If there’s one common thread in Rihanna’s recent outfits, it’s a lot of clothes. She arrived at the Guggenheim in a cascade of crystal mesh for the Alaïa spring 2025 show, then debuted her Fenty hair collection at Selfridges paired with a custom iteration of Jacquemus’ early fall 2024 look. She strolled around a Giorgio Baldi store on the West Coast in an oversized Away NY tracksuit, then strolled around Manhattan late at night in a Bottega Veneta coat while holding a bag of sardines like an emotional support animal.
Her look on Thursday night was a little out of the ordinary. Before Bushwick showcased his Spring 2025 collection at New York Fashion Week, LaQuan Smith described Askew as “the ultimate LaQuan Smith woman” who “embraces glamour, sexiness and a very provocative and contemporary thing, but she used to avoid that.” At the mention of Rihanna’s name, RiRi knows she’s thinking of her — choosing the 35-year-old for her look on the runway at A$AP Rocky’s 36th birthday celebration in New York on Oct. 19.
As for Rihanna, she made a few changes to the original design worn by Taylor Hill on the runway, including redesigning the navel-baring V-neck to make it more modest and adding a colorful Dolce style and swapping out the embellished styling colors for Gabbana and Gianvito Rossi Montecarlo sandals. Where is Loki? Matthew Blazy’s followers stole the show from head to toe in Bottega Veneta’s Spring 2025 collection less than two weeks after it debuted in Paris.
