Our jaws collectively dropped when Rihanna stepped onto the 2016 Billboard Music Awards red carpet in a decidedly more demure (for the pop star, that is) vintage Thierry Mugler dress with an ‘80s-appropriate shoulder-driven silhouette and a matching lady-like ‘do. But don’t fret: The Anti singer isn’t ditching the ‘90s hip-hop aesthetic she so confidently has rocked in the past year.
In fact, that’s exactly what she exuded Tuesday in New York, when she took a break from her busy tour schedule to grab a Starbucks coffee and, naturally, dress in an ensemble only suited for a chart-topping diva. Paying homage to one of the decade’s most celebrated rock bands, Rihanna wore an oversize tie-dye Nine Inch Nails T-shirt and strategically styled it with distressed blue jeans, Chopard jewels, and a sexy pair of denim Manolo Blahnik boots from her collaboration with the brand—the bedazzled chaps perhaps would have been too much for this outing.
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And as if that weren’t enough, she once again mastered the art of pairing closet staples that would theoretically clash by rocking an off-the-shoulder fur stole (in the spring!) with chunky jewels and the same fresh-out-the-shower ‘do she sported at this past weekend’s awards show. Way to keep us guessing, Rihanna.
