Rihanna attended the British Fashion Awards because A$AP Rocky was nominated for the Cultural Innovator Award, and actually won it. The award is described as celebrating “a leading innovator in the entertainment industry, who has created viral fashion moments and had a profound impact on the fashion industry.” And his response to winning was, “It’s about time!” My response was, “If you want Rihanna to come that badly, just nominate Fenty for something?!?” Not to be a jerk about this, but I ask you: When you think of A$AP Rocky, are you ever thinking of ANY of his actual fashion moments, or are you thinking of the fact that he’s usually with Rihanna? Honestly, when I think of him, my mind first goes to the time she led him by the hand on a Vogue cover, taking her rightful place in front, because she is Rihanna. SHE is the viral juice. Which all makes it extra hilarious that he won that AND said that when she’s sashaying around in a furry vintage Lacroix that is ENORMOUS and instantly visible in a crowded room, and he’s just… next to her. In a laughably big blue suit that makes him look like he’s impersonating a postal worker, or something.
And so, Rihanna — and I guess Rocky — anchors our coverage of the biggest, loudest, most dramatic statements of the British Fashion Awards, with the rest coming up next.
