Dior-clad Rocki makes public debut on W magazine cover
- Rihanna introduced her daughter, Rocki Irish Mayers, to the public on W magazine’s 2026 Pop Issue cover, published April 21, posing together in matching Dior Haute Couture looks for the shoot. - Rocki, 7 months old and born in September 2025, wore a custom Dior Haute Couture diaper and white headpiece; Jonathan Anderson told W the diaper was “definitely a first” for Dior. - The cover extends Rihanna’s long run of fashion-first maternity and family imagery, now folding Dior and W into that playbook. (wmagazine.com)
Rihanna used W magazine’s 2026 Pop Issue to introduce her daughter, Rocki Irish Mayers, in the baby’s first public appearance. (wmagazine.com) The cover, published April 21, shows Rihanna and 7-month-old Rocki in matching Dior Haute Couture, photographed by Tim Walker and styled by Jahleel Weaver. (wmagazine.com) (today.com) Rihanna wears a Dior Haute Couture coat and lilac hat with a Cartier Collection necklace, while Rocki wears a custom Dior Haute Couture diaper and a white headpiece made for the shoot. (today.com) (wmagazine.com) Jonathan Anderson, identified by W and TODAY as Dior’s creative director, said the “haute couture diaper” was a first for the house and credited Rihanna with pushing the idea. (today.com) (wmagazine.com) The feature is built as a Rihanna career package, with comments from A$AP Rocky, SZA, Mariah Carey and Mary J. Blige alongside the cover story. W frames it as a portrait of Rihanna as artist, business executive and mother of three. (wmagazine.com) (today.com) Rocki is Rihanna and A$AP Rocky’s third child. W says the couple welcomed sons Rza in 2022 and Riot in 2023, followed by daughter Rocki in 2025. (wmagazine.com) The magazine ties the new cover to Rihanna’s earlier pregnancy-era fashion moments, including her 2023 Super Bowl halftime show reveal in a red Loewe catsuit. TODAY also notes that she posed for Pharrell Williams’s Louis Vuitton men’s collection while pregnant with Riot. (wmagazine.com) (today.com) A$AP Rocky told W that motherhood changed Rihanna, but said her presence had not dimmed. “This woman has always been magic,” he said in the magazine feature. (today.com) The cover turns a family introduction into a fashion credit line: Tim Walker behind the camera, Jahleel Weaver styling, Dior making the custom baby look, and W packaging it as a pop-culture event. (wmagazine.com)
