FASHION ICON RIHANNA: 10 INTERESTING FACTS
Robyn Rihanna Fenty was born and Raised in Barbados.
While she initially wanted to graduate from high school, she decided to drop out at the age of fifteen to focus on her music career. She moved to the United States in 2005 but has stayed true to her Barbadian roots. She often returns to her native country where she contributes to health and educational initiatives and was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in 2018.
She was named the 2017 Harvard University Humanitarian of the Year for her philanthropic work.
Rihanna is involved in a number of charitable causes. She supports the Global Partnership for Education and Global Citizen Project, providing children with access to education in developing countries. She also founded the Clara Lionel Foundation that has been supporting and funding innovative and effective education and health programs around the world since 2012.
Rihanna is one of the world’s best-selling singers and has been in the Guinness World Book of Records six times.
Since being discovered by American record producer Evan Rogers in Barbados in 2005, Rihanna has sold over 250 millions records, has received nine Grammy Awards and over a dozen American Music Awards among many others. She has earned 14 number-one singles and 31 top-ten singles in the US, and 30 top-ten entries in the UK. Her records include being the first female artist to have a UK No. One five years in a row (2007-2011). Her Guinness records include being the first female artist to have a UK Number One five years in a row (2007-2011), Best Selling Digital Artist (US), as well as being the most-liked person on Facebook in 201.
She is a very powerful influencer and has a combined following of about 280 million accounts across various social media channels.
She has 74.5 millions followers on Instagram, 79 millions on Facebook, 32 mIllions on YouTube and on 93 millions on Twitter.
Rihanna features a 20+ tattoos’ collection.
From an inspirational quote: “Never a failure, always a lesson” to the Egyptian goddess Isis, tribal prints, or a Henna inspired hand tattoo.
Her love and admiration for fashion started with her mother and Madonna.
When she puts together an outfit it becomes more about taking a risk: “I always look for the most interesting silhouette or something that's a little off." The three most famous looks she wore were probably the ones at the 2015 “China: Through the Looking Glass” Met Gala (Guo Pei), the 2017 “Rei Kawakubo: Art Of The In-Between” (Comme des Garçons) and the 2018 “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” Met Gala (John Galliano).
Her underwear line Savage X Fenty is designed for everybody and reflects the values she has defended throughout her career.
Rihanna is a fervent advocate of diversity, inclusivity, and innovation. She stands effortlessly by these principles as they represent her founding values both in her life and her work.
Fenty is the first line launched by a woman in collaboration with LVMH.
In collaboration with LVMH, she launched in 2019 her own fashion line Fenty, described as a line made of: simple yet elevated materials, engineered with a modern take on classic silhouettes. Last time LVMH launched a fashion line was in 1987 with Christian Lacroix.
Finally the most fascinating fact about Rihanna, as Anna Wintour says, is that: “She is always completely in step with the moment”. Video published by Vogue 06/17/2019
Rihanna is the first artist who ever sang pregnant at the Super Bowl Half-time show.
Katja Noschis Delaloye
The three most famous looks she wore were probably the ones at the 2017 “Rei Kawakubo: Art Of The In-Between” (Comme des Garçons) and the 2018 “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion, the Catholic Imagination” Met Gala (John Galliano) and the 2015 “China: Through the Looking Glass” Met Gala (Guo Pei).
