Take two
When Rihanna ascended the red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2018 Costume Institute exhibition , channelling Catholic panoply in a coruscating pearl-and-crystal-encrusted mini-dress and full-skirted robe designed by John Galliano for Maison Margiela Artisanal, she showed us, as we noted then, “why she continues to inspire the fashion faithful”. Designer Tomo Koizumi, a Galliano admirer since the age of 14, when he first saw the designer’s work for Dior, recalls his delighted surprise at Rihanna’s appearance. “It-sponsored collaborative repurposing exercise to encourage designers to communicate with one another through their work.
