Take a closer look at Rihanna's (opens in new tab) two new covers for British Vogue, the first with a Burberry suit and a custom-made du-rag by Stephen Jones Millinery. She is the first person to wear a durag (opens in new tab) on the cover of British Vogue, writes editor-in-chief Edward Enninful (opens in new tab). [The] durag is a powerful symbol of black life--self-defense, resistance, and authenticity--and has an important place in popular culture, but it is rarely seen through the prism of high fashion," Enninful continued.

"Yet this month's magazine cover, however, features the most fabulous, aspirational, and beautiful durags."

Rihanna (opens in new tab) spoke about the creation of Fenty Beauty with a focus on black women in her cover interview with Afua Hirsch (opens in new tab)." Oh my, why did you decide to create makeup for black girls?" I'm shocked when people say. 'Did you think I was some kind of genius marketing strategy?' Most of the time I'm shocked."

"Then it turns into disappointment that this is now a breakthrough," she continued. In my mind, this was normal."

Yes, Rihanna writes all the copy for Fenty Beauty, she confirmed. 'I write all the copy for the website, the product descriptions, the product names, the color names, everything,' she said. I have a huge team, but I don't think their tone is necessarily mine. I feel like a con artist selling something I don't support."

Not surprisingly, Rih dropped a few hints about R9 (opens in new tab) to satisfy the Navy. 'I can't tell you when it's going to drop,' he said. But I'm very active in music."

"I'm very active in music.

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