Rihanna and ASAP Rocky
Neil Mockford/FilmMagicRihanna has always known how to wow on the red carpet – and at the British Fashion Awards in London on Monday, December 2, she happily beat one of the show’s big winners: her own partner, ASAP Rocky!
The rapper received the cultural trailblazer honor and said the award “meant so much” to him, but while he looked extremely stylish in his oversized navy Bottega Veneta suit, it was his reliably flamboyant love that stole the show.
Rihanna and Rocky, both 36, arrived fashionably late on the red carpet at the Royal Albert Hall in the British capital, with the singer wearing an ice blue dress with Christian Lacroix fur and a black bustier, along with sheer tights, heels, leather opera gloves—and that instantly iconic headpiece that Vogue likened to Monsters, Inc! (She looked amazing, naturally — we just feel a little sorry for whoever was sitting behind her!)
It’s not the first time the couple, who have two sons, RZA, 2, and Riot, 15 months, have attended the British Fashion Awards, but at the same ceremony in 2019. they arrived separately as they were first rumored to be dating.
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Kate Green/Getty Images for BFCBeing the latest stars to arrive at glamorous events has also become the stylish couple’s trademark eye-catcher. At the Met Gala in 2021. they appeared so late that VogueThe live broadcast from the red carpet had already ended. Maybe they just need to find a more reliable babysitter?
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The Cultural Innovator award was given to Rocky to recognize a style leader who has created “viral fashion moments that have had a profound impact on the fashion industry and wider culture” and comes after the rapper wowed at Fashion Week in Paris in June, debuting his AWGE runway collection, American Sabotage. His supportive partner Rihanna shouted as he accepted his award alongside the British Fashion Council chief executive Caroline Rush explains why it is a worthy winner.
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic At Rihanna’s house, ASAP Rocky is always best dressed. Rihanna, 36, has revealed that she sometimes feels “tight as hell” next to Rocky, 35, because of his impeccable wardrobe. “Isn’t he the best?” Rihanna told Interview Magazine in a profile on Tuesday, April 9, when editor Mal Ottenberg praised Rocky’s “good taste.” “I am (…)
“From his debut at Paris Fashion Week to designing the retro-futuristic neighborhood at Moncler’s The City of Genius in Shanghai, Rocky has had a huge effect on the creative industries and popular culture this year,” she said. “Through these collections and the promotion of his upcoming album Don’t Be Dumb, he firmly positions himself at the intersection of culture and innovation.”
