Following a showroom presentation earlier in March, the finalists for the 2017 LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers were announced later that month. A panel of 45 fashion experts including Editor in Chief of VogueParis, Emmanuelle Alt, famed photographer Patrick Demarchelier and models Karlie Kloss and Kendall Jenner whittled the candidates down to eight finalists comprising an impressive Internationally representative spread.

Rihanna presented the 2017 LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers to French-Belgian designer Marine Serre, who beat out seven other finalists.

American Yoon Ahn of Ambush, Japanese Kozaburo Akasaka of Kozaburo, Copenhagen native Cecilie Rosted Bahnsen of Cecilie Bahnsen, London based designers Molly Goddard and Nabil El-Nayal, Russian Maria Kazakova of Jahnkoy and Paris-based designers and Marine Serre and Antonin Tron of Atlein, the finalists form the cross-cultural cross-boundary vision of style and design which reflected gender and genre defying fashion.

Rihanna arrived at Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris dressed in an unimpeachable head-to-toe Dior in a floor-length lace dress with a cleavage flattering plunging neckline and nigh scandalous thigh slit. Naturally, she was adorned with Chopard haute joallerie

Rihanna wears Chopard to the 2017 LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers

Just four days ago, during the afternoon of June 16, Rihanna was in attendance at the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris to award the annual LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers to the chosen winner. Selected by a Jury of fashion’s who’s who comprising Karl Lagerfeld, Riccardo Tisci and Bernard Arnault, the chairman and CEO of LVMH himself, Rihanna arrived at Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris dressed in an unimpeachable head-to-toe Dior in a floor-length lace dress with a cleavage flattering plunging neckline and nigh scandalous thigh slit. The stylish ensemble framed her voluptuous figure, accessorised with a brimmed black hat, an oxblood clutch, strappy pointed toe ankle heels and of course, Chopard. How else is one elegantly appointed enough without the help of Chopard haute joallerie when your sole responsibility that Friday afternoon is to crown the fashion industry’s next up and coming young designer?

At the 2017 LVMH Prize for Young Designers, the stylish ensemble framed Rihanna’s voluptuous figure, accessorised with a brimmed black hat, an oxblood clutch, strappy pointed toe ankle heels and of course, Chopard.

Rihanna presented the 2017 LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers to French-Belgian designer Marine Serre, who beat out seven other finalists. The final eight were themselves, stringently selected from about 1,000 other creative contenders.

Held annually, the LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers supports new generations of creators with a grant of 300,000 euros and technical and financial support for a period for a full calendar year.