New York Fashion Week: what went down at Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty lingerie show featuring Cara Delevingne and Laverne Cox?

Sep 12, 2019

Rihanna’s second fashion week foray of her fledgling brand Savage X Fenty offers lingerie in a wide range of sizes. Photo: AFP

New York Fashion Week

Filmed for streaming on September 20 exclusively on Amazon Prime, the glittering show at New York Fashion Week boasted supermodels and top performers, from Gigi and Bella Hadid to DJ Khaled, Halsey and Big Sean

Big Sean, A$ap Ferg, Halsey and Migos rocked Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty crowd on Tuesday, September 10, from a colour-saturated stage at the Barclays Center as Normani and Laverne Cox joined an army of supermodels and dancers in a showcase of her latest loungewear and lingerie.

From left, actress Cara Delevingne, model Joan Smalls and model Gigi Hadid attend the Spring/Summer 2020 Savage X Fenty show, presented by Amazon Prime, at the Barclays Center on September 10, 2019, in New York. Photo: AP

Model Bella Hadid at the Spring/Summer 2020 Savage X Fenty show. Photo: AP

But don’t look for her juicy new collection on social media, in a big way at least. The curated audience heavy on young influencers had their phones locked in cases for the New York Fashion Week show that was filmed for streaming on September 20 exclusively on Amazon Prime in more than 200 countries and territories.

Rule-breakers spent the rest of the evening posting blurry and dimly lit clips taken with sneaked-in phones.

Model Ashley Graham at the Spring/Summer 2020 Savage X Fenty show. Photo: AP

Singer Halsey poses on the red carpet of Rihanna’s new Savage X Fenty collection show. Photo: Reuters

Rihanna did right by her fans by putting her latest teddies and other lacy pieces immediately on sale at Amazon, and by setting up photo booths for her audience’s pleasure outside the Brooklyn stadium after the 40-minute show.