Rihanna was photographed for the first time since skipping the Met Gala after reportedly coming down with the flu.
The Diamonds singer, 36, was seen hugging her partner A$AP Rocky, 35, as she left a New York City building on Thursday before getting into her waiting car.
As always, he looked the height of style.
Rihanna wowed in a sleek black dress, hoodie and textured jacket with a white quilted bag over her shoulder.
Her blonde locks were styled to perfection and she was the epitome of cool in wire-frame sunglasses.
Rihanna was photographed for the first time since skipping the Met Gala after reportedly coming down with the flu.
To inject even more glamour, she wore a silver choker.
Although Rihanna was one of the most anticipated stars at Monday’s Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, she did not attend the event.
The singer and style icon was ‘sick with the flu’a source said People on Monday, and she was unable to attend after teasing fans what her outfit would be like.
The Saint Michael, Barbados, native was spotted Saturday night in Miami with her boyfriend, rapper A$AP Rocky, 35, at her Puma pop-up store.
The Umbrella frontwoman, whose full name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty, sported pink hair at the event, sparking speculation that it would complement her Met Gala ensemble.
Rihanna had traveled to the Big Apple after the Miami trip, a source said Page six on Monday, adding that a stylist for the vocalist “was seen at the Carlyle Hotel greeting the security team carrying her jewelry” for the meeting.
The Grammy-winning musical artist had planned to attend this year’s festivities, as she spoke with Extra on April 27 about her fashion plans for the annual event.
“Actually, this year I’m going to keep it very simple,” Rihanna told the outlet while at a promotional event for her Fenty Beauty line in Los Angeles.
Rihanna wowed in a sleek black dress, hoodie and textured jacket with a white quilted bag over her shoulder.
Rihanna, 36, “is sick with the flu” and was unable to attend Monday’s Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art due to the illness, a source told People. She was photographed Saturday night in Miami with her A$AP Rocky, 35, at her Puma pop-up store.
The Umbrella artist has been a staple of the annual fashion event; This year’s theme is Sleeping Beauties: Fashion Awakening.
She added: “Very simple… I think it will all depend on what my makeup and my hair will do.” “We want to play with it, but I have no idea what I’m going to do with it.”
The Don’t Stop the Music singer said her outfit would be “very simple… compared to everything (she) has done.”
And he added: ‘I’ll show up for dinner! Greetings to Anna Wintour.
Rihanna, along with Katy Perry, was depicted as attending the gala in fake images that circulated Monday night.
Rihanna wasn’t the only superstar missing from the red carpet on Monday, as Beyoncé and Taylor Swift were also absent; none have attended since 2016, according to The New York Times.
Among the big names who made their presence felt at the Met Gala were Zendaya and Jennifer Lopez.
Rihanna had planned to attend, as she spoke to Extra about her outfit plans during a promotional event for her Fenty Beauty line in April in Los Angeles at 7th Street Studios.
Rihanna said she had been planning to “keep it really simple this year.”
Rihanna was photographed at her first Met Gala in 2007, the year she released her hit Umbrella.
One notable outfit she wore was a daffodil yellow dress that weighed 55 pounds, for the 2015 gala’s theme: China: Through the Looking Glass.
The S&M artist had a majestic presence at the 2018 event, whose theme was Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination
The singer was photographed at last year’s Met Gala in a flowy ensemble for The Garden of Time.
Rihanna has gained notoriety for her memorable outfits that she has worn at the event for the past 14 years.
She attended her first Met Gala in 2007, the year she released her hit song, Umbrella.
The singer attended last year’s Met Gala in a flowing ensemble for The Garden of Time.
The S&M artist made a regal presence at the 2018 event, themed Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination, wearing a miniskirt ensemble.
Another notable outfit she wore was a daffodil yellow dress that weighed 55 pounds, for the 2015 gala theme: China: Through the Looking Glass.