Barbados-born Rihanna stretches to design fall-winter collection

Rihanna’s next fashion collection for British label River Island is due out this fall, and her co-designer Adam Selman told British Vogue it’s been the most fun, but a challenge because they both grew up in warm climates -- she in Barbados, he in California. She seems more comfortable in summery attire, such as some of the costumes she’s wearing on her current tour. [Vogue UK]

Stephanie Gilmore, a five-time Assn. of World Surfing Professionals world champion at age 25, is joining the surf team sponsored by Roxy, the surf-influenced apparel company announced via news release on Monday.

Willie Nelson and his two youngest sons are to star in John Varvatos’ fall ad campaign, our Adam Tschorn reports. [Los Angeles Times]

Jean Paul Gaultier took to Twitter with an open letter calling out Style.com’s Tim Blanks, who wrote a negative review of Gaultier’s Paris Haute Couture show last week -- a review that included calling European reality star Nabilla Benattia a “down market” choice to walk the runway. “The Tim I knew before would never have made the attacks more personal than professional,” Gaultier wrote. “Treating someone as down-market is cheap.” The designer also advised the award-winning critic to brush up on his fashion history. [The Cut]

Carmen Dell’Orefice, who shot her first Vogue cover at age 15, is on the cover of You, at age 82. [Design Scene]

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