The usual Dior crew means something a little different now, because it’s a blended family. We’ve got the kids Jonathan Anderson brought with him when he left Loewe, and Maria Grazia Chiuri’s signees, who already lived in this house. Anderson seems to be mingling them pretty effectively — but it doesn’t hurt when one of those regulars he’s inheriting is Rihanna, who manages to maintain an aura of compelling mystery even when we’ve seen so very much of her over the years. She oozes star power even when she seems kind of bored by the idea. She can’t help it. It’s a unique achievement to maintain an aura of detached cool and even mystery when you are also a person who once showed up to a Dior show pregnant in a sheer dress and tiny underpants.
