5 Daring Street Style Trends Started by Rihanna

Rihanna: The name calls to mind so much more than one of the biggest pop stars on the planet. She’s broken the Internet on more than one occasion, in bad-gal looks from the practically pantsless and the barely there sheer sheath dresses to the oversize, outrageously OTT outerwear. It’s these same risks—an unapologetically fearless and instinctual approach to fashion and accessorizing (whether it be with razor-sharp micro-sunglasses or sensational Saint Laurent yeti boots straight off the runway)—that have made her year-old collaboration with Puma wildly successful and entirely Instagrammable. Season after season, the collection affectionately known as Fenty x Puma speaks to the stunning off-kilter cool elements that Rihanna routinely embodies on the street and in the spotlight.

“You need to be sassifed!” the superstar-cum-designer once told Vogue of her most daring, paparazzi-ed looks. “You will never be stylish if you don’t take risks.” Now, she’s got her sights on the silver screen with a leading role in the upcoming Ocean’s Eight. But before RiRi goes and breaks the box office, catch her up-close and in-person at Vogue’s Forces of Fashion conference, where the pop star/style arbiter will step onstage in what we can only imagine will be an insanely covetable ensemble.

Until then, here’s a flashback of Rihanna’s best-dressed, fashion-forward trends.

Rihanna on Her Game-Changing Met Gala Red Carpet Look