De Armas is swerving the trouser-free trend that has captivated Kendall Jenner, Hailey Bieber, Jodie Turner-Smith and Taylor Russell in recent weeks to pursue a different path towards lingerie dressing—one that puts the emphasis not on your briefs, but on your bra. The No Time to Die star took her spot on Louis Vuitton’s frow wearing a pair of gold sequined trousers with a powder-pink satin bra, which was clearly visible beneath her open brocade shirt. It comes after Alexa Chung traded a statement bag for a statement bra at Paris Fashion Week, attending the Dior show in a vintage-inspired floral balconette bra and matching high-waisted pants, a diaphanous cardi (open) and skirt not quite covering her modesty.
Arguably an easier way to approach this year’s full throttle approach to lingerie dressing than exposing your knickers, showing up to a party in your bra still requires no small amount of courage —not to mention confidence. Still, this Bond girl managed to make it look like a breeze. That Rihanna is one of the best-dressed celebrities of all time is more than conjecture. This is someone who understands that having fun with clothing is a cornerstone of what it means to live well. She also understands that looking good can be an act of generosity: dotting flowers in the gravel of the newsfeed. And last night, the musician-mogul made her postpartum return to street style. Photographed outside Carbone in New York (where she was celebrating her partner A$AP Rocky’s 34th birthday), Rihanna made her first baby-free public appearance (she and A$AP previously treated fans to an informal family portrait) since giving birth to Riot Rose in an uber-cropped Cecilie Bahnsen bomber, a tulle bustier and Balenciaga pantaboots. Hair tousled into a hasty up-do, notice how she has tucked her fringe behind her sunglasses: just a small accent that emits a halo of enigmatic mean-girl energy. Though Rihanna’s look telegraphed a sort of street savviness (an update perhaps on that now iconic Molly Goddard ensemble from 2017), A$AP Rocky compounded his own fascination with quirked-up prepsters. Hair festooned in Simone Rocha-indebted pearl clips, he wore an outsized Prince of Wales check blazer with loose-cut jeans and a pale-pink Bottega Veneta handbag. “Dressing for pregnancy was such a piece of cake,” Rihanna said back in February. “But dressing in postpartum, what the f**k do you do?” I imagine that was a rhetorical question, because Rihanna, of all people, knows precisely what to do.
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