Unfug It Up: Rihanna

Tim Gunn would tell her stylist that she needs to bring an editing eye to this ensemble. The shirt & boots might work with a plain black pencil skirt. Or, the skirt might work in a darker color, and if it were better made/fitted. But as it is, it's too much and too slapdash.

I would take away the top and wear a dressy white tank top only. And, super high pumps instead of those boots.

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I just think she looks confused.

If she had kept it more simple, this could have been so cute. Get rid of the sleeves, put on some understated shoes, and take the crazy baked-goods, Princess Leia style bun thing off the tip of her head and it would actually be a fun, interesting dress. With or without the hungry right pocket.

The skirt and shoes could be salvaged....but the shirt - I hate it.

Black pencil skirt. Done and done.

she looks kind of like an alien. but in a good way... but it's still a whole lotta look.

skirt goes black and shoes get replaced by your typical louboutin platformy heels. with a shirt like that, she can keep it tame elsewhere.

The boots I love...
The skirt needs to be replaced with one more svelte.
And the shirt needs to lose the puffy sleeves.

I agree about dumping that shirt. Maybe a crisp white, yet femme button up shirt with slightly poofy cap sleeves?

Oooo this is super exciting :). Thanks girls.

I would swap the boots for a cute pair of strappy black heels. I'd also take a little weight off the pockets so it hit her hip more. The shirt is interesting, but paired with the skirt, I would want to tone it down some. Maybe get rid of the puffy sleeves and make it a v-neck instead of the ruffles. I won't say anything about her hair b/c it looks so much better than it has the last few days. Oh, and the spiked ring scares me. Protection from Chris? Eeep.

Lose the saddlebags on the skirt and I'm with it--solar panel shirt, pole-dancing boots and all.

I would make the shirt less shiny. The skirt is already eye-catching, and I like the puffed sleeves, but as it is, it's way too Star Trek. And definitely swap out the boots for some killer heels - maybe here would be an appropriate place for some metallics?

I think the shirt could only be saved by a major sleeve-ectomy. And getting rid of the Elizabethan ruff collar. The skirt is fine, the boots are fine, but I agree that they don't necessarily look fine with one another. With a less obnoxious shirt at the very least the outfit could be helped a great deal, but if the boots were, perhaps, a little less adorned she could actually look legitimately cute instead of slightly crazy.

Loves it all minus the boots!

Ditto, ditto, ditto. The skirt is a gawjus color, but strangely billowing on one side; but the skirt with the boots totally work. The shirt ... is a little shiny. I think what distracts me the most is that crazy hairbun, though. If her hair weren't so calling-home-to-the-mothership, the outfit might actually work, wacky aluminum shirt and all.

The skirt needs to be tailored a bit and the top should be simpler... and if the boots could not give off that stripper aura, that would be great too.

I say lose the skirt, stretch the shirt into a mini dress, and we've got ourselves a game.

There's something about the skirt I actually really love-- great color, interesting shape-- and I totally agree, just lose the complicated top and replace it with a nice white or black tank.

Yey! I have been praying for comments on this site for two years now!

This outfit is fug but if she had just put on some plain black pumps, it would have been okay. Maybe even a little fun.

the boots are pure fug. the skirt and shirt aren't so great either, but considering it's rihanna, if you switched the frankenstein boots for a sleek strappy stilleto, a la the killer ones zoe saldana wore promoting the star trek movie, or even a sleeker boot, i could get behind this look. sort of.

Something about the combination of the puffy sleeves and the new-age geisha bun on her head is really doing it for me.... tailor the skirt so it's a touch more flattering - the color is on point.
Swap out the boots for some fierce platform cage heels, and I'm totally on board with this look.
Oh lord, the purse. I just noticed. I don't always believe in being matchy-matchy. But with such a loud top. Plain black to match the shoes, please.
And um, her left hand... brass knuckles from the wolverine collection?! What's happening over there...

I would love the outfit if the skirt were more fitted and the top a little more defined. I actually like the boots with this. If you got the legs, etc.

i need the boots for my pole dancing class...

but as for the outfit, seriously pin that errant pocket down on the skirt, and i'm in love. the colours are gorgeous on her! its edgy and interesting without being awful.

Trashy shoes can ruin _any_ outfit...

I like the boots and love the color of the skirt, but maybe just a tad bit less room in the hips? Unless she's smuggling small children in them, they don't need to be THAT big.

The shirt, however...ugh. It's a shiny version of a style that nobody really liked in Little House on the Prairie. A plain shirt would have made the other pieces pop.

Though, strangely, it makes me wish I had a dining room, so I could have a dining room table to sit under and make tinfoil clothes.

I actually really like the outfit - the shoes + skirt give it a little twee, girly kind of feel, and the top balances it out with a little edge. The only thing I would change are the sleeves on that top - some simple cap sleeves or even sleeveless with a peter pan collar. The puffed sleeves were never a good idea. Also - applause for the demure hairstyle. One can only take Prince-&-the NPG-chic so far.

Love the boots (although they wouldn't be good for pole dancing. The material isn't sticky enough. I'm just sayin'). There is too much puffiness going on with the skirt and top together. I'd replace the top with something simple and unfettered, and preferably black.

Girrrrrrrrlllllll--
To quote Mr. Gunn, "That's a LOT of LOOK!"

With simple elegant pumps and a less severe hairstyle I think this could work.

the outfit seemed WAY more cohesive before i started concentrating on it...
the skirt and shirt work separately, but as a two-for-one outfit order something is, dare i say -- missing? considering the top looks like something you might bake a turkey in.

at first i thought the top had some kind of rose-colored elements in it. then i realised it was just reflecting which is NOT the same as matching.

love the boots...hate the rest...too bad the angle of the shot doesnt show the heels as they make the boot...a slinky dress would have been better...granted i hate tulip skirts and pink
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Fit the skirt better (but love the color), dump the go-go boots for a cute high-vamped sandal, and lose the "star dreck" top in favor of a nice black ruffled short sleeve. Keep the kooky coif - ya gotta give the paps something to snap!

Eh... it's all fug. The shirt can't be saved, she looks like a futuristic little bo peep. The boots are too much. I think if maybe the skirt was actually a DRESS, and she kept the bag, then maybe I'd approve. But only maybe.

I like the idea of the shirt being made into a dress. Edit the sleeves, maybe a flared ruffle cap-sleeve instead of a poof. I would do an asymmetric hem on a loose-hanging skirt to the dress. Finish with some of the vampy high heeled shoes ya'll were coveting from Zoe Saldana and some colorful bracelets.

the outfit seemed WAY more cohesive before i started concentrating on it...
the skirt and shirt work separately, but as a two-for-one outfit order something is, dare i say -- missing? considering the top looks like something you might bake a turkey in.

at first i thought the top had some kind of rose-colored elements in it. then i realised it was just reflecting which is NOT the same as matching.

