Looking Back at Some of Rihanna’s Best Looks, in Honor of Her Birthday

Happy birthday Rihanna! Today marks the singer’s 36th birthday and, knowing her, she’s celebrating in style. So what better way to honor the superstar than by revisiting some of our favorite looks of hers from over the years?

Rih has been a certified fashion plate since she came onto the scene in the early 2000s. Take, for instance, the poppy pink cropped tank and matching underwear she wore to the Teen People Listening Lounge in 2005 (extra points for the gold body chain). In the years since, she’s become even more of a beacon of style.

One of the most revered stars on the carpet, we especially look forward to Rihanna’s Met Gala looks. Who can forget the yellow Guo Pei dress with the magnificent train that she wore to 2015’s “China: Through The Looking Glass,” or the bejeweled Papal Margiela moment from “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination?”

Just as stylish off the red carpet, the creative and entrepreneurial multi-hyphenate has become a street style force—especially when looking to her unmatched maternity style. Rih’s pregnancy was marked by a sexiness with and edge, like when she wore sheer lingerie to the Dior couture show, or showed off her bump in a sparkly netted Miu Miu set.

More than anything, Rihanna knows the power that fashion yields in broader conversations. In 2014, she wore a sheer netted Adam Selman dress to accept her CFDA Fashion Icon award with nothing but a thong underneath. The look sparked immediate controversy, but Rihanna only had one thing to say on the matter: “I just liked it better without the lines underneath. Could you imagine the CFDA dress with a bra? I would slice my throat. I already wanted to, for wearing a thong that wasn’t bedazzled. That’s the only regret I have in my life.” A fashion icon indeed.

Below, see some of Rihanna’s best looks, in honor of her birthday.

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