The perks of mega-celebrity are too numerous to list; you can get into any restaurant you want without a reservation, boxes of free stuff arrive at your door every day, you’ve got enough money that you could quit on the spot and never work again. If you’re Rihanna, it means that not only do the world’s biggest designers give you their wares for free, but some of them also include a personalized note, right on your new Dior bag.
Rihanna’s first ad campaign as the face of the Christian Dior Be Dior Bag recently debuted online, so it’s no surprise that she’s been photographed carrying one of the new bags frequently; some sort of requirement like that is woven in to most celebrity endorsement contracts. Because of Rihanna’s prodigious social media presence, though, we got a look at a detail that would otherwise be entirely hidden from the public.
Over the weekend, Rihanna Instagram’d interior shot of her new Dior bag that you see above, sporting a Sharpie’d message from none other than Dior creative director Raf Simons. Getting a piece signed by a designer is rare indeed, although brands with particularly slavish followings hold events that allow VIPs to get this treatment on occasion. For Rihanna, though, it’s just another perk.
Check out more photos of Rihanna carrying the bag below. Would you want your favorite designer to sign a piece for you?
Very cute note and the bag is a cutie too. One question: where is she that she needs a coat in this weather?
If she’s in LA, she might need it. It gets pretty chilly at night, and once you’ve lived here a while, your tolerance for cold gets lower haha.
no surprise … she is new face for DIOR … i don’t see any difficulty getting Raf sign on that bag …
Nothing is “free”. Celebs are sent stuff because the supplier wants exposure to sell product. As soon as you’re off the hot list the “freebies” stop. Every step is carefully orchestrated. He signed the bag to get us to notice.
Exactly. Otherwise those PR companies won’t try so hard to get products exposed to the public, free advertising.
Rihanna looks good as always but this is not the Dior for her. Maybe something graphic like the small silver cane pattern she advertise! Or a mini Diorama totally customized for her with a sprinkling of stars embroidered or SSSH (mimicking her tattoo)! She is after all the face of Dior! A sharpied signatory just does not cut it!
I did not notice before, but the Dior Diorama Bag looks very similar to the Chanel Boy Bag. I like the dior better actually.
I would like them to sign the authenticity card, but definitely not the bag itself. I would be so anal about the signature fading.
This is a badly inspired almost-chanel-knock-off kind of bag. Dior is one of the first houses to create an iconic bag (Lady Dior). So why create something so similar to another bag when you have both the vision and the history to create the next It bag.