--- title: Rihanna Pink Dress at Valerian Red Carpet Photos, Reactions description: Rihanna confirmed she's queen of the red carpet when she donned a haute couture dress from Giambattista Valli for the 'Valerian' red carpet. canonical: https://time.com/4862468/rihanna-dess-valerian-red-carpet/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-18T15:33:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:28.236Z og:title: Rihanna Slays Internet With a Red Carpet Princess Moment og:description: Her dress confirmed once again she's the queen og:url: https://time.com/4862468/rihanna-dess-valerian-red-carpet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2730acc55a1f2ef4/6988d61a656a3fa444bd0dfb/rihanna-pink-dress-giambattista-valli-couture-valerian-red-carpet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Premiere Of EuropaCorp And STX Entertainment's 'Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets' - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rihanna Slays Internet With a Red Carpet Princess Moment twitter:description: Her dress confirmed once again she's the queen twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2730acc55a1f2ef4/6988d61a656a3fa444bd0dfb/rihanna-pink-dress-giambattista-valli-couture-valerian-red-carpet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Rihanna Slays the Internet Again With a Couture Cotton Candy Moment > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage) HOLLYWOOD, CA - JULY 17: Singer/actress Rihanna arrives at the Premiere Of EuropaCorp And STX Entertainment's 'Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets' at TCL Chinese Theatre on July 17, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage) Jeffrey Mayer—WireImage  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 18, 2017 3:33 PM UTC It’s a fact well-acknowledged that [Rihanna](http://time.com/4807117/rihanna-body-shaming-response/) is the [queen of red carpet fashion](http://time.com/4762629/rihanna-queen-met-gala-2017/) — whether she’s inspiring [memes with her dramatic ensembles while holding court at the Met Gala](http://time.com/3846797/met-gala-memes-rihanna-kim-kardashian/) or dominating the [scene at the Cannes Film Festival](http://time.com/4785778/cannes-2017-rihanna-chopard-diamonds/), there’s no denying that [Rihanna knows how to make a style statement](http://time.com/4347726/rihanna-dior-sunglasses-star-trek/). So it should come as no surprise that when Bad Gal Ri Ri showed up to the Hollywood premiere of her latest movie, [_Valerian_](http://time.com/4566143/rihanna-cara-delevingne-valerian-teaser/), the “[Wild Thoughts](http://time.com/4820737/rihanna-dj-khaled-wild-thoughts/)” singer stole the show with a voluminous baby pink gown that looked like it was spun out of cotton candy. The gown, which featured a ruffled off-the-shoulder neckline and a flowing train, was an updated version of [a haute couture piece by Giambattista Valli](http://www.vogue.com/article/rihanna-cara-delevingne-princess-couture-valerian-los-angeles-premiere), the designer who was also responsible for [Rihanna’s equally voluminous (and widely-memed) hot pink gown from the 2015 Grammys](http://people.com/style/grammys-2015-see-rihannas-ginormous-gown-from-every-angle/). Never one to neglect accessorizing, Rihanna paired her fit-for-a-princess ensemble with a pair of ribbon lace heeled sandals from her Manolo Blahnik collaboration. As might be expected, the Internet lost any semblance of chill once pictures of Rihanna at the premiere hit the web and took to their social media accounts to share their feelings. The general consensus was glowing adoration for the one true queen of the red carpet. > [](https://twitter.com/HeauxForLarry/status/887310965934407682) > [](https://twitter.com/RBKHHNDS/status/887305127043977217) > [](https://twitter.com/RENATISHA/status/887308695171878912) > [](https://twitter.com/merrrrt%5F/status/887309616010461184) > [](https://twitter.com/PeaceAganbi/status/887309891286827008) > [](https://twitter.com/moldytongue/status/887311598670553088) > [](https://twitter.com/RuChiOhu/status/887312101378846720) If there’s one thing that we can be certain of, it’s that Rihanna came to slay. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4862468/rihanna-dess-valerian-red-carpet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4862468/rihanna-dess-valerian-red-carpet/"},"headline":"Rihanna Slays the Internet Again With a Couture Cotton Candy Moment","datePublished":"2017-07-18T15:33:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:45:28.236Z","description":"Her dress is giving us wild, wild, wild thoughts","url":"https://time.com/4862468/rihanna-dess-valerian-red-carpet/","keywords":["Newsfeed","fashion","Rihanna"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2730acc55a1f2ef4/6988d61a656a3fa444bd0dfb/rihanna-pink-dress-giambattista-valli-couture-valerian-red-carpet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2730acc55a1f2ef4/6988d61a656a3fa444bd0dfb/rihanna-pink-dress-giambattista-valli-couture-valerian-red-carpet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Premiere Of EuropaCorp And STX Entertainment's 'Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets' - Arrivals","caption":"Premiere Of EuropaCorp And STX Entertainment's 'Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets' - Arrivals","creditText":"Jeffrey Mayer—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4862468/rihanna-dess-valerian-red-carpet/","name":"Rihanna Slays the Internet Again With a Couture Cotton Candy Moment"}}]}] ```