Rihanna's carnival look was so bomb even her ex was taking notice 👀
Rihanna doesn't play when it comes to Crop Over Festival in her hometown of Barbados. Year on year, the singer pulls out all the stops for her carnival-inspired look, but we think she may have just topped herself...
Rih is a fashion chameleon in its very definition; she can go from vampy, floor-length red carpet gowns and avant-garde Met Gala looks to jeans and t-shirts with total ease. And Rihanna proved this title once again yesterday when she dressed up for Crop Over.
Wearing a bejewelled bikini with a turquoise wig and huge colourful feathers, and WOW.
The look had a LOT of celebrity admirers, from Emily Ratajkowski who reposted Rihanna's look on her her story, to Pharrell who did this...
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One admirer who Rihanna fans were not expecting was her ex Chris Brown, who commented on her picture with the very suggestive 👀 emoji. That means 'I'm looking and you look hot right now', right?
Chris Brown, please move away with your negative self.
We are not worthy, Rih.
PA PhotosWhile most rising stars - as Rihanna was at this stage in 2009 - play it safe at award ceremonies in mermaid-style dresses, RiRi decided on a Dolce & Gabbana tux with exaggerated shoulders and Freddy Krueger-esque leather gloves, which she may or may not have stolen from Karl Lagerfeld.
PA PhotosThis was one of the first outfits that Rihanna wore that really got people talking - a daring Jean Paul Gaultier gown she decided on for the 2011 Grammys. It kind of looks like a couture version of scrunched toilet paper.
Rihanna can do simplicity as much as she can high-octane dramatic glamour. In 2012 - when she was first making it in the fashion world - she attended an intimate Stella McCartney dinner in a green slip dress and heels. In fact, Rihanna was a fan of the slip dress long before the rest of us caught on this season.
Getty ImagesFor the 2013 Grammys, she wore a red floor-sweeping Alaia gown, proving that she can do soft and feminine.
Getty ImagesThis dress attracted international attention when Rihanna wore it to the 2014 CFDAs, which was probably the point. To many, it was deemed too much for the sensitive eyes of the conservative press, but to us, she is defiantly sexy and 100 percent badass. wearing a part Josephine Baker, part sphinx sheer dress, her modesty covered by a nude-coloured thong. She accessorised with a white fur stole, smoking eyes, glittering gloves and a turban that referenced the style of glamorous Twenties flapper girls.
Rex FeaturesFor a 2014 Dior show, after which point she made a brand ambassador, she wore a regal, voluminous dress coat - adding a modern edge with thigh-high PVC boots.
Getty ImagesSome called it a pink tent, some described its as luffa, but Rihanna shocked again at the 2015 Grammys in frothy pink Giambattista Valli.
FlynetWhile the rest of wear tropical prints and bright colour to carnival, Rihanna always takes it to the next level - in 2015 wearing nothing but a headdress, a bejewelled bikini and a diamante-encrusted glass of rum like a gloriously wayward, rum-swilling gangster version of a Victoria's Secret Angel.
GettyRihanna was one of the only Met Ball 2015 guests to pay attention the event's theme, China: Through the Looking Glass, wearing then little known designer Guo Pei. She admitted she could't walk in it without help, but she took the hit anyway and took on the guise of an exotic princess for the night. A plethora of omelette comparisons fast ensued.
Getty ImagesRihanna's downtime look is pretty fearless too, as shown here as she strolls around New York in a puffa jacket-cum-duvet dress worn with heels.
Rex FeaturesThis look attracted a lot of attention. Why? No, not because of her waist-high denim boots that she that designed with Manolo Blahnik, but it's her Princess Diana T-shirt that got the world talking. Why is Rihanna such a fan of the late princess? In her own words: "She was gangsta with her clothes. She had these crazy hats. She got oversize jackets. I loved everything she wore!”
Getty ImagesAnother Met Gala, another mic drop moment from Rihanna. For 2017 annual fashion event, queen Rih rocked up in a Comme look (as we predicted); an elaborate flurry of red 'petals' with unique painted designs on each and lace-up strappy red heels - which it took her an hour to get into.
Getty ImagesRihanna didn't give anyone else a chance on the Valerian London premiere red carpet in July 2017, stepping out in a floor-length red Giambattisa Valli Couture gown. It was a dramatic dress (and not to mention VERY cleavage-heavy) which of course sent Twitter into meltdown.
SplashRihanna doesn't play when it comes to Crop Over Festival in her hometown of Barbados, and her 2017 look proved that. Wearing a bejewelled bikini with a turquoise wig and huge colourful feathers, Rih slayed so much even her ex Chris Brown took notice...
