Rihanna Wore Alaïa To The 2026 Tribeca Festival

Rihanna was out in New York on Tuesday evening on her way to the 2026 Tribeca Festival, where A$AP Rocky accepted the inaugural Tribeca X Filmmaker of the Year Award.

The entrepreneur wore one of her favourite labels, Alaïa, stepping out in a fitted velvet dress from Pieter Mulier’s Fall 2026 collection.

What immediately struck me was the colour story. The rich tobacco-toned velvet dress, camel leather coat and coordinating Paris Texas sandals created a seamless tonal look.

The dress itself is deceptively simple. On the runway, it was presented without distractions, allowing the sculpted silhouette and tactile fabric to take centre stage.

Rihanna took a different approach, layering on jewellery and adding sunglasses, while her signature confidence did the rest.

For someone with access to virtually every brand in fashion, it says a lot that Rihanna continues to return to Alaïa. Pieter Mulier understood how to create clothes that celebrated the body without feeling restrictive, and that philosophy clearly resonates with her.

It will be interesting to see how the label evolves under the direction of the internal design studio following Mulier’s swansong collection.

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