Fader Magazine – The world knows Melissa Forde as Rihanna’s personal photographer, resident dancing buddy, and all-around ride-or-die homegirl. While all of these titles seem to comprise a full-time job, Forde’s somehow added another role to her resume— the newly appointed Creative Director of WRKNG Title, Wale’s hat company.

Just in time for the spring season, Forde’s created a capsule collection of bucket hats, all dipped in handpicked signature prints and fabrics, with a little help from her number one fan, RiRi.

“One of the reasons why Robyn [Rihanna’s first name] and I are still so close is that she is one of my biggest supporters. From the first time I even mentioned that Wale wanted me to do the hat line, she (Rihanna) was pushing me to do it. She looked at every design with me—even when I did the lookbook shoot—and she recommended the female model that I ended up using. She’s so supportive.”

“Even though it was nervewracking to step out and add something else to my plate, it’s been so much fun too. Everyone [at WRKNG Title] is so great, so when they asked me to stay on and be the creative director, it felt like I was just continuing my job under a different title.”

Melissa also revealed that the coffee table book that Rihanna shared photos of on Instagram months ago, is in the making.

“We’re coming out with a coffee table book — Robyn’s other photographer, Dennis Leupold, and I have been putting pictures together. Dennis is an amazing photographer that’s been traveling with us all the time, so I’m really excited.

The pictures show a more personal side to Robyn—the side you don’t see on Instagram. I try not to get too personal on Instagram, because people feel as though they know you—but the book will be really raw, just photos of us chillin’.”