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 recognized 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 pants.
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 résumé 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.
Rihanna in New York City, 2023
Rihanna at "Good Morning America," 2015
Rihanna at Club Up and Down in NYC, 2016
Rihanna at the 2017 Grammys
Rihanna in NYC, 2016
Rihanna at the 2016 MTV VMAs
Rihanna at the 2014 CFDA Awards
Rihanna in NYC, 2016
Rihanna at the 2016 FN Achievement Awards
Rihanna in NYC, 2016
Rihanna at LAX, 2014
Rihanna in NYC, 2015
Rihanna at The New York Edition, 2015
Rihanna in NYC, 2015
Rihanna in NYC, 2015
Rihanna at the 2015 Met Gala
Rihanna at the 2014 amfAR Gala
Rihanna at a Lakers Game, 2016
Rihanna in LA, 2023
Rihanna at the 2023 Oscars
Rihanna Performing "Lift Me Up" at the 2023 Oscars
Rihanna Backstage at the 2023 Oscars
Rihanna Performing at the Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show
Rihanna at the 2022 "Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever" Premiere
Rihanna at a Fenty Beauty Event in LA, 2022
Rihanna at the Fall 2022 Gucci Show During Milan Fashion Week
Rihanna at a Fenty Event in Bergdorf Goodman, 2020
Rihanna at a Gucci Afterparty During Milan Fashion Week, 2022
Rihanna at Kappo Masa in NYC, 2019
Rihanna Celebrating Fenty Beauty at Ulta in LA, 2022
Rihanna in Seoul, 2019
Rihanna at a Fenty Beauty Event at Sephora in Brooklyn, 2018
Rihanna at a Fenty Beauty Anniversary Event in Australia, 2018
Rihanna at the 2018 Diamond Ball in NYC
Rihanna at the 2018 "Oceans 8" UK Premiere
Rihanna at the Spring 2017 Dior Show During Paris Fashion Week
Rihanna at the 2018 Met Gala
Rihanna in NYC, 2017
Rihanna in NYC, 2017
Rihanna in NYC, 2017
Rihanna in NYC, 2017
Rihanna in NYC, 2016
Rihanna in NYC, 2017
Rihanna in New York City, 2015
Rihanna in NYC, 2015
Rihanna in London, 2013
Rihanna at the Fall 2014 Chanel Show During Paris Fashion Week
Rihanna in NYC, 2013
Rihanna in London, 2010
Rihanna at JAY-Z's Roc La Familia T-Dot Takeover, 2005
Rihanna at the Fall 2013 Chanel Haute Couture Show
Rihanna in London, 2012
Rihanna in London, 2012
Rihanna at Westfield Stratford City in London, 2012
Rihanna in London, 2012
Rihanna at the 2012 Roc Nation Pre-Grammy Brunch
Rihanna at CinemaCon, 2023
