look (and never fails to pull it off), but she fearlessly turned her passion in the beauty space into an enterprise," said Normani. "I always look to her for inspiration and admire the way she uses makeup as a form of self-expression."
For the "WAP" music video, she wanted to put her own sexy twist on Clueless, which is how she landed on this '90s-inspired ensemble and soft glam. "My stylist Kollin Carter and I were going for a houndstooth theme with the overall aesthetic," said Normani. "Kollin had an Azzedine Alaia reference that he had been wanting to recreate from their 1991 collection — I couldn't be happier with how it was executed."
Image Source: Courtesy of Blair Caldwell