After 56 dates attended by a cool 2.2 million fans, Beyoncé has called curtains on the Renaissance. The most important musician of our time, she spent four months constructing a nightclub fantasia, her charisma and vocal acrobatics rivaling that of Prince, Tina Turner, and Elvis. And though she might have spent just as much time teasing (and then deciding not to release) those so-called album visuals, she managed to go one better, showcasing visually stunning clothes in person.
There was custom Mugler, custom Loewe, custom Rick Owens, and custom Ferragamo, each outfit worn with all the bragging rights of an ascendant star of the ballroom. And just as the album namechecked almost every fashion house in the business (Versace, Bottega Veneta, Prada, Balenciaga, Louis Vuitton, Dior, Givenchy, Hermès, Telfar, and Chanel), Beyoncé refused to settle on, or squeeze herself into, a single vision. She wore at least one designer from each country she visited, and she commissioned a toast of all-Black designers for her Juneteenth show.
According to Vogue, it’s estimated that these costumes earned upwards of $187 million in media impact for her chosen collaborators, proving that fashion might need Beyoncé more than Beyoncé needs fashion. She is more than a muse; she is the creator.
Below, SatisfashionUG has curated a list of 50 looks from The RWT that will forever live rent-free in our minds:
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