Rihanna’s Strange Style

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Frock of the Future

Rihanna, who has said she loves "very flirty" clothes, wore a highly structured, futuristic blouse with a bubble skirt at the DKMS gala in NYC in May 2009.

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Well Suited

Rihanna wore a bouffant tuxedo by Dolce & Gabbana at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual Costume Institute gala in NYC in May 2009.

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Invested

Rihanna took her love of denim to a new level with white skinny jeans and an acid-washed denim vest while out in NYC in Aug. 2009.

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Keeping It Casual

Growing up in Barbados, Rihanna (here, in another pair of acid-washed jeans and Louis Vuitton sunglasses in Beverly Hills in Aug. 2009) has said she "wore my brother's clothes, dresses with sneakers or no shoes at all."

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Sheer Sensation

The Good Girl Gone Bad singer left little to the imagination when she went out in a sheer dress in Paris in Sept. 2009.

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Half-Dressed

"I love to play to both sides of my personality," the star, who's gun tattoo was visible under her side-split tank top while in NYC in Sept. 2009, has said. "That's what makes my style different."

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All Aboard

Rihanna topped her sharp-shouldered Marc Jacobs sweatshirt dress with a captain's hat when she arrived in Berlin, Germany, in Sept. 2009.

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Cut Off

Rihanna's see-through shirt and denim cut-off shorts were on display as she dined at Da Silvano in NYC in Sept. 2009.

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Cut-Out Couture

Rihanna paired a bra with a cut-out Jean Paul Gaultier jacket and electric blue strappy heels for the designer's runway show at Paris Fashion Week in Oct. 2009.

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Garter Girl

The singer added clear glasses and garters to her over-the-knee black boots and Hussein Chalayan frock at the designer's runway show in Paris in Oct. 2009.

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Hat's Off

"People think because we're young, we aren't complex," the singer (here, at the Christian Dior show in Paris in Oct. 2009) has said of her style savvy. "But that's not true."

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Left-Handed

The star took a break from her all-black wardrobe and added a pop of color -- with a shoulder-high white glove -- at the Martin Margiela fashion show in Paris in Oct. 2009.

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Hammer Time

Rihanna revived MC Hammer's signature draped slacks -- along with a lace bustier and tuxedo blazer -- while attending the Balmain Pret a Porter show in Paris in Oct. 2009.

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Crazy Cascading

The "Russian Roulette" singer wore Stephane Roland Couture while speaking at Glamour's 2009 Women of the Year event in New York City in Nov. 2009.

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Futuristic Flower Girl

Dressed in a black and white Marchesa gown with floral cutouts, Rihanna posed at the American Music Awards in L.A. in Nov. 2009.

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Bondage Babe

The singer showed off her lean physique with a barely-there bodysuit with spiked shoulder pads during her performance at the American Music Awards in Nov. 2009.

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Volumous Vixen

The singer posed in a multi-colored Viktor & Rolf tulle gown at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Salute to Icons event in Beverly Hills last month. "Fashion for me is another way I get to express myself creatively," the singer told Glamour magazine.

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'80s Throwback

Rihanna paired a cropped shirt with leggings and sky-high boots while promoting her album, Rated R, in Sydney, Australia this month. "Shoes are my favorite thing," she has said.

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An Arm & a Leg

The style maven wore a modified Victoria's Secret ensemble that bared her leg and arm while performing at the Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam this month.