Unmetallicize the top, fix the right pocket on skirt to lie flatter and replace the stripper boots with the killer heels Zoe Saldana wore to the Berlin premier of Star Trek. Finally, lose the bouffant hair and replace with a slightly spiky boycut, a la Halle Berry circa early 2000s.

Swap the boot for a killer robot sex heel that shows off those legs and I think this would be a twisted but hot outfit. As it is, it's just a little incongruous. My eye doesn't know where to go.

I would get rid of the shirt. Keep the skirt-except have it a bit more form fitting/get rid of the pockets. Keep the boots as is and then a simple black or white top.

I'd lose the silver top and replace it with something black, sleeker, and possibly shimmery.

I kind of love the skirt and the shoes.

I agree- just tone it down a bit- "It's too much look". I'd like to stretch the same skirt into a pencil skirt- so much better.

Perhaps go with a different shoe/boot? I appreciate the post-Louis-XVI femininity she's trying to do with that part of her look, but something sleeker and more retro-futuristic might help unite the "shirt" and skirt, rather than have it look like a mix and match of different eras and pieces. I associate interplanetary travel more with velcro than with adorable-yet-bondage-y bows, hopefully at least (interplanetary bondage runs on velcro). Then again, that might turn this outfit into a costume. Also, the waistband (?) is dead, ahem, space.

Also, makeup.

Here's what I would do......

(1) strip her naked and burn said clothes in a metal garbage can
(2) Send her shopping with any gay man, other than Bobby Trendy, anywhere that doesn't also sell aluminum foil products or bad shoes ....sorry Walmart!
(3) Take a new picture!

Ooh, comments! To me, this is a total scroll-up. The shoes are OK, although I probably wouldn't wear them, the skirt is potentially cute, if only it didn't do the weird bunchy thing, the shirt is hideous, and her hair looks like a nightmare from outer space.

Get rid of the shirt and substitute a flattering black top with interesting details, fix the skirt so it doesn't look like it's poofing out around her crotch, come up with a better hairstyle, get rid of the pale makeup around her eyes, and tell her never to allow such a drunk/dazed expression onto her face in the presence of flashbulbs, and we're good to go, although I have reservations about both the purse, which I think: should not be a clutch, and should be black, and the spiky looking thing in her other hand, which is really kind of alarming.

Rip the bagel off her head, lose the skirt and turn the shirt into a mini dress. VOILA!!! A fitting and cute ensemble to wear to the Star Trek premiere!!! I may wear it myself!!! No I won't!!!

Is she at the Star Trek premiere? O.k. I get it, otherwise it's all good (except the shirt), just not together. The thing is she has such a pretty face and nice body, she really doesn't need all the distraction.

Lose the short and the boots - the skirt could be cute.

I love how everyone in the background just looks perplexed...

I think that this would be fine if she were wearing a simpler top. Maybe a black tank? The shoes act as the accessory here, so everything else should be toned down.

no. i LOVE. now, this only works on Rihanna (obvi), but i really do appreciate when she wears edgy, aggressive shapes. i totally dig the pockets and wish i had the shape to wear them; they're very "neutron dance." and honestly, folks, celebrities rock the shapes that we knock at first but then are dying for 1-2 years later. and don't pretend like you don't.

Replace the top with a black suede one shoulder (but plain) top and fix that gaping pocket. Clearly, she finds it difficult to be graceful in those boots...she stands around like a gangly teenager...so she needs some assymmetry to approximate some kind of class.

Maybe I'm crazy, but I actually LOVE the boots! They're my favorite part of her ensemble... if replaced that top with something simple, this would not be fug at all.

Tim Gunn would wonder at this and then with his head tilted back and his eyes squinting to shut off the horror, he'd say, "There's a whole lot of look going on"...and you know what imaginary Tim Gunn? I agree.

it's several potential working parts failing together as one.

i might like those boots, if they didn't suffer from frankenstein's monster's, monster soles.

i might like the skirt if it wasn't paired with, again, too thickly soled knee high boots and an other worldly, futuristic and ungodly shiney formal blouse?? what is that?

and i just wouldn't with the shirt.

Tone it down...I agree with a pencil skirt, get rid of the shirt and wear something that isn't made of tin foil and the boots could work but something simpler could go way longer and better and classier...

lose the hair bun.
lose the shirt.
replace with silver tank top.
possibly change boots to stilletos.

this is fun but nothing can rival the fabulous commenting chaos during The Madness.

There is not a single thing about this outfit that I would not burn if I had the chance. Maybe the skirt, if it weren't saddlebaggy and if it was paired with a plain top that didn't have all that hideous fussiness on top (and didn't look two sizes too small at the waist).

I hate the shoes with the fire of a thousand suns. They stumpify her and are just plain ugly as is. What happened to cute pumps that show the ankle?

And that hair...it looks like Mrs. Grundy's bun. Ew.

Maybe she was going for Grace Jones, and in that case, she needs to take off her skirt and put it on her head.

She just needs a good editting eye with this one.
1) Take away the boots
2) Replace with a way less dramatic black strappy shoe
3) Hack the sleeves off that shirt

It wouldn't make it totally fab, but she'd be on the road to normalcy and not about to board the Starship Zorkletron.

I think her little hair bobble on top of her head lends to the spacey look. I'd do different hair and remove the puffy sleeves and I think it could be a passable look.

Make the skirt into a dress (!), and in the process tailor the ravenous pocket. Forget the boots and find a cute dull metallic heel to compliment the dress.

This almost works, but with boots and a top that aggressive something has to give. I'd save the boots for a more basic outfit and wear simple black pointy stilletos or booties. I also would hate the skirt if it were purposely asymmetrical, so I'm going on the assumption that she's pulling that left pocket down with her thumb...

Since this is Riri and she does have a penchant for the dramatic, I didn't think it was bad considering what has been going on with her wardrobe lately. I actually like the skirt and top together and forgive the sleeves. I'd ditch the neckline though, too clownish. She loves crazy lace up boots but I think they'd be better at booties or a snazzy pump.

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do you think she tried out for the part of nyota uhura and didn't get it, so she's having a sean young moment???

Sigh, I'm a fashion victim. Because I don't really care for this look (except the color of the skirt), but when I read that it's head to toe Marc Jacobs my ears prick up and suddenly I reconsider it. Isn't that sad?
RiRi can get away with anything though, she's stunning.

Thing is, MJ excels at looks I dislike at first, but a year later I'll wonder why. Genius!

