Rihanna launched her latest beauty line Fenty Hair in Selfridges Oxford Street on Monday night Rhasidat Adeleke at Rihanna's Fenty Hair launch at Selfridges Rhasidat Adeleke swapped her running gear for high fashion as she mingled with Rihanna at a swanky fashion event in London. Rihanna launched her latest beauty line Fenty Hair in Selfridges Oxford Street on Monday night and Olympian Rhasidat was on the exclusive guestlist. The 22-year-old shared a series of photos from the glitzy gathering on Instagram, where she got dolled up in a denim co-ord set and a pair of silver heels.
Rhasidat accessorised with a black Balenciaga clutch bag and silver jewellery, while switching out her usual long locks for a glamorous bob. And it was a full-on photoshoot as the pair met each other and posed up for snaps after the event. “Fan girl moment meeting @badgalriri,” Adeleke wrote on Instagram.
“Such an inspiration & forever breaking barriers in the industry. “My younger self would’ve never thought that Rihanna would be following me & my journey![sic].” We need your consent to load this Social Media content.
We use a number of different Social Media outlets to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Captioning another post of photographs, she wrote: “Such a fun evening celebrating @fentyhair”, accompanied by a white heart emoji. The Tallaght girl’s pals flooded the comments section with adoring messages, including her relay teammate Sharlene Mawdsley, who said: “Yep, she slayed”.
Influencer and Kash Beauty founder Keilidh Cashell wrote: “GORGEOUS” while English runner Asha Philip added: “Stop it right now!!!!” Rhasidat also hung out with Irish Love Island star Dami Hope at the launch party, who was attending with his girlfriend and fellow contestant Indiyah Polack. He shared a photo with the sprinter with the caption: “Rih said if this post gets 10k comments she’ll drop the album”, with Rhasidat commenting: “Coldest out!!!” Since her disappointing dual fourth place finishes at the Olympics last month, Rhasidat has reflected on her first year as a professional athlete and announced she was taking a short break before returning to training. In a recent social media post, she explained that she’s “learned a lot of lessons” over the past 12 months as she thanked her supporters and sponsors.
“Rookie year over & out!” she began. A post shared by Rhasidat Adeleke (@rhasidat_adeleke) “6 National Records, 3 European medals & 2 Olympic finals. “Finally completed the sprint national record sweep (60m-400m, 7.
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07)! "Soo grateful to my sponsors @kpmg_ireland ,@nike & @allianzireland for supporting my dreams. Those who guided me to & through my Olympic journey & to every single person that has been rooting for me, thank you so so much. From the sweet messages to flying out to races.
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It literally means the world. “Learnt A LOT of lessons in my first year as a professional athlete. I’m so excited to get back at it! But first, some much needed R&R”.
It comes after she closed her season with a third-place finish at the Diamond League final in Brussels last week, clocking 50.96 in the 400m to come home behind Olympic champion Marileidy Paulino (49.45) and USA’s Alexis Holmes (50.
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