Rihanna is officially back and is on the promotional trail for her new album 'Rated R'. This week, the singer performed in this white shoulder padded white blazer with gold detail on ABC's 'Good Morning America' in New York.
What do you think of her leggy look?
We're crushing over Rihanna's unique Stephane Rolland mermaid gown from the Glamour Women of the Year Awards last week - just like we're happy to see her out and about in Rick Owens and looks from other, less-than-expected designers. Now, the pop princess has revealed that her allegiance to edgy designers is calculated.
"In the past few months, I’ve done a lot of research in the fashion world because I wanted to work with a bunch of designers that are kinda underground, people who aren’t the obvious," she said to Grazia. "I found this guy Alexander Voltaire – his stuff is just so amazing, the colours are really beautiful and feminine but the structure is really strong, which I love."
Added Rihanna: "My style is very edgy, very daring. I like to take risks – I hate to do the obvious. Style is all about creativity so I like to put things together in my own way."
Doing it her own way is something we've come to expect from Rihanna, and no one can keep us guessing like her. Now, if we could only get her to do a music video with Gaga...
Both Lady Gaga and Rihanna have albums dropping Monday, and both fashion-forward singers took to the stage at Sunday night's American Music Awards.
Whose stage style wins you over?
Rihanna ditched her usual leather clad dark look in favour of this interesting ivory floor length gown at Glamour Magazine 2009 Women of the Year Awards at the Carnegie Hall in New York yesterday
What do you think of her look?
Giuseppe Zanotti, the shoe maker to the stars, was awarded the title of Shoewear Designer Of The Year by Footwear News, the sister publication to online fashion bible, WWD. The designer, whose career spans over two decades, fought off stiff competition to walk off with the award.
Having now joined the ranks of Manolo Blahnik, who has also received the award in past, Zanotti and his legions of celebrity fans such as Blake Lively, Kylie Minogue, Beyonce and Rihanna, amongst others, will be ecstatic at the thought that his sculpted, awe-inspiring, embellished and embroidered artwork-esque designs are worthy of the accolade.
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The term 'real-human' conjures up images of a laid-back and down to earth individual and although there is nothing to say that Rihanna is anything but that behind closed doors, on the face of it, the achingly cool 22 year-old has upped the style stakes in recent months; so much so that she could soon be giving Lady Gaga a run for her money for the title of most fashion forward pop starlet.
Currently a permanent fixture on the front rows at Paris Fashion Week accompanied by her stylist Mariel Haenn, Rihanna has pulled out all the stops with her enviable wardrobe of theatrical, edgy and daring outfits including sexy cut out bandage dresses, over the knee boots teamed with an oversized blazer, though with no trousers or tights underneath, and high-neck mini dresses with sheer horizontal panelling.
It's black lace, pearls, cat eyes and a red lip for Rihanna at tonight's London premiere of 'Inglourious Basterds'. Would you wear her style?
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