Recent internet-breaking collabs, such as Fendace and Balenciaga’s “hacking” of Gucci, have won over the A-list, but Rihanna prefers buzzy fashion partnerships from the past. Her favourite? Stephen Sprouse’s Noughties collaboration with Louis Vuitton.
Rih owns a reworked Pochette bag from the coveted collection, which saw Sprouse lend his signature graffiti-style artwork to the iconic Louis Vuitton logo when Marc Jacobs was at the creative helm. The singer was spotted in LA this week wearing an oversized shirt and Nike X Off-White Air Jordan 4s, with her coveted It-bag clasped in her hand.
The Pochette isn’t the only prized LV accessory Rihanna owns. The jet-setting businesswoman has packed her personals in a duffle bag from the autumn/winter 2001 Stephen Sprouse collection, and in 2019 she was pictured strolling along the airport tarmac with a rainbow monogrammed vanity case from the Louis Vuitton X Takashi Murakami collaboration.
Rih also holds an offbeat Louis Vuitton malle bag dear. Designed by Frank Gehry for the house’s Celebrating Monogram collection in 2014 – which saw Gehry, Karl Lagerfeld, Rei Kawakubo, Marc Newsom, Cindy Sherman and Christian Louboutin modify classic LV bag shapes – the wavy take on the malle has been seen on Rih’s arm since the year it was released.
An even funkier shape – Louis Vuitton’s soccer ball bag that was designed in line with the 1998 World Cup – made an appearance in photos of Rih at a Champions League football match in 2019. As Rihanna proves, brilliant vintage accessories stand the test of time.
