Rihanna's Avant-Garde Alaïa Look Redefines Maternity Style
Rihanna has been gracing fans with one show-stopping style moment after another, appearing everywhere from the Dior show in Paris to the Smurfs movie premiere. Last night in Santa Monica, the singer and makeup mogul was spotted leaving Giorgio Baldi in an all-white sculptural set styled by her longtime collaborator Jahleel Weaver. In the words of Cher Horowitz in Clueless, 'This is an Alaïa!'
The star's sequin skirt, which debuted on Alaïa's summer-fall 2025 runway, featured a low-rise padded waistband that added an architectural element to the ensemble. She paired the skirt with a custom white hooded knit crop top, proudly showing off her pregnancy with her third child.
Earlier in the day, Rihanna walked the blue carpet for the Los Angeles premiere of the Smurfs movie in custom Saint Laurent fall 2025 womenswear by Anthony Vaccarello. She appeared hand-in-hand with her sons, 3-year-old RZA and almost-2-year-old Riot. The two competed with their mother for best dressed in custom Dior from Jonathan Anderson—sporting delft dress-inspired cargo shorts, a men's bar jacket, and all.
Rihanna and A$AP Rocky attended Anderson's runway alongside industry veterans and celebrity supporters a mere few weeks earlier. Now, on the carpets, there couldn't be a better time for Anderson to delve into custom Dior, nor is it too soon for these future fashion icons to make their mark.
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