Fashion’s first major trend of 2019 is here – and it’s frilling

Frothy frocks are everywhere on the red carpet and catwalks this month, but the look’s biggest boost comes from Rihanna and a certain TV assassin, who are already killing it

Rihanna set to become LVMH’s first black female designer – reports

New fashion brand, expected to take Fenty name, will be major boost for diversity in industry

Katy Perry named 2018’s highest paid woman in music

Forbes’ annual list sees Perry rise from ninth place to unseat Beyoncé, now in third place behind Taylor Swift

How instant makeup brands are creating a new beauty elite

Instagram innovators such as Pat McGrath and Kylie Jenner are revolutionising cosmetics – and becoming overnight billionaires

Rihanna’s empire: empowering women and making lots of money

The singer’s new lingerie brand has been met with fanfare and lengthy online queues

Met Gala 2018: let us give thanks for the best dress code of all time

This year’s theme of Catholicism in fashion was a challenge that required a leap of faith. But from Rihanna’s pope to Lena Waithe’s rainbow-flag cape, the opening night ball was a triumph