Body diversity front and centre for Rihanna's New York Fashion Week show

The Fenty X Savage show is being described as "a splendid celebration of human form, sexuality, and all women".

Savage X Fenty Show

Rihanna's Fenty X Savage show is being praised as a celebration of diversity. Source: Getty Images North America

Move over Victoria's Secret.

The fashion world is raving about Rihanna's latest Fenty X Savage show at New York Fashion Week, which took place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn and is said to have celebrated women of different shapes, sizes and skin tones. 

With no runway in sight, the event was a boundary-pushing, immersive experience of fashion, dance and performance, with live music sets from the likes of Halsey, DJ Khaled and A$AP Ferg.

According to , models included Alek Wek, Cara Delevingne, Joan Smalls, Laverne Cox and the Hadid sisters.

"We want to make people look good and feel good," Rihanna said in a press release ahead of the event. "We want you to feel sexy and have fun doing it."

For the most part, however, the much-hyped fashion show remains under a shroud of secrecy, with guests not allowed to take photos for the duration of the event. This is because Amazon Prime has obtained exclusive rights - set to stream the show in whole next week, on September 20.
Celebrity spectators took to social media to praise the show, with country superstar Kacey Musgraves tweeting: "The SAVAGE x FENTY show tonight - a splendid celebration of human form, sexuality, and all women."

She added: "It made me feel more confident about my own body and the journey of the female spirit."

Rihanna also got fans excited with a comment made prior to the fashion show, sparking hopes the singer and designer will collaborate with performer-of-the-moment Lizzo.

“Gosh I love Lizzo. She’s so badass,” Entertainment Tonight.

“I would collaborate with her on the lights for this interview right now, like Lizzo is so badass.”

This year's show marks the second time Savage X Fenty has commanded the spotlight at NYFW, debuting last year with a .

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Published 12 September 2019 1:48pm
By Samuel Leighton-Dore


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