Rihanna has a lucrative Dior contract. She models and helps design (?) Dior eyewear. She’s usually rocking Dior sunglasses, but she isn’t one of those Dior “faces” who only wears Dior. Which is how Rihanna came to wear two completely tragic Giambattista Valli gowns to two different Valerian premieres over the course of the past week. Last week’s Valli gown was like a ballerina nightmare, all pink and mullet-dressed and awful. This week’s Valli gown is a too-tight mess which makes her look pregnant.
I mean… on one hand, I get it. Rihanna has put on a little weight and maybe she’s not feeling like showing off her body like she used to. But on the other hand, Rihanna of all people should know that there’s a happy medium between “wearing next to nothing” versus “wearing a giant maternity sack which simultaneously is too tight in the bust.” I just don’t see how a designer can get away with doing this to Rihanna of all people.
Cara Delevingne wore a custom Burberry suit with some kind of bejeweled “cape.” The cape isn’t part of the design of the suit, I don’t think. Cara added this after she put on the Burberry. I don’t know you guys… I actually love the suit and I kind of don’t mind the bejeweled stuff. It’s interesting.
Here’s bonus Clive Owen, looking a bit worse for wear, and Dane DeHaan. Dane is literally the star of this mess and there are like five photos of him total. Clive Owen only has a smallish part, I think, and when I saw him in the trailer, I was like “Oh, Clive, are you poor?” Why did he do this movie?!?
Photos courtesy of WENN.
A rare mis-step for the usually stylish Rhianna…
The girl does take chances sometimes they just don’t pan out
I’m convinced that Rihanna is pregnant and just waiting to announce it. Chica has dressed for different weight before and this is not just slightly covering up. This is emphasizing the bigger chest, while covering the mid-section.
Cara looks awesome. She truly is a model, isn’t she. And a side-note, Rihanna could have easily worn something like Cara’s suit (open chest, covered everything else). Rihanna is deliberately hiding her middle.
Her breasts are definitely larger and I’m not convinced it’s just weight gain. I’m starting to buy the pregnancy theory too.
I’ve thought so for a month or two. My guess is she will go quiet and appear with a baby like “What? NBD.”
Yup. Rhianna isn’t stupid enough to dress like this out of self-consciousness just because she gained ten pounds. There’s a reason.
It would be great news if she were pregnant, but she could be self-conscious about her weight gain. I’m about Rihanna’s height and have a similar build. When I gain weight not only do my boobs get bigger, but so does my stomach, butt, thighs. My limbs remain pretty lithe. It makes it hard to wear a lot of things, and I end up wearing stuff that deemphasizes the waist. Now, I’m sure Rihanna had plenty else to choose from other than this piece, but if her weight gain tends to go to her stomach especially, I can see why she picked this. She may have thought it was a fashion forward look that didn’t stress her new curves.
I was going to write the same: Rihanna might be pregnant ?
Conspiracy sack.
I think this is one of Cara’s best looks ever.
Truth
Truth! She looks so fierce and awesome
I love the jeweled cape (and I’m not one for that type of thing). I think it bumps the suit up a notch. Without it, I think, the outfit would have been just another black suit.
I completely agree with you! The cape breaks the blackness in an interesting way and it recalls her shoes, too. Love the hair, very hepburnish, and it makes a funny melange with her rascal attitude.
I find Rihanna’s dress awful, but I am intrigued by her purse, is it heart-shaped?
She looks like Amber Valetta (sp) here.
Agreed. I honestly didn’t recognize her at first.
She looks great. The suit is on point, the jeweled armor shawl is awesome, and I love the white blonde hair.
Also you know what I think it is? The haircut styled with the black band makes her look pixieish and cute. It’s an unusually wholesome look for her.
I know! This is the cutest I’ve ever seen her look. I love the headband and fringe on her!
Yes
I agree, love her hair.
Agreed – this is the first time ever that I’ve understood the hype over her.
Rhianna’s outfits recently have been pretty awful in general. Cara looks sharp.
Yep and yes
I kind of like Cara’s look, but Rihanna’s is a mess. She has the style to pull off some unusual gowns and large volumes, but this just looks uncomfortable and unflattering.
Really uncomfortable and really unflattering. I think I might be pissed off if I were her.
Imo she was going for a lush, womanly, sort of modern ‘historical romance’ look, what with the tumbling hair and the sweeping gown. The fit and shape just isn’t quite right, and even she can’t pull it off.
I think Rih is wearing the straps down and they were designed to be over the shoulder, not off. Her face is impeccable as always, but the dress isn’t good.
I weirdly like the chain lace capelet too. Not sure on the headband though. The gamine with the chain? It works but It’s not my favourite.
Owen needs to embrace a touch of grey.
That’s how the dress is designed. Straps down.
