Rihanna’s BFF, Melissa Forde, is 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.
The M$$ X WT collection was exclusively launched at Opening Ceremony on Monday (March 30th), with friends and family in attendance.
Melissa was recently interviewed about her new collection, and mentioned Rihanna being her big supporter.
“She (Rihanna) 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.”
Click here for photos of Rihanna leaving the Opening Ceremony store after the event.




