Rihanna's most rocking outfits: From dressing like the Pope to being a staircase
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![Rihanna arrives for the 2018 Met Gala on May 7, 2018, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. - The Gala raises money for the Metropolitan Museum of Arts Costume Institute. The Gala's 2018 theme is Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/5105/production/_101214702_gettyimages-955766326.jpg)
This was one of the stand-out outfits on this year's Met Gala red carpet. RiRi's certainly had lots of practice at perfecting her Met Gala look.
![Rihanna attends the 'Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between' Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2017 in New York City.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/9F25/production/_101214704_gettyimages-678047926.jpg)
This was her gala outfit last year. This dramatic piece was apparently inspired by 18th-century “punks” and is made up of floral fabrics, layered and pulled apart like petals.
![Rihanna arrives at the 2015 Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala benefit in honour of the museums latest exhibit China: Through the Looking Glass May 4, 2015 in New York. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/1055/production/_101218140_gettyimages-472190182.jpg)
And this was back in 2015! The canary yellow cape and gilded headdress were designed to celebrate “China: Through the Looking Glass.” It's also reminding us a bit of Belle's Beauty and the Beast ball gown.
![Singer Rihanna performs onstage during the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards which was broadcasted live on NBC from The Shrine Auditorium on March 29, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/121C5/production/_101218147_gettyimages-468075972.jpg)
This jacket meanwhile, just goes to show that yellow isn't the only colour she can pull off! Here she is performing as part of the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards.
![Singer Rihanna performs on stage at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards at Paramount Pictures Studios on September 7, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/16FE5/production/_101218149_gettyimages-82710046.jpg)
But none of these eye-catching outfits can possibly compare to the time she dressed up as a staircase. To be fair it was part of her set for the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, and it certainly helped her to climb the stairs of stardom!
- Published12 February 2018
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