Rihanna x DIOR Collab !!!
HOLY FUCKING GOD !!!!
Rihanna x Dior have collaborated ONCE again and theses sunglasses Rihanna has come up with are FUCKING AMAZING. They give off a star-trek theme and I am currently living for them and we all know how much I love Dior and there sunglasses.... Sugar Daddy is currently needed.
Dior is still looking for a creative director but the powerhouse that is Rihanna has currently been designing with them for quiet some time and The singer has created a range of futuristic sunglasses in collaboration with Dior as part of her brand ambassadorship. The name of the collection is simply “Rihanna.”
The iconic sunglasses will reach Dior stores and will be exclusively sold in early June. Rihanna has been quiet the tease on her Instagram account with the sunglasses making me gag even more because I meannnn.... They're Dior sunglasses. There is one frame in six different variations - the silver, pink, blue, green and red styles will retail for $840, while a deluxe 24-karat gold-plated version will sell for $1,950.
This is the second collaborative project between Rihanna and Dior. A year ago, Steven Klein photographed Rihanna in “Secret Garden IV,” a campaign and short film shot inside Versailles features her in Dior sunglasses, carrying the brand’s bags and wearing looks from the Esprit Dior collection shown in Tokyo in December 2014. “We are very pleased to partner for the second time with Rihanna,” said Dior chief executive officer Sidney Toledano. “She is an artist, an entertainer, an entrepreneur, a philanthropist, and a style icon for today’s generation.”
The sunglasses will be her first design project with the brand and it is to never be taken for granted because the position was never granted to the other House Ambassadors who include Charlize Theron, Marion Cotillard, Natalie Portman and Jennifer Lawrence.
In October, Rihanna visited Dior’s headquarters on Avenue Montaigne to meet with the eyewear design team going over vintage frames, ultimately picking a style from 2000 as the key reference. In a statement provided by Dior, Rihanna named La Forge from “Star Trek” as her inspiration for the frames. “I’ve always been obsessed with his eyewear, and when I got to Dior and saw all the materials I could play with, it all just came together,” she said.
When asked about the process of the sunglasses Rihanna stated "“The process was pretty seamless. I spent a day at Dior with their eyewear design team. I started by looking through all the archives to see what they’ve done in the past, then got acquainted with all the new materials. I literally sat there and drew and drew until I was happy with the design, and the team illustrated it for me right then and there. We picked materials and colors that same day, and after that it was a matter of weeks before I saw the first prototype.”
Umm, how do you come out with something so futuristic and iconic in ONE DAY ? I guess you have to be Rihanna to do so..... *shrug*
Rihanna should be super proud of herself because Dior’s eyewear designer Mathieu Jamin noted that this was the first time he and his team had worked with a celebrity in a design capacity, but he was impressed with Rihanna’s level of involvement. “She chose all the materials,” Jamin said. “We had a lot of different samples with different effect of metals. She chose all the lenses and took time to match all the colors together to see if it was right on her face. It was really important to her.”
---Finally, Images of the iconic Rihanna x Dior Sunglasses -
I hope you guys are as excited as I am even though I will not be purchasing a pair any time soon, let's just be happy that Rihanna x Dior collaborated and that she has her own sunglasses... I LOVE RIHANNA ♡
xoxo,DeQuanForever