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Home • Fashion Week

Rihanna’s Fenty x Puma Show Brought The Excitement Back To New York Fashion Week

The singer turned designer definitely knows how to put on a show.
Rihanna’s Fenty x Puma Show Brought The Excitement Back To New York Fashion Week
Paul Morigi
By Crystal Tate · Updated October 26, 2020
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Rihanna has already had quite the eventful Fashion Week. On Thursday night, she launched her long-awaited makeup line Fenty Beauty in New York City, and last night, she debuted the Spring 2018 collection of Fenty x Puma, and her show didn’t disappoint at all.
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From her front row to the models to the clothing, Rihanna put on quite a spectacle at Manhattan’s Park Avenue Armory. Here are some of the biggest highlights of the show: The Show Opening: Glittery pink mountains set the stage for the show, and the show opened with BMX riders literally doing flips over the mountains.
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The Clothes: Brightly colored scuba-inspired sportswear took center stage and included oversized jackets, track pants, biker shorts and high cut swimsuits. As for shoes, there were Creepers (of course!) and also a heeled flip-flop.
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The Models: A few of our favorite Black models hit the runway at Fenty x Puma including Joan Smalls, Duckie Thot and Selena Forrest. Slick Woods, who stars in the Fenty Beauty campaign, also walked for Fenty x Puma.
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The Makeup: The models all hit the runway in Rihanna’s fresh-off-the-shelves makeup line Fenty Beauty, which is designed to give you a flawless complexion. The Front Row: Naturally, the front row was filled with some of our favorite stars including Cardi B, Offset, Whoopi Goldberg, Big Sean and Jhene Aiko. The Show Closing:
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Instead of a final bow or wave, Rihanna decided to delight her audience by riding out on the back of a BMX. They don’t call her ‘bad gal RiRi’ for nothing!
TOPICS:  Rihanna