But when pressed, he admitted that he’d decided to pick it up mostly because he’d seen other people wearing it. Ahead of the awards ceremony, Rihanna arrived at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles looking quite casual. That’s quite extreme”, says Daniel from London, when Itell him about the group, ​ “it was never that deep for me”.

Rihanna was the it-girl, the moment, apin-up for alegion of teenage boys, whether they interacted with her music or not. It’s difficult to pinpoint the exact moment Rihanna went from jobbing pop star to the once-in-a-gen cultural phenomenon she is today. Calum from Kilmarnock, Scotland, who owned the t‑shirt in 2011, didn’t think there was aspecific reason he wore it, just putting it down to the ​ “fashion back in the day”. Choose your favorite Rihanna-inspired shirt style: v-neck or crew neckline; short, baseball or long sleeve; slim or relaxed fit; light, mid, or heavy fabric weight.A range of t-shirts sold by independent artists featuring a huge variety of original designs in sizes XS-5XL; availability depending on style. Sold at Topman, the simple white t‑shirt had the album cover printed on the front, and that same t‑shirt would worm its way into 50% of the British male population’s wardrobes (or thereabouts), found in nightclub queues, high streets and sixth form house parties across the country, becoming adefining relic of British fashion history in the 2010s. She layered the cut-out dress over a black turtleneck bodysuit, and accessorised the look with Giuseppe Zanotti heels. The 35-year-old singer is set to perform her Oscar-nominated song “Lift Me Up” from the film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever at the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday 12 March. Putting it very bluntly, he said that the t‑shirt was a ​ “good conversation starter with the ladies”.

Her first two solo albums, Music of the Sun and A Girl like Me, were released in 2005 and 2006 respectively. My son when he found out his sibling is going to the Oscars and not him,” she captioned the post, which featured an image of her 10-month-old son looking tearful as he peered up at his mother from inside his crib. Following on from this she released a further 5 hit studio albums, including the Billboard 200 number one, Unapologetic in 2012.The Oscars fashion moment marks Rihanna’s first red carpet appearance since announcing her second pregnancy at the 2023 Super Bowl last month. The lasting impact would become apparent in subsequent years: in 2020 the Official Charts reported that Loud was the best-selling album of the 2010s by an international female artist. Rihanna arrived at the 2023 Oscars in classic Rihanna style: an NFL jersey, sneakers, and a bucket hat. Nothing could have prepared us – especially on these grey UK shores – for the chokehold that red-hair-Ri would have on our unsuspecting nation. Throughout her career, Rihanna has sold over 250 million records, including albums (50 million) and singles (200, of which 100 in the USA alone) [1], making her one of the singers who have sold the most worldwide and is also the woman with the most digital sales of all time.