For further evidence that each latest mom’s must-have is just not a Snoo but, in reality, a rather wrinkled but Zoom-appropriate button-down, we turn to Exhibit A, wherein Rihanna stepped out wearing one three months post-baby, strolling alongside her partner, A$AP Rocky. During an Aug. 11 date night at Emilio’s Ballato in Latest York City, the singer wore a leggy little black dress, tie-up black heels, and an over-sized Raf Simons white button-down.
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The brand new-mom chic look comes because the couple drops subtle hints that their embrace of public status is not going to extend to their newborn—at the very least until he’s sufficiently old to decide on when and where he’d prefer to be photographed. A source told Entertainment Tonight earlier this month that welcoming a son has modified Rihanna and Rocky’s stance on fame, which is why they’ve yet to share the infant’s name or any images because the birth.
“They’re keeping things low-key in order that they can enjoy their little family,” the source said. “Privacy has turn out to be increasingly vital to the couple. When it was just the 2 of them, they’d exit all hours of the day and night and interact with fans. Now, with the infant, they’re just a little more protective.”
The family can also be facing increased attention other than their latest status as parents. In April, Rocky was arrested at LAX Airport in connection to a November 2021 shooting; he was released on bail but, as reported by Rolling Stone, is to be sued for “assault, battery and emotional distress” by artist and former best friend A$AP Relli over the alleged shooting. On the time of the LAX arrest, a source told Entertainment Tonight that Rihanna, still pregnant on the time, was blindsided. “Rihanna made some extent to navigate the general public side of her pregnancy on her own terms and now suddenly things seem out of her control,” the source said.
Rihanna is currently attempting to maintain home and work low-key, but, as an ET source said, she plans to announce latest projects when the time is true. “She’s one among the toughest working people on the market, and she will be able to definitely have all of it,” the source said. “[She’ll] be a hands-on mom and have a powerful profession.” Just don’t expect any lullabies on R9: “My fans would kill me in the event that they waited this long for a lullaby,” the artist teased earlier this yr.
Lauren Puckett-Pope is an associate editor at ELLE, where she covers news and culture.
