For her next act, the pop star will become the first black woman in charge of a major luxury fashion house in Paris. When listening to her repetitive, patois-filled song — work, work, work, work, work, work — one hears a Barbados-born1 musician who recognizes that the histories that are carried in her movement and her tongue are foreign to the listener. Now, Rihanna has become the first black woman to run a major luxury fashion house. And I don’t know if it’s unfortunate or fortunate, because I love being black.’Suit jacket in cotton canvas with fanny pack, $1,100. JH: If you don’t know yet, then you probably don’t know when it’s coming out?

Source: New York Times May 20, 2019 12:45 UTC