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Fashion Powerhouse Rihanna Is Running Out Of Clothes To Wear

Adaobi Ugoagu |
May 31, 2014 | 3:36 p.m. PDT

Staff Reporter

What happens when you've already worn everything off the list of this and next season's clothing? We don't know but Rihanna might! Her personal stylist, Mel Ottenberg sat down with the New York Times in an interview stating the news ruefully.

“It’s the end of May, and we’ve already used up all of fall/winter. It’s over.”

Chosen by the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), as the Fashion Icon of 2014, Mel has to be on top of his game styling this Barbadian beauty. Ottenberg, who styled Rihanna for her "Loud" tour in 2011, straddles two worlds as he styles Rihanna while keeping another hand in editorials shoots for magazines. Despite his switch into celebrity styling, he has tremendously helped to build Rihanna's fashion repertoire to what it is today. It may be that  Rihanna is moving too fast for the looms to keep up but it's evident that since their paring, Rihanna has caused media to rubberneck and stumble quite a few times with her choice of outfits. Let's visit some of Rihanna's most controversial outfits that have made the mainstream cringe but the fashion media applaud. 

For the 2011 Grammy's, Rihanna appeared on the red carpet barely covering her important parts in a dress by Jean Paul Gaultier. 
(Rihanna at the 2011 Grammys/Pinterest)
(Rihanna at the 2011 Grammys/Pinterest)
Here Rihanna sports a crop top and high waisted bottoms that have a tropical flair along with fishnet stockings adding that bit of risqué to the mix during her 2011 "Loud" tour.
(Rihanna on her 2011 Loud Tour/Pinterest)
(Rihanna on her 2011 Loud Tour/Pinterest)
During the after party of the 2014 Balmain fashion show in Paris, Rihanna was caught wearing a fishnet top…leaving nothing to the imagination. 
(Rihanna at the 2014 Balmain Fashion Show Afterparty/Pinterest)
(Rihanna at the 2014 Balmain Fashion Show Afterparty/Pinterest)
Carrying on with the same theme from above, Rihanna is stepping out in New York with a racy knit jumper.
 (On her way to dinner in New York/Dailymail.co.uk)
(On her way to dinner in New York/Dailymail.co.uk)
While this outfit isn't as revealing as the top four, the image of a blunt being rolled up on her sweater sure voices Rihanna's stance on marijuana.
(Rihanna arriving in London/Digitalspy.co.uk)
(Rihanna arriving in London/Digitalspy.co.uk)

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