Rihanna is the Newest and First African American Dior Girl

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Rihanna has been one of the world’s top pop stars over the past decade. The singer has put out numerous top hits as well as been featured on multiple top hit songs from other artists as well. She is continuing to flourish and build up her career even more by joining with major fashion designer Dior to be the latest face of their upcoming fashion line. Not only is this huge for Rihanna, but it is huge for Dior as well because she will be the first black Dior girl ever.

The fashion company has been rolling out a new series of videos called “Secret Garden” that displays different faces of Dior in each episode. Rihanna will be the focus of the fourth episode in the series which is being shot in Versailles, France by Steven Klein. The videos also tie into a more traditional print campaign and everything is currently set to be released this upcoming Spring for their newest fashion line.

Rihanna’s portion of the campaign will feature her in stunning new Dior dresses as she poses all around the massive Versailles palace and the surrounding outdoor grounds. An image was already released showing the pop star in the famous hall of mirrors at the palace in a gorgeous silver gown.

Dior currently uses the top female figures such as Jennifer Lawrences, Marion Cotillard and Natalie Portman for their campaigns, and the addition of Rihanna fills out that lineup nicely. Dior knows what they are doing and is setting up a really interesting campaign for the Spring collection. There is no better place in France than the Palace of Versailles to use as a shooting location. It will be interesting to see what is put together when the campaign is finished and ready to be revealed to the public.

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Written by Blaise Hopkins

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