What Rihanna wore for a British Vogue cover

Rihanna wore a durag on the British Vogue cover. Rihanna made history by becoming the first woman to wear a durag on the cover of British Vogue.

The black culture has a long history with the garment, which is used to aid in the creation of braids, waves, and dreadlocks. It is a powerful sartorial emblem of African-Caribbean survival and celebration, having been worn by slaves to participants of the Black power movement.

Enninful said in the lengthy post that wearing the headpiece, which was made by renowned milliner Stephen Jones, was the singer’s idea. “I wanted Rihanna for a new decade for this month’s photo,” he stated.

“To create a new concept, we went through a large archive of visual references (her fashion and cultural knowledge is encyclopaedic),” he explained. “Then, at 2 a.m., my phone rang with the latest WhatsApp message: ‘How about a durag?’”

More recently, versions of the headdress were worn by some celebrities. Californian rapper Guapdad 4000 wore a 10ft-long durag on the Grammys red carpet, designed by Faded NYC.