Ri-Ri looks like a metallic gladiator waiting to join the likes of Luke and Hans Solo on a mission to save Princess Leia from her double-bun. "The single bun is in now, Leia! Now let's go knock someone's block off with a spiked ball like that Maximus guy!"
Her outfits are consistently ridiculous. Its clearly an indication that she needs a good girlfriend to raise a disapproving eyebrow and waggle her finger no.

Yeah, I think I agree. I like the pieces separately, but all together they are a bit much. Plus the skirt is not tailored properly. I think the shirt would look better with like skinny jeans and pumps, since it is a lot of shirt.

I think she looks like a new wave chess piece.

First, that is the ugliest shirt I've ever seen. It should just go away - or, be charitably donated to Beyonce's alter-ego, whatsherface who exclusively wears brass knuckles.

Second, the skirt isn't bad, it just needs to be fitted better ... or adjusted right before photos.

However, because the skirt is so distinctive, it should only be paired with a minimalist black top and pumps. Less is more, RiRi ... but then again, that's the last advice she'd ever take.

I think if she sewed the pockets shut and had a simpler fitted top that has a little interest (like a flattering neckline), it would be cute. And a smile.

I keep thinking about what I'd adjust on the pieces themselves - add an inch on the skirt to balance it out a bit more (and reining in the pocket, of course), show a little more skin on the boot so it's more of a sandal, and move those weird seams on the shirt a bit so they go around the bustline instead of straight through it, and I think it'd work.

I actually kind of like it.
The skirt is a fabulous color and the shape is current, if not universally flattering. Fix the right side and you're good.

The shirt is funky and sci fi but works for her. And I rather like the sleeves, if only cuz they make me nostalgic for the blouses I had in the early 80s in grade school. Oh, how I miss you, pink polyester satin puffed shoulder blouse with the three rhinestones in the collar.

The boots would be great if they weren't platforms. That definitely steers them into stripper/disco/Shauna Sands territory.

The topknot is meh, but Rhi has gone from cool-and-edgy hair into sample-pic-from-one-of-those-craptastic-Vidal-books piled up in your wannabe cool hairdresser's waiting area, so I don't ever expect much from her in the follicular department.

I love it all. She looks like an R&B space ninja.

People, it is humid in New York. The skirt, which I love, is appropriate for summer, but the mere thought of those boots on a day like today causes me to break a sweat.

I am with Tim Gunn's stalkers's club here: too much look. And the top looks like one of those last 5-min challenges where everything looks like crap. Ri-Ri is a gorgeous girl, and she can certainly do avant-gard, but not avant-fug.

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I would wear the top with a black tulip skirt. The boots would be swapped with either black, silver, or the-same-shade-pink pumps (the top looks like there's some pink in it).

Then she would look very cool. Now -- it's just a hot mess of too many different styles going on.

You wear one super-funky item at a time.

What this girl needs is a cute little black top - maybe long sleeved, maybe pleated at the scoop neck. Slim. Then, bing! bang! boom! she would not look like an extra in a Star-Trek themed porn from the sixties.

RiRi needs to:

1) Tailor the skirt
2) Take the sleeves off the top
3) Stand like she OWNS it. She looks as perplexed as we all probably do upon sighting her.

Otherwise, she can work the whole alien princess from Zoltar look quite nicely.

The skirt is cool...I could live with the shoes, and Rihanna seems to like keeping her legs securely fenced in with her leg-wear, so she probably wouldn't change that anyway. But someone should tell her never to raid the new Star Trek wardrobe closet again. That shirt has to go.

The shirt's a hot mess. Her constant trying too hard bores me. She's really pretty with a great body. Why always with the costumes?

Snow White meets final frontier? I don't think there is a way to fix that top - might as well make it blue and red with a big ole yellow skirt.

I think RiRi has joined Paula Abdul's (aka Princess Metalliquad Ladypleats) intergalactic court.

I don't know if any of you girls have seen it, but this is exactly how Louis Vuitton sent all of these pieces down the runway. Down to the purse! Sometimes it is best to only take one or two pieces from a runway look since they are meant to be theatrical. http://www.redcarpet-fashionawards.com/2009/05/3rd-annual-dkms-gala.html

The shirt needs to be burned. Turning into a dress would only make her looked like she mugged the Jetsons' maid and ran off with her "dress."
I love the boots. Skirt would be horribly unflattering on a mortal, but she seems to be pulling it off somehow.

The individual parts of this outfit are just too awful for it to made into a normal outfit, so I kind of want to see her transform it from misshapen fug to AWESOME fug. I would change the shape of the skirt to a trapezoidal, Jane Jetson look. It would still look awful, but in a really amazing, spacey way.

The only thing I would keep here is the skirt, even though it is a weird at the pocket. Those boots are only appropriate if you want to thumb a ride and make a little lunch money, you know what I mean? Put her in some black heels and simpler shirt, like a plain white tank or short sleeved button up, and voila!

That skirt of hers is a dead ringer for my maroon Snuggie. Seriously, did she steal it and cut it skirt size then fold it under with seam tape in lieu of a sewing machine? I mean, right? Ri-Ri owes me $19.95.

I think she needs to add Beyonce's robo-hand. Then it's a perfect outfit!

I think if she lost the sleeves and the platform of the shoe it would be cute.

Even with the crazy skirt i think that top as a halter would work, and the boots wouldn't be as stripper-y if they were just stillettos (AS stripper-y)...

I think it work on Riri... maybe not any other mere mortals though

I'm sorry - I can't get past the slack-jawed, vacant look on her face.

A similarly cut black shirt - still interesting, but significantly less reminiscent of the leftovers in my fridge. Also, it could use a nice pair of sexy heels, instead of those clunky disasters. All I can think of is the sound those things must make when walking on a hard floor in an enclosed area. And the hair needs to change. It looks like she has some form of nest sitting atop her head. Not OK.

I am confused by what appear to be feathers coming out of her left hand.
Sew the pockets shut and we've got a whole new ball game.

I fall solidly into the make-the-shirt-a-minidress camp. I'd also swap out the boots for something less clunky. They look so heavy, which is not what she needs. She should have something light, stiletto, and metallic enough to tie in with the shirt/dress without competing for attention.

Those boots make her legs look . . . hoofed.

Lose the shoes and the hair

I take back my endorsement of the boots. They have Posh-like heels: http://tinyurl.com/o44vv2

The boots are out of here, replacing them with Zoe Saldana's Brian Atwood stilettos and we are making progress! Lose the sleeves and make the top more of an overlay to the now strapless dress we have turned the mini skirt into.

I feel like in different lighting that wasn't so reflective and a different pose without the pocket mouth it could actually all work?

