Rihanna Rewrites the Rules on Durags and Other Critical Life Issues for British Vogue May 2020

Rihanna Rewrites the Rules on Durags and Other Critical Life Issues for British Vogue May 2020

Rihanna covers the May 2020 issue of British Vogue, launching another editor-in-chief Edward Enninful first — featuring a durag on the cover. Rihanna rewrites the rules on both covers, wearing a white Burberry ensemble with a Stephen Jones durag on the first. On the second cover, the businesswoman — as she fancies herself these days — wears a black Maison Margiela Artisanal jacket, Savage x Fenty lace bodysuit, and Stephen Jones durag. Photographer Steven Klein is in the studio, with hair by Yusef and makeup by Isamaya Ffrench.

Writer Funmi Fetto makes the point loud and clear that the durag “has been reclaimed as a symbol of black beauty, a signifier of style worn on the streets, the catwalk, the red carpet...and now the cover of ‘Vogue.’.

From AOC’s perspective, there’s a whole lotta fashionista types, who purport to be industry professionals, and therefore need to get a grip on where we are going, if they ever want to work again post pandemic. I’d say two are having heart attacks over Rihanna’s British Vogue’s covers for every one with a wry smile on her face. Put Anne in the smaller camp.