The fashion publications have finally gotten it. We know all there is to know about Rihanna, we don’t need to know her back story or her controversial past in another post. So for her third go-round as the cover-girl of Vogue Magazine, the fashion Bible got into what we really want to know about Rihanna: her fashion secrets.
It would have been no fun to just listen to Rihanna talk about style, so Vogue gave her a task: to give one of their writers a Rihanna-style makeover. We learned, for starters, that all of Rihanna’s staff refer to her as “She” and that her security guard carries a backpack with everything She needs. But the fun stuff came when She started showing her tracks and talking about buying throwaway jewels from places like Claire’s.
All-in-all, there was one grand takeaway from Rihanna’s latest Vogue issue: She’s about to be something bigger (can you imagine?) on the fashion horizon soon enough, as she has announced her plans to start her own label soon.
Check out some excerpts from Ri’s latest Vogue interview below.
Rihanna on her weave:
Rihanna’s long, wavy black hair is shaved close to her head on one side. “It’s not my hair, but the girl who donated it, she’s the bomb,” says Rihanna. “Black girls never let anyone see this,” she adds, pulling apart the locks at the back of her head to show me the intricate workings of the false hair, which is woven into a net attached to her own. “I have two main hair people I work with. They’re always with me. I’m like, ‘I’m bored! I wanna change my hair!’ That’s the good thing about a weave. You can do whatever with it.”
On her commitment to wearing literal “killer” heels:
“It’s not about pain. It’s about the commitment. I say to myself, ‘I want to look like this,’ and worry about the pain later. I’ve had nights I had to tiptoe home and the balls of my feet wouldn’t even allow me to stand.”
On her accessories:
“My jewelry’s all fake—from Claire’s. Or I get it from my mom’s boutique in Barbados. Her shop’s called FAB-U-LUS.”
On her favorite things about men’s clothing:
“More than anything, I like a jacket. You can do anything with a great jacket, the bigger the better. You can have any silhouette underneath. It gives you an attitude. It makes a gown look cool.” She is sounding authoritative. I could learn something from her about fashion. “I love baggy things. I wear men’s clothes, men’s shoes, oxfords, creepers.”
On how she fell into fashion rebellion:
“When I was thirteen or fourteen, I didn’t want to wear what my mom wanted me to wear. I was very much a boy in my style, my demeanor. All my friends were guys. I loved things that boys did. I loved being easy with my clothes. I loved wearing hats and scarves and snapbacks on my head. It was my way of rebelling. I wanted to dress like my brother. After a while, it was just easier for Mom to dress us both the same. We wore the same jeans, the same T-shirts.”
On how she became an actual rebel:
“I don’t go out of my way to be a rebel or to have that perception, but a lot of the decisions I make, a lot of the direction I want to move, is against the grain, or against society’s tight lane, and I’m aware of that sometimes. It might not be fitting with the norm, but that’s OK for me.”
On starting her own fashion label:
She wants to start a fashion label soon. She thinks fashion is a big part of her success. “It’s not all down to my voice. There’s people with way more talent than I when it comes to singing. Bigger voices. But people want to know who you are. Fashion is a clear indication, a way to express your attitude, your mood.”
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