The pop star is the only girl in the world who could wear these over-the-top outfits like they’re no big deal
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Rihanna experimented with the Matrix-inspired trend at the Grammy’s by wearing a super-shiny brown Alexandre Vauthier Haute Couture patent leather trench coat as an off-the-shoulder dress with matching knee-high slouched boots and gloves (both also by Alexandre Vauthier Haute Couture).
BEDAZZLED GUCCI SOCKS
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If anyone could pull off the socks with heels trend it’s Rihanna, with crystal $1,340 Gucci stocking socks no less.
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What a casual Tuesday looks like for Rihanna: wearing a Giambattista Valli dress made completely out of blue tulle, sneakers and cool sunglasses.
DENIM ON DENIM ON DENIM
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There are very few people who can rock denim from head-to-toe and Rihanna is one of them in this Tom Ford ensemble.
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Rihanna’s take on the classic LBD means being anything but classic.
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Rihanna absolutely nailed this season’s biggest color trend (and we should all stop trying). She looked radiant in a yellow Oscar de le Renta ballgown that she paired with a cropped shirt in a matching golden hue for her Fenty Beauty launch.
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The singer really brought her shine factor to the Sephora launch of Fenty Beauty in N.Y.C. wearing a mini black dress adorned with shiny embellishments and over-the-knee sparkly boots.
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RiRi channeled her feminine side with this light purple Molly Goddard dress she wore to the launch of her Fenty Beauty line in London.
LOUIS VUITTON DENIM
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An oversize Louis Vuitton x Supreme denim jacket, Balenciaga hat and bright blue hair just screams Bad Gal RiRi.
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We almost didn’t notice Rihanna chose to wear a bra to the premiere of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, because we were too busy staring at her standout pink sunnies and the sequin, fringe and feather adornments on her Prada two-piece ensemble.
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The pop star balanced out her voluminous Giambattista Valli gown with a whole lot of 𝓈ℯ𝓍 appeal up top.
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Riri wore a gown worthy of a fairytale princess to the L.A. premiere of her new film Valerian.
WILD, WILD, WILD, PANTS
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Only the bad gal could make a totally sheer top and combination pant-boots look this nonchalant.
FRESH OFF THE RUNWAY GUCCI
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One person’s totally unwearable outfit is Rihanna’s low-key Coachella lewk.
BIG AND TALL MENSWEAR
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The singer channeled the Talking Heads’ David Byrne in this super oversized suit.
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Of course, Riri had to give the Cannes red carpet her own unique twist, pairing her white Dior gown with a teeny-tiny pair of sunglasses.
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No that’s not Elton John stepping out of the club, it’s just Barbados’ baddest.
MET GALA CHAMPION
This is a woman who knows how to dominate even a red carpet packed with the biggest style stars on the planet, showing up this year in a Comme des Garçons sculptural floral explosion.
DENIM CENTAUR
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If Britney Spears circa the 2001AMAs had a 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 with a centaur, Riri in this outfit would undoubtedly be the result.
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Rihanna brings you Little Edie realness with a streetwear twist.
ELF HEELS
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A white linen jodhpur would be enough of a fashion risk for your average woman to handle, but Rihanna takes it one step further adding on a pointy, white elf shoe.
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We want to say this isn’t a thing, but get back to us two years from now when we’re all wrapping our hair up in trackpants and wearing floor-length mattress coats.
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Mastering a single trend is no longer a challenge for someone like Riri, which is why she likes to go all out with her lewks, accidentally inventing five new style crazes in the process.
SANTA CLAUS BELT
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It’s a rare woman who can borrow a belt from Santa’s closet and make it look nonchalant.
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Rihanna doesn’t just throw on jeans and sweats when she wants to go low-key – she swathes herself in tons of print fabric and adds super-strappy heels.
BLACK TIE ATHLEISURE
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Regular athleisure is so 2015. This year, it’s all about black tie athleisure or bust. After all, if your sportswear doesn’t come with a bedazzled Juicy opera glove and tons of diamonds, what’s the point?
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Only a true icon can wear a T-shirt that instantly gets turned into another T-shirt, which then turns into a meta Inception-style fashion moment when she wears the finished product.
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Pants do feel a little irrelevant when you’re wearing a puffer coat that’s three feet thick.
MARIBOU BRA AND FISHNETS
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Lil’ Kim has got to be furious she didn’t get her hands on this maribou-trimmed bra first.
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Who but Rihanna could manage to make the heart emoji look … kind of 𝓈ℯ𝓍y?
TINKERBELL PROM DRESS
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It’s not fair-y that no one but Rih could look so cute in electric green tulle.
DENIM CHAP BOOTS
She actually managed to make chaps a thing. Enough said.
CUPCAKE COUTURE
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Have we mentioned Rihanna’s a bit of a maximalist?
FUR ON FUR
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A fur stole worn as a belt over a fur mini dress on a balmy 40-degree night? Why not.
BLUE LIPSTICK
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Showing off frostbitten lips before Queen Elsa made them cool.
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Giving us a TLC “Creep” moment in a silk robe, pajama pants, and sheer lace bra.
NEON GREEN THIGH-HIGHS
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While everyone’s now wearing thigh-high boots, are they neon green thigh-high boots with perfectly coordinated matching accessories? We didn’t think so.
SCARF TOP
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Pro FENTY Tip: Your Hermès scarf can always double as a very tiny top in a pinch.
BATGIRL
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Solving crimes has never looked so chic.
D NIPPLE EMBELLISHMENT
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Who needs pasties when you can have 3D breast ornaments designed by Tom Ford (that were inspired by you in the first place)?
BEDAZZLED NAKED DRESS
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The only appropriate ensemble for a woman about to accept a CFDA Fashion Icon Award is a dress that’s not really a dress at all.
“FEAR” STOLE
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While everyone else is still wearing statement tees, Riri’s already moved on to a statement fur stole.
FUR INSTEAD OF A SHIRT
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No shirt? No problem. That fur wrap is probably warmer than most of her usual tops anyway.
CRUELLA COUTURE
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A very ’80s mob boss’s wife moment just for a change of pace. (She liked the sweatband veil so much, she later made her own.)
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If there’s one thing Rihanna doesn’t know how to do, it’s blend in.
SHEER SKIRT
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For when you’re feeling conservative, but still want to show off a little bit of everything.
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Our only question is: What is the storybook shepherdess supposed to wear now that the pop star has clearly raided her lingerie drawer?
BEJEWELED BRAS
While these types of bras are a staple at every West Indian Day parade, only on Rihanna do they look like just another casual aspect of her ever day apparel.
MILE-LONG TRAIN
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And finally, a train isn’t truly a train unless it requires three men to help you carry it up the Met Gala steps.