Rihanna, the 36-year-old singer and businesswoman, revealed that she refused to buy maternity clothes despite having two children under two with rapper A$AP Rocky.
The 36-year-old singer and businesswoman Rihanna has two children under two with rapper A$AP Rocky.
The vocalist admitted that she fell into the habit of wearing pajamas and loungewear too often after welcoming her second son last year. She emphasized that after becoming a mother, fashion took a backseat in her priorities. However, while attending the launch event for her latest partnership with Puma in London, she expressed the importance of dressing up, stating that it holds significance for women. The acclaimed artist, who has two sons with rapper A$AP Rocky named RZA Athelaston Mayers and Riot Rose Mayers, born in 2022 and 2023 respectively, reflected on the value of personal style.
“In my first pregnancy, I managed to wear heels throughout,” she reflected.
“However, with the second one, juggling a toddler, a growing belly, winter weather, a coat, and a baby bag made me reconsider heels. I had to get more inventive with comfortable styles.
“After my second child, I leaned heavily into comfort – robes, PJs, and sweats became my staples.
“Now, though, I’m rediscovering the joy of dressing up. It’s a playful phase for me.”
Attending the London launch on Wednesday, the star had recently been seen at the Coachella festival in California.
She expressed that re-entering the spotlight and rekindling her interest in fashion has led to a personal “rediscovery,” granting her the freedom “to even permit myself that mental space to delve into my closet and experiment with outfits.”
She reflected, “After having kids, you start to question the significance of these things. You think, ‘This is trivial, the least of my concerns.’ And indeed, it’s not a priority. However, it holds a significance for women and mothers.”
“It serves as a form of empowerment and self-expression, which is important for us.”
The star received acclaim for revolutionizing maternity fashion by eschewing traditional maternity wear while pregnant.
“I approached it as I do with all things in fashion,” she explained to BBC News. “I simply wanted to do it my way and put my own unique spin on it.
“I made the decision to forgo maternity clothes entirely. I was determined to make whatever fit work for me. This pushed me to think creatively about my style.”
Discussing Rihanna’s maternity fashion, Vanessa Friedman wrote in The New York Times that she “has a track record of deliberately leveraging her own body and influence to challenge long-held biases and societal norms regarding female empowerment and beauty.”
While many of her outfits, both during and after pregnancy, have paid homage to high fashion, Glamour described them as “approachable” because of their incorporation of everyday attire.
In a 2022 interview with the Guardian, Venesa Coger from Refinery 29 highlighted Rihanna’s influence in normalizing the enjoyment of pre-pregnancy fashion styles. Despite her absence from the music scene since 2016, the 36-year-old star has forged a path to self-made billionaire status. Forbes estimates her worth at $1.4 billion (£1.12 billion), largely driven by her successful ventures in makeup and skincare with Fenty Beauty and lingerie with Savage x Fenty.
In recent years, she has made appearances on several tracks, notably contributing to “Lift Me Up” in 2022, the lead single for the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Soundtrack.
During the 2023 Super Bowl half-time show, her first live performance in over five years, she announced her second pregnancy. This momentous event was witnessed by a record-breaking audience of over 121 million viewers, solidifying it as the most-watched half-time show in the history of the event.
She said she decided to just wear her regular clothes and rock the pregnant look. Rihanna also shared some of her favorite pregnancy fashion moments, and it’s clear that she completely owned her pregnancy style. Her confidence and bold fashion choices are definitely an inspiration for all moms-to-be out there. It’s amazing to see celebrities like Rihanna challenging the typical expectations of pregnancy and showing that you can look incredible no matter what you wear. What do you think about Rihanna’s approach to maternity fashion? Let me know in the comments below!
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