Practically pantsless for a night out. Eye-catching socks with towering heels. Oversize puffer coats that almost swallow you whole in their nylon folds. For some, these trends seem far too fantastical for the everyday, but for Rihanna, they are just a few of her style essentials. The pop star, style arbiter, and nascent designer has never been afraid of OTT fashion trends—in fact, as she once told us, she fully embraces their complexity, no matter the physical strain. “It’s not about pain. It’s about the commitment. I say to myself, ‘I want to look like this,’ and worry about the pain later. I’ve had nights I had to tiptoe home and the balls of my feet wouldn’t even allow me to stand.”
It’s that type of fearlessness and no-holds-barred approach to fashion that has allowed RiRi to champion several trends over the years with perfect “How did she do that?!” ingenuity. And when her Puma show makes its New York Fashion Week debut tonight, we can expect to see a slew of new styles we’ll be impatiently coveting for fall.
Here, a veritable Rih-trospective of RiRi’s most dazzling fashion-forward trends, from braless flawless to socks with heels, that we’re still trying to wrap our heads (and bodies) around.
André Leon Talley talks to Rihanna at the 2015 Met Gala:
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