I would keep the skirt, lose the boots and replace with a simple black pump (louboutin, preferably), or perhaps a dainty flat and replace that starlight express top with a simple, form fitting black shirt, but throw in a little sparkle just to keep the pizazz. but then again, i think just i completely un-rihanna'ed the ensemble. oh well!

She seems to have a thing for ugly shoes; these are particularly bad. I like the colour of the skirt on her, though, as pointed out, the fit could be better. Still, I love a tulip skirt. I don't mind the top soooo much, but were she to keep the skirt and pair it with some amazing stompy heels and a more understated top say a white tank-tucked in of course, to show off her waist-as well as getting rid of that clutch and the puffy quiff, I think she would look lovely. She is obviously an attractive woman, but in many photographs she more closely resembles a drag queen.

Yikes! Smooth out the skirt into a pencil shape, choose a completely different top and for heaven's sake surely she has a pair of cute shoes she could be wearing. Not liking the hooker boots at all.

Keep the shirt with the pink undertones. Get a decent seamstress to fix that f-ed up right pocket and borrow a pair of those awesome shoes from Zoe Saldana!

Love the skirt. would have gone with a pair of the nude Louboutin high heel platform and a simple wife beater type of top made out of chiffon type fabric in an off white. then i would have put on a few long chains.

Let us not overlook the fact that the bun on the top of her head may well be concealing a secondary aluminum foil shield to protect her brain from the mind beams.

1) Fix wonky pocket.
2) Less shiny shirt -- maybe use a mosaic that look like broken mirror pieces just in the center, rather than giving the allusion of a car windshield reflector.
3) Tone it down a bit on the boots. See: Zoe Saldana for more delicate yet still interesting choices.

How to salvage this outfit?

Try wearing something entirely different. Why does no one teach that girl how to dress?

I join the chorus for a black pencil skirt -- and I love the shoes

I love the skirt on her actually, even if there is a hand hungry pocket there (and who hasn't had even jean pockets fug up a cute outfit just because you forgot to pay attention for half a second?). The boots, I'm pretty much divided on; cute, yes, but also entirely forgettable as far style goes. But the top needs to go. It looks like the torso from whatever robot Beyonce ripped her bionic arm.

The shirt reminds me of one of those Mylar balloons that online florists always offer with your order. That said, if it was just a plain tank with the rest of the elements I would think it was great. Though it would be good as well if maybe RiRi didn't look so sleepy. Her legs are fab though. I covet them. And I like the skirt. Wonky pocket be damned!!!

I really wonder if she woke up this morning and said to herself “gee, it’s a beautiful day in New York, I think I’ll dress like a Princess Leia inspired gothic alien.” I like to think if I were her stylist I wouldn’t let her leave the house in that, but I have a feeling that RiRi doesn’t let anyone tell her how to wear anything (this makes me feel better, like her wacktastic outfits are just a force of nature).

That being said I would ditch the large bun, literally affixed to her head, the tinfoil shirt, and the Gothic Lolita inspired boots. For some reason I’m ok with the skirt (although, I do wish she would take her hand out of the left pocket so it could happily flap about with the right pocket.) I would find her a simpler shirt, that’s not to snoozeville, a pair of killer heels (Zoe Saldana style), and perhaps another cute accessory (necklace, maybe).

the girl has too much going on...less is more!!! i would definitely ditch those hooker boots. has she heard of strappy heels metallic or black? the skirt is cute, but the bugle on the pocket makes it weird. i am wondering if she is hiding a small dog...for the skirt to be the focal point i would go with a simple white or black shirt and ms. rihanna would be "Good Girl Gone Bad".

I think I actually like the skirt, mostly b/c of the color. The top is what needs to go most - combined with the smooth doughnut bun of her hair, it's all a little too robotic.
And... you can tell she doesn't give a flying fig what we all think. Props to her for being consistently interesting.

Louis Vuitton sent the girls down the runway like this, did he? Hm.

Well, in the real world, I think it HAS to come down to EITHER the boots, OR the top. NOT BOTH.

The skirt is okay, but I don't think it fits her properly. It just needs a dressmaker to get it in a true space-maiden bubble, and maybe a starch-n-press.

I'm honestly not crazy about the top, although I like the idea of the metallic - and, as I say, the top plus the boots? Nuh-uh. How about something simple and more tailored, maybe still with some shoulder width but with more Captain Spacewaves smoothness? Perhaps a sleekly sculptural riff on a puffed sleeve, and ditch the silly ruff and the frontal detail?

The hair bun is cute. I like seeing her face without that ironed-on bang hanging over it.

The skirt is a beautiful color and the cut looks good on her. The boots are fantastic. Simply swap the shirt for a well-made long, slightly loose, silk tank in either black or cream and tuck it in the skirt. Voila! Edgy, but not insane.

I don't think anything could improve the blouse. There's something about it that reminds me of a Mickey Mouse hat. Squint your eyes: do you see the sleeves as ears?

The boots would go nicely with a Heidi costume as interpreted by Fredrick's of Hollywood.

Uh, I like the color of the skirt. Other than that, she looks like a stormtrooper in the Janet Jackson Imperial Army.

I think I'd take all that silvery crap off her top, along with the puffed sleeves, and just make it a straight black top. And yeah, fix that one pocket. But I think just that improvement would make it much better. It's the top that does the most damage.

Lose that God-forsaken "Miss Piggy Goes to Space" shirt, replace it with a nice delicate white shirt and wide black belt. The boots can stay.

Now that I have the power to comment I'm nervous, what if I don't know anything about style anymore?
Ah! Okay, here it goes. That top is horrendous. Make it unshiny and unmetallic and untwotoned, and why does it look like she spilled something down the front?
The skirt should be more pencil like in nature. And I love boots like you love sequins, but there is something wrong with these. She needs a different boot. Still black, without that weird lace up thing happening.
Those are my thoughts.

less shiny shirt with less sleeve and less lapel-effect

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i feel like i want to like the skirt, but only if it were tugged down or something so the pocket looks less..angry. and the shirt looks like there's an aluminum bib. no. i'm saying fug.

There's no saving this. Head to toe, it's just awful. Lose all of it, then burn it, and start over. Please. You're too pretty a girl to walk out of the house looking like this, Rihanna -- no matter how outrageous your wardrobe may be. Though I must add, her skin and make-up are flawless. Also, is she growing feathers out of her left pocket? Or did she stuff a bird in there? Or a shuttlecock?

The shirt has to go. While the skirt is a bit bulgy around the hips, we all know Rhianna herself is not (and honestly the pocket flapping just seems to be unfortunate timing here).

While I like the idea of a strappy shoe, strappy hooker-boots are not the answer.

To fix this: replace the shirt with something more classically cut to offset the shape of the skirt, and add some killer strappy sandals.