Here is the dress on the catwalkhttp://www.redcarpet-fashionawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Rihanna-In-Giambattista-Valli-Couture-Valerian-and-The-City-of-a-Thousand-Planets-London-Premiere.jpg
Oh, thanks for the link!
It looks weirdly bunchy on the model too, thats why I thought they were pulled off shoulder. So I guess this is totally on the designed, I don’t particularly like the bodice but the straps are elegant.
Not a fan of the dress on Rihanna, but her make up is stunning. Or maybe it’s just her face?
I think it’s both.
She’s wearing her yet to be released “Fenty Beauty” collection. She’s going to make BANK with that line.
i just don’t understand why these two charimsa-free kids were handed these huge roles in this giant expensive movie? How was this greenlit? Cara keeps getting roles and yet no one seems keen to see her in movies. When I watch the trailers for this the visuals are amazing and I just keep wishing they had cast some decent actors in those roles – some actors with charisma and grit – and probably a bit older (or in his case, at least seem a bit older) would help make it more believable.
I think she was actually decent in Suicide Squad, I still have that Paper Town thing that I could not watch past 5 mins. So has she quit modeling all together,i guess she used it as her launch pad.
Not going off story at all (I’ve only seen trailers for valerian) it’s like Besson tried to rehire based on the fifth element recipe.
PoC entertainer with great style and energy, model turned actress and white dude.
Last time he lucked out with Willis who has charisma for miles, Mila in an archetype that requires not too much, and Tucker having the time of his life.
The model and entertainer might work, probably downgrades from the original (sorry Eih I love you, but Tucker is very funny) but the main fail is who is the knockoff Elgort they put as the main dude? Him and Cara on screen make dry toast look sexy.
@Detritus I love your breakdown of the 5th Element casting 🤗
Cara is an okay actress, i liked her in Suicide Squad. Her “problem” is her very thin voice.
But that main character guy is going to be the death of this movie, he has literally no on-screen presence.
I struggled through a few minutes of Paper Towns and she was forgettable. She takes great stills, but lacks the skill to translate that to acting. Plus she doesn’t photograph well in film as she does in magazines.
I will ride the “Cara Can’t Act” train all day, but Dane DeHaan is a very talented actor. He was the only bright spot for me in “Amazing Spider-Man 2.” He was just VERY miscast for this part and has no chemistry with Cara.
Agree.
I’m in total agreement. In the trailer I saw powerful, big money visuals then poof- low energy lame acting. Cara just doesn’t have ‘it’ on screen. I don’t know the Dane fellow but in this trailer he looked 12, pale and generally lacking strength or presence.
That red on RiRi is stunning though, as is her makeup. It’s my opinion (regrettably, as I kinda like the dress and would wear it) that these kind of OTT voluminous dresses usually look best on flat chested, tall, skinny girls.
Wrong spot
nope.
Ri is stunning and she was probably super comfortable. Also I really like Cara’s hair.
I agree she’s stunning but disagree that she’s comfortable. She’s not wearing that dress that dress is wearing her. It doesn’t even look like it fits properly with her breasts uncomfortably restrained. Terrible. Cara’s suit is nice, if only she could look good AND act. Then she might be worth the attention.
I think Clive Owen looks fine! But I always do.
I don’t think Rihanna is carrying her weight well, unless she’s pregnant?
Cara looks amazing and has been killing it this summer period.
As someone who loves a good sack dress I applaud this look!
But I’d like to warn you guys not to spend money on this movie! We went to see it on Saturday and it’s… I mean, Luc Besson hasn’t had a decend movie since Leon and this sh*t is right up his alleyway. HOW could anyone sign off on this script? The dialogue! The dialogue between angry baby and this milksop… OH MY GOD. It’s beyond cheesy and nonsensical. The plot is… wonky at best, I mean, yeah, it’s a movie with Clive Owen. That man is a second rate Nicolas Cage if ever I saw one. (shame, I liked him 15 years ago) These peace loving “native” aliens of planet Mül. Oh God! They sparkle (!!!) and weak up only to twirl around on a CGI beach. Oh the level of … let’s call it Orientalism for lack of a better word… is… I have no words. Noble Savages galore, until they are forced to encounter… accounting and SCIENCE TM and become super geniuses. WHAT happened on that set? Did they all snort the white stuff until their brains melted? Because the film looks like it. Or better, like they had some really stale E leftovers from the 90s. Cara can *not* act, she has two facial expressions at best. Don’t misunderstand me we had lots of fun. I haven’t laughed until I cried for months but we should’ve reserved this mess for trash night because this is where it belongs. Trash night with friends, home made popcorn and some booze. I repeat: DO NOT PAY FOR THIS SH*T!
I snuck in to see the movie after spiderman homecoming. I saw it in 3D while high and maybe under those conditions its worth seeing because its a visually stunning film. And i loved fifth element but cara d and dane dehaan are no bruce willis and milla. rihannas part was cool but im also a superfan *shrugs*
Your review is my standard reaction to most Luc Besson films. I like only 2 films he’s made; LEON, NIKITA and THE FAMILY.
