“I’m not even sure where I am right now,” says. “..
. Bath?” The 37-year-old stylist – who moved from suburban Maryland to New York aged 18 before going on to travel the world as ’s right-hand man – has, in a remarkable twist of events, never set foot in Somerset. “I’m so down to check out what the real British people are wearing,” he adds.
“I’ll call it research.” (He will be disappointed.) There are also more urgent tasks at hand – chief among them styling for her career-defining slot on Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage on Friday night – than exploring the lesser-known fashion capital that is the West Country.
“I’m super, super excited. But it’s been a real whirlwind.” It all started three months ago, when Lipa and her longtime stylist, Lorenzo Posocco, parted ways.
“I was also entering a transitional period,” Weaver says. “I basically went from being Rihanna’s full-time employee for 13 years to starting my own creative studio, which honestly stemmed from seeing Rih become a mother. I felt like I needed to build something of my own, and she’s given me the full support and motivation to do that.
” He still provides creative direction for Rihanna – and her various Fenty businesses – but the freedom to become his own boss has been a prodigious shake-up. “It was a natural and fast introduction to Dua,” he continues. “And I always thought she had great style.
To have become a real name in fashion with such an identifiable .