Am I the only one in who is okay with the lumpy skirt? I like it; the color, the lumps, everything. But if you are going to have a lumpy skirt, everything else has to be simple w/non-lumps. She should pair this with a simple black heel and thin black tank tucked in.

A big NO to those shoes!

All I could think of was Grace Jones on her way to the prom.

I really kind of dig her hair... I wish my head fur would do something unique and stylish.

Anyway, I say ditch the top AND the shoes and rework the skirt!

This outfit is meaningless without the monster robot glove.

Change that top out for something that isn't so puffy and tack down that pocket right quick; but even though it IS "a lot of look," RiRi can get away with more look than a few regular folk stitched together and as far as I'm concerned she can take full advantage of that for as long as possible if she wants to. Girlfriend is only 21.

Like the skirt and the boots, not so much the shirt. Also, is there a necklace there too or is it part of the shirt? Anyway, the whole top part needs some work. Perhaps just a plain black top: scoop neck, tank? It almost looks like there might be a black cami under the scary shirt--that would do just fine.

Giving that this is Rihanna, I'm actually feeling the shirt/skirt combo, althought I agree the pockets sticking out aren't that flattering. I think the thing ruining this the most is the boots...if she had some hot stilettos or even shooties on, this outfit would rock a whole lot more.

I would replace pretty much everything. The skirt is unflattering, the top is from bizzaro land, and what's with the hair? I'll admit the boots are pretty cool.
I love RiRi, and think she is one of the most beautiful women out there, but even she can't pull this off. Total Fug.

I kind of like it, but definitely only on her.

love the skirt - the color saves it and i don't think the bulkyness would be an issue if paired with a less outrageous top and shoes. some gorgeous pumps with a simple black fitted top would probably have been full on fab.

When I was in preschool, my friend's mom made an astronaut outfit for one of my Cabbage Patch dolls. I'm not sure how Rihanna managed to steal it from my parents' attic, or why she turned it into a shirt, but I'd like it back.

Um, this is a joke, yes? ... You can't actually think any of this looks good? ... Okay... I'm a little confused.

I'm almost alone in this, but I love the sleeves and I'm okay with the metallic.

But the collar and weird bodice seam/shape both loose me. Not a fan of the skirt shape either, but I love the color and fabric, so maybe it would be cute with a bit of tailoring. Not sure on the boots..started out loving them, but I've been convinced by the comments that she should let Zoe Saldana pick out something else for her. All together, I agree with y'all that things need tweaking to tip this from fug to fab.

(...and "Yay comments!" of course. Thanks Fug Girls!)

One at a time, please! Keep one fabulous, trendy, off-beat, interesting item: shirt, shoes or skirt. Then, make everything else simple. That should fix it! Oh and the hair is a tad too pillbox hat-like for me.

I really like the shirt. I'd keep the skirt but make it less lumpy, and get rid of the shoes altogether. I think the shoes are pretty neat, just not with this outfit.

I'll see this in next year's Fug Madness, I'll wager. Skirt- yes, please, with the clutch bag. No No No to the boots, bun, and bleah bland expression. The shirt-blouse-top- just unredeemable. Comments- yes, yes, a thousand times yes!

one word - terrible. she looks like a very pretty alien.

(Double YAY for comments!)

I mean no disrespect, but my Mama used to tell me that, just because you CAN wear something doesn't mean you SHOULD wear something. I feel like Riha has never heard or does not understand that expression at all. She's gorgeous, I think we all get that. But sometimes, not sticking out would give her more credibility... at least in my opinion. She would make a fabulous futuristic gladiator, provided the shield-of-tomorrow matches her breastplate.

The problem for me is that any portion of this outfit that gets replaced only furthers the fugliness of the other elements. Observe:

The shirt and shoes with a sleek, black pencil skirt (which was my initial knee-jerk solution suggestion) would only serve to underscore the harsh, futuristic lines of the "blouse".

The skirt is borderline ok, but even a great set of leg-flattering shoes and a (as yet undefined) perfect top would not make up for the extra inches of hip that thing are giving her.

I think, as such, I've come to the following results:
(1) The haute couture hair is cool and edgy but, when added to the shirt becomes overkill.
(2) If you draw one of those middle-school-math-class invisible lines at her waist, those two halves of this outfit are a completely unbalanced equation.
(3) I think that I just hate the boots, as I can't fathom a context in which they wouldn't make me crinkle up my nose.
and finally, (4) I think Rhianna and I are stuck in this vicious cycle where I want to applaud her for being so ballsy with her fashion (and for pulling it off more often than anyone could be expected to) but I also want to shake her and say "Sometimes, RhiRhi, it's ok to just wear something PRETTY."

I don't know...I like it. Not on anyone else, god forbid, but it's classic Rihanna. The little pocket flap of her skirt is bothering me too, though.

It's like that old advice: look in the mirror before you leave the house and remove one thing. And that thing should be the shirt. It's confusing and my eyes hurt.

I would tell her to go home and start all over again. I would also ask her to give me the top so I could use it as a reflector in my car windshield on a really hot day.

She looks fug head to toe, there is no part of that photo that doesn't look ugly to me.

However, I do think the skirt is cute, and were it done with some white tights and a simple tank and some bangles to accessorize it could be salvaged

Lose the boots and find a better fit in a skirt of the same colour

I think it all belongs in the trash can! I guess the skirt could be ok, if it fit correctly and wasn't that horrid fushia color. I don't HATE the shoes, but thats the best I can say about that. And the top is just plain fugly. Entirely what I expect from Rihanna.

I like this outfit in theory. I just don't think the skirt fits her properly...but it could just be the photo. We all have pics of ourselves where our clothing is just being retarded. But the skirt is the only thing that troubles me in the photo. Overall I love it.

Side note, I loved her costume institute gala outfit. I don't care what anyone says. She rocked it.

I actually like the skirt. I feel that with ordinary heels instead of the boots and the same shirt in a toned-down material, that this could actually be cute.

The whole thing is just too much, but if I could only eliminate one thing, it would be the shirt. Yes, the hairdo looks like bird sitting on her head; yes, the shoes are stripper-esque; but the shirt is the worst.

I generally enjoy seeing RiRi's fashion ensembles - the fact that they would look completely stupid on anyone else makes me smile. That being said.....alien Rihanna is weird. Lose the sleeves on the top and I may be able handle it. I'm not promising anything, but, you know, it's a start.

Remove the sleeves, drop the neckline a little so that there is a little distance between the chunky necklace and the shirt, lose the pockets on the skirt so that it isn't bulging on the sides. Then I think it would be a very cute, funky outfit!

