Pulsating beats. Undulating bodies. Scantily-clad swag under a spectrum of colorful lights. Is it a music video? A concert appearance? Rihannaβs recent text-filled (and highly controversial) trip to see Slave Play on Broadway?
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No, itβs a trailer for the megastarβs top-secret Savage x Fenty Fall-Winter presentation, staged at Brooklynβs Barclay Center during New York Fashion Week. Once again, the show features a full set filled with a diverse cast of models wearing Savage x Fentyβs latest lingerieβall of which will be available on the brandβs website when the show streams on Amazon Prime on Friday, Sept. 20.
While Rihanna herself doesnβt appear to be modeling lingerie this round (that outfit, though), the icon has apparently staged a show worthy of a stadium tour (and rivaling anything Victoriaβs Secret has done), complete with elaborate choreography, lighting design, and performances by Halsey, Migos, DJ Khaled, Big Sean, Normani and A$AP Ferg, according to Fashionista (no word on whether Rih gives us a tease of her upcoming material). Laverne Cox, Joan Smalls and Slick Woods are among this yearβs cadre of modelsβthough unlike last year, Woods thankfully didnβt go into labor during the show.
Maybe weβre looking for love in a hopeless place, but is this yearβs Savage x Fenty presentation simply intended to titillate, or will it tide us over until Rihβs next album arrives in December (we hope)? Knowing the bad gal, probably both...because she knows weβll be tuned in, regardless.
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