I think she is gorgeous. It is impossible for her to appear anywhere without the attention she garners. What I’ve noticed is no matter what she is wearing, and generally it is not something anyone else could pull off, people still comment on her beauty. Whatever the it factor is, she stood in line several times and has “it” to spare.
I tend to like her outfits because she enjoys fashion the way it’s supposed to be enjoyed, and dare I say it, the way it was enjoyed before stylists hijacked celeb styling and put everyone in boring, middling fashion that is in no danger of offending anyone or poking fun at itself.
A big No on the dress, but rhianna’s make up is gorgeous. Love the colours.
We are ignoring the elephant in the room- her edges. She has no edges left and she’s trying to overcompensate with the baby hairs. If you look closely, it looks like she used that hair in a can thing to cover up bald spots. Someone FedEx her some castor oil quick!
What does that mean, ‘she has no edges left’? I get that it’s in reference to hair but don’t understand the meaning.
It means her hairline is moving back.
I think it’s always been that way tho, she just used to hide it with lace fronts and bangs.
Rihanna looks pregnant to me. I would say 3 to 4 months in.
I thought about that, but wasn’t she drinking and smoking in those photos with her BF?
And at 3 to 4 months in for a tall woman who hasn’t carried a child to term before, I doubt the weight gain would be this noticeable. Hopefully, she’s in love and “fat and happy”, as they say.
How is it that surprising to see Clive Owen in a poor rated movie? I don’t exactly remember him starring in masterpieces in recent years.
Last Knights, Killer Elite on top of my head won’t leave a mark. Children of Men is more than a decade away, so, yeah maybe he has some bills waiting. This one seems on par with his recent work.
She really does look pregnant. I don’t know.
Rhianna’s face looks flawless here but the dress is not suited for larger breasts. Cara looks fantastic. Her acting needs work but she seems determined to do that.
I don’t see how this is any different than that dress he wore to the Grammys years ago it was huge like this too. This shows that the fashion industry response to any woman not thin is to cover them up in shame
Rhianna needs to work on her arms because they’re really big, if she’s not pregnant
No, they’re not.
If your one arm can feed a whole family- yes, it’s really big.
wtf?
her arms are fine.
WTF Hiraku why would you even say that? Her arms are fine!?!
Umm no they aren’t? What’s with the body shaming?
Cara is looking fabulous. Complexion, hairstyle, perfect. I would have just softened the kohl around the eyes to make them even bigger for a private event, but it s perfect from a pap distance.
I am hurting for Ri’s boobs in that layered sack.
Could it be that she’s covering more because of her BF?
lol do we really think Rihanna – Rihanna! would bow to some foreign fundies for some man she’s f-cking? Or that she’d do it by showing 75 percent of her boobs?
Cara looks amazing. I don’t think she’s ever been this amazing on a red carpet ever. Rare miss for Rhianna. Clive looks so handsome.
This dress makes her body look like Ursula the sea witch.
The straps of that dress are supposed to go over the shoulder and not side-ways. You can see that in the 2nd pic where there are creases near the arm whole. Rihanna wears that dress like that because it is the wrong size for her: she needs more room for her “balcony” and that is why the straps go side-ways. Nevertheless there still isn’t enough room which results in this “lifting effect”.
I get the general two ideas of the dress:
1. modern version of a renaissance / baroque ballgown (billowy because crinoline underneath, though Rihann doesn’t have that type of underwear)
https://fotos.verwaltungsportal.de/seitengenerator/gross/ballkleid__hellblau2____kleiner.jpg
2. billowy version of a Jane Austen afternoon dress as worn in Pride and Prejudice by the Bennet girls (Rosamund Pike and Keira Knightley).
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/91/37/5d/91375df54cce5eec0ddee277133b0c7d.jpg
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/af/64/4d/af644d2cbf581ccd3b13ea5cb9d73682.jpg
I thought that too, but see LAKs link, here: http://www.redcarpet-fashionawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Rihanna-In-Giambattista-Valli-Couture-Valerian-and-The-City-of-a-Thousand-Planets-London-Premiere.jpg
Its the way the designer made the dress. poorly.
Preggers for Rih. The breasts and arms look like mine whenever im in my first trimester….and I have had 3 first trimesters.
“Oh, Clive, are you poor?”
LMFAO!
She’s so pregnant! She’ll try to play it off the entire pregnancy and will go heavy into sack dresses and purse stomach blocking the entire 10mths
So why did Clive do this movie? Uh … on word? RIHANA 🤣
I think she’s pregnant
I don’t think RiRi is pregnant. Just saw a pic of her and Cara in her Instagram, she has a bared midriff there. And yes, she may have gained some extra pounds, but – that’s life! And she could wear that sack of a dress and still be the most stunning woman in the room