Paris Fashion Week
Rihanna is a new book from the music superstar's creative director Simon Henwood. Here, we give you a look at some of the more than 200 photos included in the book along with Henwood's words...
"People were captivated by Rihanna during Paris Fashion Week. Some simply stared as if she was an alien. People would come up and gush about her looking like a perfect doll or some other Parisian fantasy."
Paris Fashion Week
"There were clothes flying in to Paris from everywhere...It was a constant conveyer belt of 'Love!,' 'Hate!,' and 'Maybe.'"
Rated R Album Shoot, Berlin
"This is outside Central Station in Berlin with [photographer] Ellen Von Unwerth...The paparazzi turned up, so we had to create barriers around the shoot to stop them from getting pictures."
Rated R Album Shoot, Berlin
"One of the signature images of the campaign is the burning static walls of TVs. There were a backdrop that always conveyed radio silence—that there was an empty world outside the room."
Opening Video for American Music Awards, Los Angeles
"At midnight, I showed [Rihanna] the cut, which she loved, then shot her close-ups in thirty minutes. The video was delivered a few hours later."
Rehearsals for World Tour, Los Angeles
"Every day new elements were added to the show—staging, costumes, animation, and lighting design—everything began to take shape. You never knew what was going to turn up each day when you entered the soundstage."
Last Girl on Earth Tour
"Last Girl on Earth was inspired by apocalyptic movies such as The Omega Man and, most recently, its remake, I Am Legend."
Rihanna Book Cover
Get more of the star's signature style in her Fashion Spotlight!