Chanteuse originally modelling a daring article of clothing (8)
I believe the answer is:
cardigan
'article of clothing' is the definition.
'chanteuse originally modelling a daring' is the wordplay.
'originally' suggests taking the first letters.
'modelling' indicates an anagram.
The first letter of 'chanteuse' is 'c'.
'a'+'daring'='adaring'
'adaring' with letters rearranged gives 'ardigan'.
'c'+'ardigan'='CARDIGAN'
(Other definitions for cardigan that I've seen before include "clothes item" , "Knitted jacket" , "Lord and outer garment" , "location of Welsh bay" , "corgi" .)