Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are, to appropriate the most millennial of internet slang, couple goals.
Their musical collaborations – particularly A$AP’s Fashion Killa and Ri’s “Cockiness (Love It)” – are just as popular 10 years after their respective release dates, but it is their relationship with fashion that has perhaps left a greater mark on culture. “Like iron sharpening iron,” is how Rihanna once described their approach to dress.
From serving Victoria and David-style leathers at Giorgio Baldi, to sporting his-and-hers Gucci at Milan Fashion Week, the duo have frequently been positioned as the dernier cri of date-night dressing. See also: the custom Loewe and archive Comme des Garçons that have defined the couple’s post-Met Gala jaunts to New York over the last two years. And that is to say nothing of the coordinating Rick Owens, Schiaparelli and Bottega Veneta looks they have both employed on the red carpet. (Red-carpet events do count as dates when your relationship has acquired a celebrity of its own.)
Below, see a handful of Rihanna and A$AP Rocky’s most exemplary date night looks of all time.
May 2024
A Comme des Garçons T-shirt dress, fistfuls of jewels and a Gucci Horsebit bag: this is how Rihanna and A$AP Rocky celebrate Mothering Sunday.
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October 2023
Both of them well-tailored in New York, Rihanna doubled down on double denim, while A$AP Rocky opted for a breezier, pale sage suit with a Bottega Veneta Andiamo hoicked over his shoulder.
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May 2023
A$AP Rocky and Rihanna were photographed leaving The Carlyle Hotel before the 2023 Met Gala, with A$AP in full-look Gucci and Rihanna teasing what would later be a frame-consuming Valentino spectacle on the museum steps.
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January 2023
At the Golden Globes in matching red-carpet looks: Rihanna in custom Schiaparelli and A$AP wearing a Bottega Veneta tuxedo.
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October 2022
Setting the internet ablaze at the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever premiere in Los Angeles – Rihanna opted for a sequin-covered Rick Owens strapless dress, while A$AP complemented his wife’s look with matching earth tones.
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February 2022
At the Off-White autumn/winter 2022 show in Paris in head-turning looks (Riri’s Diesel coat was debuted on the runway just days before, FYI).
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February 2022
Causing a commotion while decked out in Gucci at the brand’s autumn/winter 2022 show in Milan.
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February 2022
Embracing imminent parenthood in colourful style at a Fenty Beauty event in Los Angeles.
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January 2022
Effortlessly mixing luxe separates with low-fi pieces for a laid-back dinner.
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January 2022
The couple balance out each other’s looks in pared-back ’fits.
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December 2019
At the 2019 Fashion Awards, the couple made their red-carpet debut in party-appropriate looks by Fenty.
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Originally published on Vogue.co.uk
