Inside Dua Lipa's Close Friendship With Bella and Gigi Hadid

Singer Dua Lipa and model Anwar Hadid are one of the most stylish celebrity couples right now.

Lipa was friends with his older sister, fellow model Gigi, before her relationship with Anwar. And in the two years since the couple began dating, Lipa has grown closer with the whole Hadid family, including another sister, Bella, who is also a model.

This is everything we know about Lipa's sweet relationship with the fashionable family.

Dua Lipa and Gigi Hadid's Friendship

Lipa and Gigi were reportedly friends before she started dating the youngest Hadid sibling, but appear to have grown closer over the past two years.

A unnamed source told Hollywood Life last month that both sisters "adore" her and think "Anwar has found such an amazing woman."

They added: "They were friends with Dua before she began dating Anwar so they have a genuine friendship outside of their brother's relationship with her.

"She absolutely has the Hadid family's blessing. Gigi and Bella really do look at her as a sister; she fits right in."

Lipa was spotted in New York earlier this week, reportedly there to attend Gigi's daughter, Khai's first birthday party.

Zayn Malik, Gigi, Dua Lipa, Bella Hadid
Zayn Malik, Gigi Hadid, Dua Lipa and Bella Hadid celebrate the former One Direction star's birthday in New York in January, 2020. Lipa has become close to the sisters since dating their younger brother, Anwar. Robert Kamau/Getty Images
Gigi Hadid's Instagram Story
Gigi Hadid shares a picture from daughter Khai's first birthday on her Instagram Story Gigi Hadid/Instagram

Dua Lipa and Bella Hadid's Friendship

Lipa and Bella have also grown closer as the couple have spent plenty of time staying at mother Yolanda Hadid's Pennsylvania farm.

Lipa spent last Christmas with the Hadid family and has frequently been invited to family parties, including Bella Hadid's 23rd birthday party last year.

The two friends enjoyed a vacation together in England in August to celebrate the "Physical" singer's 26th birthday, staying at Soho Farmhouse in Oxfordshire before heading to London.

Bella shared photos on Instagram of them both dancing together and posing in bikinis in the sunshine, while the two of them have been photographed together serving up plenty of joint fashion looks.

They also stepped out together in New York this week as they both headed to Khai's birthday party.

Lipa wore a coordinating two piece, with a cropped shirt and pleated blue checked skirt from Thom Browne's Resort 2022 collection. She carried a cute dog shaped handbag by the same designer and donned and a pair of chunky tartan heels while her hair was slicked back into a ponytail.

Bella chose a cropped white silky shirt worn open with black tank top underneath and a red patterned midi skirt and black boots.

She accessorized with some Y2K-inspired hair clips in her flowing locks.

Dua Lipa and Bella Hadid
Dua Lipa and Bella Hadid put on a fashionable display in New York as they head to the first birthday party for Gigi Hadid's daughter, Khai. Getty Images/Gotham

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