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" &amp;quot;I wanted it to be a casting couch,&amp;quot; is how Adam Selman described the presentation of his first clothing line in New York this week. Selman, who is best known for co-designing Rihanna&amp;#039;s River Island clothing line, wasn&amp;#039;t talking about a pornographic scene, though. He dreamed up the clothes after studying the famously sexy covers Francesco Scavullo shot for Cosmopolitan in the &amp;#039;70s, &amp;#039;80s, and &amp;#039;90s.  Photo: Cosmopolitan Then, he decided to put the clothes \u2014 bra tops, slip dresses, bathing suits \u2014 on models lounging on a set that consisted of a water cooler and potted plants. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s totally sensible,&amp;quot; Selman joked. &amp;quot;But a photo shoot really is like that - lots of waiting around, lots of hair and makeup, people going in and touching stuff up.&amp;quot;      Selman certainly knows his way around a photo shoot after working with Rihanna for so long. Though, &amp;quot;I actually didn&amp;#039;t read a lot of the reviews,&amp;quot; Selmam said of the River Island debut, which might be good given that the Daily Beast called it &amp;quot;A horror show.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;I also think something with Rihanna&amp;#039;s always going to create more controversy than if I show my own collection because they [say] &amp;#039;It&amp;#039;s skanky, it&amp;#039;s nasty.&amp;#039; You&amp;#039;re always going to get that with celebrities. It&amp;#039;s hard.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;People love to hate,&amp;quot; Selman continued. But, Selman said, Rihanna only makes him better at what he does. &amp;quot;She&amp;#039;s constantly pushing the boundaries and going onto the next thing, which helps me as a designer say, &amp;#039;Okay, I have to keep on top of it.&amp;#039;&amp;quot; Selman had trouble naming his favorite memory of hanging out with Rihanna but finally settled on the time he went to Barbados with her for Carnival. &amp;quot;We were hanging out in, like, a big Scarface mansion with a pool,&amp;quot; he recalled. &amp;quot;She likes to have fun.&amp;quot; Insert big wink face here.  Photo: Courtesy of Adam Selman  Photo: Courtesy of Adam Selman "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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