If she's going to go with the robot alien look (and I can't recommend it)then she needs to, in my opinion, have a pencil skirt in some shiny material (I like the color) in order to be consistent. The current skirt is too soft and round. I must add that I love the expression of the bearded, bald man behind her who looks like he is assessing his chances of taking her down with a running dive.

I almost forgot - what on earth is she clutching in her left hand? Does she have one of those birds with the strange hair plumage hiding behind her?

I dunno--the details of her outfit, for better or worse, just don't seem like the point to me. I think she looks cuter than she usually does--a better odd than usual.

Ahhh, ye Olde Renaissance Space Jester. We meet again. And I've never understood pockets that actually accentuate one's hips. Who, besides possibly the Olsen twins, needs to have bigger-looking hips? She's looking a little Tyra (read: fiercely insane) here, actually. I'm just waiting for the gun barrels to pop out of her nipple area and a periscope to come out of that bun for the full fem-bot effect.

I think the pieces work, just not all at once. Like many of the other comments have stated, our girl RiRi would have looked great if she had only chosen one of the pieces (the top with a simple black pencil skirt and strappy shoes a la Zoe Saldana, the skirt plus a simple black top and the aforementioned shoes, the shoes with a simpler skirt/shirt combo or dress). Wearing all of them at once is resulting in(as Tim Gunn would say, with his forehead scrunched up, his hand on his chin, with a concerned look in his eyes)a whole lotta look.

I agree with Theresa Hastert - it's ..interesting!

"May 8, 2009 11:29 AM

Lose the saddlebags on the skirt and I'm with it--solar panel shirt, pole-dancing boots and all."

The biggest problem I have with this after seeing the runway photo is that it is the EXACT SAME LOOK. I don't get it. If you're trying to look creative and edgy, why would you wear the look the same exact way it came down the runway, down to the purse and the hair?

I would keep the skirt, but change everything else. A simple tank top and some booties or pumps would have been divine on her. Then, for a different look on a different day, I'd rip the collar off the shirt and pair that baby with some dark jeans or a black pencil skirt with some sexy stiletto sandals.

fix the pocket problem, and wear these shoes instead: http://www.saksfifthavenue.com/main/ProductDetail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524446211201&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=282574492709417&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=1408474399545537&bmUID=1241814074112&ev19=1:13

also her hair should be way more futuristic. voila!

I hate the whole thing.

Crazy Star Trek shirt? check
Bizzare skirt pocket pooch? check
Stripper boots? check

Beam her up, Scotty.

I love the color of the skirt. I'd keep that color and calm down that crazy pocket. I tend to get pocket issues like that when my pants or skirt don't fit properly so maybe that's the problem. Overall, it just seems too much altogether. At least two pieces of that get-up need to be toned down.

So, I write to the Fug girls yesterday about allowing comments and here it is today! You are the best. period.
On to RiRi: She should be used to having her photo taken, so why is she standing like that she was caught off guard? Because she actually is the alien the Fugs suspected? This outfit will come back to haunt her next March, mark my words. Not bad, but not good.

Love the skirt! (Though perhaps the pockets are bulging because its a tad too small? It sits much better on the too-skinny model at Louis Vuitton). And I actually like the hair, though I appear to be in the minority on that particular point. The metallic on the shirt works well with the skirt, but the shirt needs to be MUCH simpler. HATE the shoes with a passion.

Such a pretty face. Such a fugly outfit. I'm not sure it can be salvaged.

That is all.

Black booties or ankle boots, or black pumps with a thick strap like one of the pairs Zoe Saldana was wearing in your post on her, would immediately do a lot for this outfit. Boots like that are always costumey, and there's enough costume going on elsewhere here. It's too much to look at.

Keep the same skirt, or its fixed up sister. Lose the weird neck ruffle on the top and chill the sleeves way out, and I think she'd be there.

the skirt is awesome, it just needs a little tailoring, or it looks like maybe it got twisted a bit while she was walking or sitting. the shoes work on rihanna and with the outfit. i like the cut of the shirt, but i think the fabric is what is making it space-agey. if it were in a cotton in a plain color. the outfit needs some casual and maybe just a tiny bit of sparkle in an earring or something.

I agree with the early comment about a crisp, white shirt to possibly salvage the get-up. I'm not wild about shirts that look like they've been crafted out of alumnium foil...

I'd probably just ditch the top - the skirt isn't half bad, if she could take care of that pocket issue, and it wouldn't be RiRi without something a little dominatrix-y, but I feel the top is a little Star Trek, and given that she has no affiliation with the film, she should probably avoid looking like an extra.

163 comments to the contrary would seem to suggest otherwise, but isn't this a dress?

In which case all of the "I'd do x to the skirt and change that shirt for y" is irrelevant. If you don't like it you'll have to pick another dress!

I personally like someone's suggestion to change the boots for any pair of Zoe Saldana's shoes and leave it at that.

To be honest, I think the whole outfit should be burned and never spoken of ever again. With the possible exception of the shoes... if the laces are removable. But, if one was absolutely set on it... I'd say replace the skirt with a high-waisted black pencil skirt, replace the velvet ribbon with something light and metallic, and lose the horrible paper chain-esque necklace/collar/thing.

The hair makes it too costumey so definitely lose the hair and possibly the boots.

It needs strappy pumps instead of major boots. I really love everything else though.

Fangs, one or several.

Studs, and not the 6 pack kind..

ehm.. wear the skirt wrong side out.

tiara

I also agree with Theresa! "Lose the saddlebags on the skirt and I'm with it--solar panel shirt, pole-dancing boots and all."

I don't find it attractive, but it is SO Rihanna!

If I had those legs I would definately wear the shoes and skirt, no questions asked. They are sorta fabulous in their own special way. But the shirt, I have gone back and looked several times to try and figure out if there were color accents in all that metalic, or if it was so shiny that it was reflecting the color of her shirt. I have decided on the later and that is just wrong. If your clothes are so shiny that they pick up on the colors around you, you need to tone it down just a tad. And cut off the spaceman sleeves. The hair, who am I to comment on that as by the end of the day I have mine pulled back in a ponytail just to keep it out of my face. So maybe that is her version of the ponytail.

Keep the purse. Ditch the rest.

I heart the idea of the skirt, it just needs to be tailored. Great color.

The boots just seem wrong. It's May, adding the laces don't magically make these appropriate for the season. She should wear something that shows off her legs.

That top will never work. It's crazy, like she bought it at the Michael Jackson memorobilia auction that wasn't.

And what's sticking out of the knuckles on her left hand? Is that jewelry? Really pointy jewelry?

I love the color of the skirt, but it needs to be more fitted. Then boots could work with it.
And the shirt could work too, if it was less, um, just less all over the place.

And praise ye fug goddess for allowing comments! There have been so many times where I just wanted to say HOLY GOODNESS WHAT WAS so and so THINKING!

