The incredible feat of design that is couture fashion calls for an equally impressive person to wear it. Our cover star, Rihanna, is fully up to the task. The multitalented artist, entertainer, and entrepreneur wears museum-worthy masterpieces ranging from rainbow Givenchy to embellished Chanel with a confident ease. Also in this issue, best-selling author Danielle Steel writes a love story to a very special Dior couture gown. Elsewhere in these pages, another icon, Giorgio Armani, braved the snowy streets of Paris with Downton Abbey’s Michelle Dockery, who was dressed in Armani Privé looks so new, they hadn’t even appeared on the runway. It’s all a fitting reminder that art forms tend to converge. But ultimately at the heart of this issue is the beauty—what’s new, why you need it, and…
