Rihanna

The official visual chronicle of the year’s “it” girl as she embarks on her first solo tour.

Packaged in a Swarovski crystal encrusted clamshell case, this deluxe edition comes with a print signed by Rihanna and a CD of an exclusive remixed song off her latest album. 

The millions of sites tracking her every fashion move, the innumerable magazine covers including the recent Italian Vogue shot by Steven Klein, her past endorsement deals including Gucci and CoverGirl—Rihanna is the reigning style icon of the moment. She has garnered multiplatinum–selling success as an artist (her current album, her fourth, Rated R had the highest first-week sales of any of her other albums in the U.S. to date), including Grammys, MTV Video Music Awards, and countless other awards for her performances. Creative director Simon Henwood captures the supernova at the height of her beauty and ferocity in hundreds of photographs that track her enormous influence on current culture—from Paris Fashion Week to her shoot in Berlin with Ellen von Unwerth for her album artwork to her special appearance at the American Music Awards to her performances in the most cutting-edge couture (such as Gaultier and Chanel, as well as in pieces from actual museum collections).

With an introduction by Simon Henwood and preface by fashion designer Alexandre Vauthier, this is a visually arresting capsule of one of the world’s most talked-about artists of the year.