Zayn Malik Is a Fashion Designer Now, Just Like Girlfriend Gigi Hadid

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Zayn Malik can now add designer to his resume.

The former One Direction singer seems to have taken a cue from girlfriend Gigi Hadid, and landed his own design gig, partnering with Versus Versace for a capsule collection.


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The Zayn x Versus line, including menswear and womenswear designed in "close collaboration with Donatella Versace," will drop May 2017. A percentage of the net proceeds from the line will be donated to charity.

Malik will also star in the next two Versus ad campaigns, starting in February 2017.


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"Zayn is one of the most exciting personalities on the world stage right now," Donatella Versace said in a press release. “When we first met, he told me how much he loves fashion. I thought it would be fantastic to collaborate on a new Versus collection together. And, given Zayn's huge fan base around the world, I expect there will be a lot of excitement about what we create together."

"I think Versus has always been a very cool brand," Malik offered. "I've always wanted to design clothes, and there's no brand I'd rather design for than Versus. The bonus is that I get to collaborate with Donatella, whom I love and admire. I know we'll create something amazing."

The 23-year-old singer also expressed his excitement on Instagram.

"Thank you @donatella_versace for welcoming me into the @versus_versace family !" he captioned a black-and-white snap of himself and Donatella on Wednesday.


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Malik's foray into the fashion world is hardly a surprise. In fact, the "Pillowtalk" singer opened up about his future as a designer in the August issue of GQ.

"I'm being very, like, blessed at the minute by God or whoever it is, fate or whatever, so um, there's a lot of offers [coming my] way at the minute with different things to do with fashion," he revealed. "And hopefully I get involved in all of them."

In addition to his fashion collaborations, Malik is also heading to television, developing a show inspired by his time in One Direction.


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See Simon Cowell's reaction to the project in the video below.