So I personally don't know what's going on with her hair...then yeh it's the typical Rihanna look, but it could be much better. The skirt and the boots don't go together at all! I think the shirt fits her best!

Thank you Ally for posting this link! http://www.redcarpet-fashionawards.com/2009/05/3rd-annual-dkms-gala.html

It IS the exact Louis Vuitton runway outfit - and I think it looks way better on Rihanna than on the runway model!

>>>Love the boots (although they wouldn't be good for pole dancing. The material isn't sticky enough. I'm just sayin').<<<

As one who has pole-danced plenty in leather shoes or boots, you can totally make anything work. But I meant more the design of the boot, not the ACTUAL literal boot.

I like everything waist down; let's just get a tailored black shirt on her, and we'd be set to jet.

Also, I suspect that if she looks down at her chest it sort of works like a mirror so she can make sure her head biscuit is holding up its share of the weirdness. Nice functioning.

I'd change the boots; they really don't work with the rest of the outfit.

I'm a little uncertain about that skirt -- is the raspberry fabric attached to a black waistband thingy? Fugly design -- all raspberry would be so much better. While I wouldn't be caught dead in any of the apparal items - or the hairdo - if I HAD to keep any/some of the clothing I could live with the skirt and the boots, (gad I wish they weren't on platforms), but the top has gotta go. The top is so fugly it's reflecting it's own fug thereby increasing it's fugliness to eye-burning levels.

personally, i find it offensive and FUG. the shoes and skirt might be okay but I need to see them on separately to decide.

Something about this makes me REALLY happy. The only thing that confuses me are the choice of the lace up hooker boots. I'd wear something else there, but otherwise I can appreciate how Rihanna is trying to do a really cool silhouette.
Just shove that pocket thing back in there, change the boots, and I'll be a happy camper.

I would simply swap the boots for really cute, really high heeled black pump. Otherwise, I love the outfit!

I love the berry and metallic combo, and although I personally wouldn't wear items with so much puff, I like the unusual silhouette the shirt and skirt make. The space-alien avant-garde look is becoming her thing, so I'm willing to be lenient. Honestly, the parts that bother me most are the boots and that blank expression. Although the glazed look does match the cinnamon roll updo.

Thanks for opening the comments! It's fun reading all those ideas, but were I to decide, she wouldn't leave the house in any of this.

My immediate reaction to the entire thing was, "Srsly Rihanna? C'mon, now..."

But then you asked for our specific analyzing, and I'd have to say that with a new top (something less sleeve-y and metalic-y/shiny) and possibly after replacing that hair bun thing she's got going on with something more shoulder-length bobbish, I could see it as an improvement on her outfits otherwise presented this week on Fug. I like the skirt, and even the shoes.

Why does she look so damned tired, though? Poor thing...

I don't know quite what I would do - I think my reaction to this outfit is much like the man in the tux or the woman in the long dress on the opposite side of the picture. They seem to be saying "Hmm... we are not sure about this outfit, we best step back in case the outfit attacks without provocation." I think that is a wise strategy, and I notice everyone seems to be following it, even smiling digital camera guys in the back. Smart group.

Side note: I do kind of wish 'women in the long dress' would shake off her fear and step forward, because her outfit looks kind of interesting as well, although it is a bit hard to tell on my monitor.

After much analysis I blame the way she is standing for the pouffy-ness of the skirt and decidedly love the skirt! The shirt is a bit over-the-top, but I do find it intriguing. I think if she just threw on some strappy silver shoes and took out the bun this could be a pretty cute ensemble.

With a simple fitted black top, this would have been lovely AND edgy. That top is a fug category unto itself.

I rarely like Rhianna's clothes but I really respect her willingness to go waaaaaaaayyyyyyyy out there. She doesn't look like anyone else and that's a good thing.

In other words, I kind of hate the outfit but I kind of love her in it. Wouldn't change a thing.

Ok first of all, everyone's suggesting black skirt or white shirt. A black skirt would be too high contrast, and would further emphasize the hard, "tinfoily" quality of the shirt. A white shirt would be so very Barbie. And a tailored pencil skirt would be waaay too tight paired with a curve-revealing shiny top. I love a good tulip skirt, and this one is almost good, it just needs a little pocket wrangling (or a tugging thumb removed from the other pocket). And the sleeves are important to balance the proportions of the skirt. I can't believe so many people want to expand that shirt into a dress. Talk about campy costume! That outfit would have surpassed this whole comment session and would have gone directly to full Fug!

Black or white? Have some imagination, people. The human eye can see over 5 million different colors. I LOVE the concept of the shirt picking up reflected color from the skirt. It casts a pretty glow. And she's doing pink (or more of an interesting raspberry) without it looking cloying.

And as far as the boots are concerned, she really does need a substantial shoe to balance out everything going on up top. Someone suggested a bootie, and that might be ok, but I still think she'd appear top-heavy, with too much skin. The outfit benefits from the boots' structure.

Is it the hands-down best outfit of all time? Mmm no, but it's fun and adventuresome, with exciting proportions, textures, colors, and silhouettes, and pretty much complete as is.

FURTHERMORE, if the people at Louis Vuitton wanted to dress you head to toe, would you say no? Can I imagine a proper place to wear this outfit? Not in my daily life, but as far as the Outfit-As-Art is concerned, I have no qualms. "Rihanna, the Celebrity" is as much make-believe, removed from reality playtime as a LV runway show, so I say, work it out! And dazed or not, the girl gives great face.

I love those boots, honestly. I would wear the boots with a simple dress. Maybe if the skirt was actually a cute little bubble dress with a tank neckline, she could get away with that and the boots.

The skirt is cute, just with another outfit, and with the pocket tamed a bit. I think a sleek black mini would go much better with the shirt/boot combo. It would atleast rid us of the pinkish glare reflecting, and further confusing, the look of her space shirt. BTW, what is that on her right hand? An Amazonian promise ring, or a fishing lure perhaps?

Ok first of all, everyone's suggesting black skirt or white shirt. A black skirt would be too high contrast, and would further emphasize the hard, "tinfoily" quality of the shirt. A white shirt would be so very Barbie. And a tailored pencil skirt would be waaay too tight paired with a curve-revealing shiny top. I love a good tulip skirt, and this one is almost good, it just needs a little pocket wrangling (or a tugging thumb removed from the other pocket). And the sleeves are important to balance the proportions of the skirt. I can't believe so many people want to expand that shirt into a dress. Talk about campy costume! That outfit would have surpassed this whole comment session and would have gone directly to full Fug!

Black or white? Have some imagination, people. The human eye can see over 5 million different colors. I LOVE the concept of the shirt picking up reflected color from the skirt. It casts a pretty glow. And she's doing pink (or more of an interesting raspberry) without it looking cloying.

