{"id":559574,"date":"2026-08-05T08:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T08:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/559574\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T08:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T08:24:08","slug":"rihanna-returns-to-barbados-crop-over-festival-in-dazzling-carnival-costume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/559574\/","title":{"rendered":"Rihanna returns to Barbados&#8217; Crop Over festival in dazzling carnival costume"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph-text\">The singer and Fenty Beauty founder, who last attended the celebrations in 2024, joined her brother Rorrey Fenty&#8217;s band, Aura, for the annual parade, which marks the end of the island&#8217;s sugar cane harvest festival. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Her eye-catching outfit was designed by Barbadian designer Lauren Austin, a long-time collaborator who has created many of Rihanna&#8217;s Crop Over looks since 2013. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">The colourful ensemble featured a jewel-encrusted body harness adorned with multicoloured gemstones and tassels, along with an elaborate headpiece and a dramatic feathered bustle. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Photos and videos shared on social media showed Rihanna dancing through the streets, waving to fans and celebrating alongside fellow revellers during one of Barbados&#8217; biggest annual events. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Crop Over dates back to the 1700s and has become one of the Caribbean&#8217;s most famous festivals. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Rihanna has long used the occasion to celebrate her Barbadian roots while showcasing the work of local designers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Speaking to Vogue in 2017, Lauren Austin praised Rihanna&#8217;s fearless approach to fashion, saying: &#8220;She isn&#8217;t afraid to wear whatever she wants, when she wants.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">The appearance comes after a busy few weeks for the singer, who recently celebrated her son Riot&#8217;s third birthday with partner A$AP Rocky at a Spider-Man-themed party in Barbados. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">The couple, who also share son RZA and daughter Rocki, have been spending time on the island following Rihanna&#8217;s surprise performance alongside Jay-Z in New York last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The singer and Fenty Beauty founder, who last attended the celebrations in 2024, joined her brother Rorrey Fenty&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-559574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}