Rihanna Best Outfits and Fashion Moments in History
These 50+ Rihanna Outfits Prove She's the Ultimate Style Icon
Rihanna is a fashion icon. She broadened the scope of inclusive in fashion with her Savage x Fenty brand and made history as LVMH's first Black woman designer in 2019, to name a few of her groundbreaking contributions to fashion. Her career is worthy of every accolade, but her style is more personal. It represents the 35-year-old Barbadian musician's ability to break convention with her wardrobe, and convey empowering and freeing messages through her clothing.
[Rihanna's] career in fashion is worthy of every accolade, but her style is more personal.
She upgraded the naked-dress trend in Adam Selman at the 2014 CFDA Fashion Awards, where she was recognised as fashion icon award winner. When she wore a strategically unbuttoned pink Chanel puffer coat to announce her first pregnancy with partner A$AP Rocky, she changed the way we think of maternity fashion, making it feel sexier and bolder than ever before. What's most exciting about Rihanna's style is that she's a rule breaker. She rarely subscribes to traditional modes of thinking when it comes to dressing, pairing heart-shaped fox fur coats with shorts or slip dresses with floor-length trousers.
Rihanna's singular sense of style is fully on display at the Met Gala. One of the most exciting stars to walk the red carpet every year, the "Lift Me Up" singer shows that she is a true student of fashion by studying the theme and choosing her outfit with intention and thoughtful consideration. In 2015, she blew everyone away in a custom gold embroidered gown by Guo Pei for the Met Gala's "China: Through The Looking Glass" theme. When she chaired the ball in 2018, she nailed the "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination" theme in a custom John Galliano dress replete with a hat to resemble the Pope.
While she works with renowned stylist Jahleel Weaver to dream up many of her outfits, there is no denying Rihanna's input as both a collaborator and artist. And her CV reflects her prowess: in the past, she was named creative director of Puma in 2014; fronted campaigns for Armani, Balmain, and Dior; and developed collections with Manolo Blahnik, Chopard, and Amina Muaddi.
Ahead, scroll through time and count down Rihanna's best fashion moments to date.
1 Rihanna in New York City, 2023
2 Rihanna at CinemaCon, 2023
3 Rihanna in LA, 2023
4 Rihanna at the 2023 Oscars
5 Rihanna Performing "Lift Me Up" at the 2023 Oscars
6 Rihanna Backstage at the 2023 Oscars
7 Rihanna Performing at the Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show
8 Rihanna at the 2022 "Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever" Premiere
9 Rihanna at a Fenty Beauty Event in LA, 2022
10 Rihanna at the Fall 2022 Gucci Show During Milan Fashion Week
11 Rihanna at a Gucci Afterparty During Milan Fashion Week, 2022
12 Rihanna Celebrating Fenty Beauty at Ulta in LA, 2022
13 Rihanna at a Fenty Event in Bergdorf Goodman, 2020
14 Rihanna at Kappo Masa in NYC, 2019
15 Rihanna in Seoul, 2019
16 Rihanna at a Fenty Beauty Anniversary Event in Australia, 2018
17 Rihanna at the 2018 Diamond Ball in NYC
18 Rihanna at the 2018 Met Gala
19 Rihanna at the 2017 Grammys
20 Rihanna at the Spring 2017 Dior Show During Paris Fashion Week
21 Rihanna in NYC, 2017
22 Rihanna in NYC, 2017
23 Rihanna in NYC, 2017
24 Rihanna in NYC, 2017
25 Rihanna in NYC, 2017
26 Rihanna at the 2016 FN Achievement Awards
27 Rihanna at the 2016 MTV VMAs
28 Rihanna at Club Up and Down in NYC, 2016
29 Rihanna at a Lakers Game, 2016
30 Rihanna in NYC, 2016
31 Rihanna in NYC, 2016
32 Rihanna in NYC, 2016
33 Rihanna in NYC, 2016
34 Rihanna at The New York Edition, 2015
35 Rihanna at the 2015 Met Gala
36 Rihanna in NYC, 2015
37 Rihanna in NYC, 2015
38 Rihanna at "Good Morning America," 2015
39 Rihanna in NYC, 2015
40 Rihanna in NYC, 2015
41 Rihanna in New York City, 2015
42 Rihanna at the Fall 2014 Chanel Show During Paris Fashion Week
43 Rihanna at the 2014 amfAR Gala
44 Rihanna at LAX, 2014
45 Rihanna at the 2014 CFDA Awards
46 Rihanna in London, 2013
47 Rihanna in NYC, 2013
48 Rihanna at the Fall 2013 Chanel Haute Couture Show
49 Rihanna in London, 2012
50 Rihanna in London, 2012
51 Rihanna at the 2012 Roc Nation Pre-Grammy Brunch
52 Rihanna in London, 2012
53 Rihanna at Westfield Stratford City in London, 2012
54 Rihanna in London, 2010
55 Rihanna at JAY-Z's Roc La Familia T-Dot Takeover, 2005
