Canadian designer Willo Perron created a a "mash up" of architectural iconography for the set design of Rihanna's Savage x Fenty show at New York Fashion Week.
Singer-turned-businesswoman Rihanna presented her fashion show as an hour-long music and dance performance on a stage filled with exaggerated architectural elements.

As creative director, Perron took his cues from the the lingerie brand's latest look book, which was shot on location in Morocco.
"We looked at architecture there and from a lot of southern Europe and north Africa ? the iconography of the stairs and arches," Perron told Dezeen. "It's a mash up of a bunch of different things."
For the Fenty x Savage show, lines and shapes were simplified and modernised by Perron to create a backdrop. Celebrities, including Cara Delevingne, Gigi Hadid and Laverne Cox, and models were cast to represent a diverse range of ethnicities and sizes.
The set ? which is mostly a facade supported by a elaborate construction of scaffolding behind the scenes ? was an all-white backdrop that could be changed in an instant by shifting the lighting angle and colours.
"For us it was taking something theatrical and having verticality to it, and the feeling that you're in another place," said Perron.
It also had to accommodate the choreography, with stairways arranged strategically and platforms reinforced for the performers to dance on.

Perron, who has also designed sets for musicians including Dr...