{"id":53139,"date":"2024-06-13T10:08:13","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T00:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&p=254383"},"modified":"2024-06-13T12:15:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T08:15:04","slug":"rihanna-im-retired-dress-2","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/rihanna-im-retired-dress-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI\u2019m Retired\u201d: Rihanna Just Broke Her Silence On That Conner Ives Dress"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 10: Rihanna celebrates Fenty Hair Brand Launch in LA at Nya Studios on June 10, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for Fenty Hair)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When Rihanna innocuous stepped out in Manhattan wearing Conner Ives<\/a>\u2019 1930s-inspired reconstructed graphic dress and, most importantly, a granny smith apple green <\/span>Bottega Veneta vintage Montaigne bag<\/a> deceptively covering the message written on the shirt, it was heralded as a moment of visibility for quiet quitters everywhere<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

The shirt was emblazoned with the phrase \u201cI\u2019m retired\u201d, seemingly hinting at Rihanna\u2019s current working status and piquing the interest of those desperately hoping for the multi-hyphenated artist\u2019s highly-anticipated ninth studio album. But don\u2019t get it twisted, says Rihanna at an event promoting the newly unveiled Fenty Hair<\/a>. Yes, Rihanna issued a statement with her t-shirt dress, but according to her, people just didn\u2019t get the full message.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rihanna wears Conner Ives while in Manhattan on June 6, 2024. Credit: Instagram\/@connerives<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cPeople got triggered with that \u2018retired\u2019 word,\u201d the mother-of-two told <\/span>Entertainment Tonight <\/span><\/i><\/a>on the red carpet for her latest beauty launch<\/a><\/span>. \u201cNo one read the other line,\u201d she added, acknowledging the second row of text that read, \u201cThis is as dressed up as I\u2019m going to get\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, when deciphered in tandem and in context, the look can be inferred as a tongue-in-cheek comment on her impeccable (and highly imitated) street style. Wearing a slip-on-and-go dress that reads, \u201cI\u2019m retired, this is as dressed up as I\u2019m going to get,\u201d is the type of off-duty moment<\/a> we demand from a star of her stature<\/a>. But when she devilishly covered the latter half of the phrase, can you blame us for spiralling? <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey were like, ‘We’re never getting an album now\u2019,\u201d the 36-year-old added, acknowledging the sentiment posited on social media. As the mother she is, Rihanna used the moment as an opportunity to clarify that she is not going anywhere. \u201cClearly, I’m here, clocked in,” she laughed. <\/span><\/p>\n

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@entertainmenttonight<\/a> <\/p>\n

Rihanna is NOT Rih-tired! \ud83d\udea8 RiRi rih-veals that she is ready to rih-turn to the studio and START OVER the rih-cording process of her highly-anticipated album, R9.#rihanna<\/a> #fenty<\/a><\/p>\n

\u266c original sound – Entertainment Tonight – Entertainment Tonight<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n