And as far as the boots are concerned, she really does need a substantial shoe to balance out everything going on up top. Someone suggested a bootie, and that might be ok, but I still think she'd appear top-heavy, with too much skin. The outfit benefits from the boots' structure.

Is it the hands-down best outfit of all time? Mmm no, but it's fun and adventuresome, with exciting proportions, textures, colors, and silhouettes, and pretty much complete as is.

FURTHERMORE, if the people at Louis Vuitton wanted to dress you head to toe, would you say no? Can I imagine a proper place to wear this outfit? Not in my daily life, but as far as the Outfit-As-Art is concerned, I have no qualms. "Rihanna, the Celebrity" is as much make-believe, removed from reality playtime as a LV runway show, so I say, work it out! And dazed or not, the girl gives great face.

^ how did that get there twice?

I am in love with the whole look, Rihanna really knows how to wear art with attitude. She shouldn't have changed anything,, I love how she went with the complete runway look.

I adore the boots, myself, and I -- despite being doomed to failure in fellow commenter Kat's eyes :) -- also vote with the pencil-skirt legions.

But I don't think it has to be black. The color she's wearing is fine, but the shape just needs to be different, and perhaps it could be a hair longer.

I'm actually digging the fussy-poofy sleeves, too -- it's not something you see all the time, and Rihanna can pull it off (and indeed, most things).

The skirt is the wrong length for the outfit aside from being too frumpy with the flairing pockets. She would do better to streamline the bottom half of the outfit with a knee-length pencil skirt. the shoes could even be salvaged with the outfit if she were going to an edgier event, but with the top, a really sassy pair of silver shoes with a pink piping to match the top would have been fun and still kept her off of the top of the bar...for once.

It makes me think of what Dorothy might look like if Oz were in space. Toto could be hiding in those poufy hip thingies. And the hair provides its own satellite to get her there!

Rihanna's very pretty and this may indeed be interesting, but in the way that requires quotes around the word. IMO

the skirt needs to be re-fitted or tailored. It's just not fitting right (if they shortened it, they did a really bad job). I hate the shirt, but hey, she's Hollywood. I agree with most people, though - 3 (or 4 or 5) things are just too much going on. Regular people should only wear one eye-catching thing, celebs can wear more, but maybe not all at once. So I'd say keep the skirt & top, ditch the boots, bun or brass knucks.

Woohoo for comments!!!!!

As for Miss Rhianna -- I just don't know. I love her fashion concept -- Dlisted calls her "Alien Princess RiRi," and I think that's just about right -- but, for heaven's sake, the execution is almost always dreadful. This outfit is no exception. The boots is fierce, but the rest is just awful. Skirt don't fit, shirt has two or three many ideas going on. I like the hair.

It's all ugly. Hair, clothes, shoes.

Momtrolfreak at 1:21, you KILLED me with this:

Ahhh, ye Olde Renaissance Space Jester. We meet again.

Comments?!? Hooray!

I think it's all fabulously RiRi. I could shave some of the soles of her shoes, but that's the only change I'd make.

The shirt is really bad, and the robot-perplexed look on her face does not help.

Actually, i think it's the hair that makes her veer into wacky. It's a bun that looks like something a Star-Trek vixen would wear, and that makes the foil shirt seem "spacey." (Boob-plating, anyone?) Maybe if she went back to that signature short crop it all would fit together.

This outfit just makes my mind hurt.

I disagree with the shoes. A lot.
The top and the skirt are both nice but not together. Maybe a pair of amazing black strappy heels would just make the whole thing a little less oh my god my eyes hurt just looking at it?

Thoughts?

I am just, fundamentally, SO against tiny-hipped, wasp-waisted, wee-tiny celebrities, with a body any normal woman would die for, wearting things that make them (apparently deliberately) look hippy/thick-waisted/weirdly bulging, that I do not think I can vote for the skirt in any way shape or form. Though its color is beautiful. IF one made the skirt properly fitting, and stretched it up into a minidress- sleeveless v-neck, maybe? - then I think those boots would KILL with it. Simple dress, space-dominatrix boots... YES.

I think you should add both her and the outfit to your famous Intern George Fug Cocktail...

The shirt is beyond awful - what is UP with her shoulder swag these days (see what I did with the UP, there?)??

The boots I would totally wear and adore if they were not perched on ridiculous platforms. Give 'em a heel, but please, lets return to where the air is thicker. However, even with sole improvements, I would not wear them with that skirt. It is crying out for a cute pair of shiny heels.

ALIEN FUG. 'Nuff said.

Okay, RiRi, I feel for you, I really do here. I think you do what I do, which is fall in love with too many pieces and don't let them shine individually. Except I resist the urge to wear plaid with stripes and shit because I look deranged.

You need to not wear entrees with entrees, and save them for side dishes, unless you want to full-on join the Bjork/Grace Jones/SWINTON squadron. If so, commit. Turn it up to 11 and break the knob off, girl.

And I'm not saying I would hate on that. Because if fell into a moneypit a la McDuck I can't promise I wouldn't start wearing tea cozies, bed spreads and cardboard because I finally could. I might just start dressing full on Looking Glass, too.

This is what came to mind after OMG THOSE SHOES ARE GOING TO HURT:

Rihanna: Beer Garden Hostess of the Future

She's such a beautiful young woman. She shouldn't go around looking like a sad Star Trek alien.

Take the giant bean off her head.

keep the boots and top, and i absolutely agree with the black pencil skirt suggestion.
also, the hair feels...forced.
maybe something a little less rigid?

Keep boots, fix pockets on skirts, and completely replace top. It's way too strange.

On another note, I don't really find this outfit worthy of redemption...it is 100% FUG.

The whole outfit is beyond rescue. Please discard each and every item. Next!

OMG. Fug Comments are OPEN! I held my breath for a good 10 seconds before I clicked on the link frantically....in case it was a dream.

Ok. I'd nix the shoes altogether. Horrible.

I would either go with the top on its own with a sleeker, less out there skirt. OR the skirt on its own with a more fitted top. I'm all about balance.

Honestly, as far as her normal level of crazy goes, I like this. To be fair, I tend to like more of her clothes than you two seem to, but that's ok.

Um... I think what's killing me is the construction of the shirt more than anything else. While I might select different boots, I can appreciate the crazy level of those. But no, I'd say... silver-looking foil Tshirt or something? Same everything else.

Controversial? Yeah, but I'm going to keep it in her normal vein of... attire.

I think the only thing I would keep is the skirt and that's mainly because the color is so flattering on her. And I actually sort of like that silvery color on her as well. Bother. I want to hate the whole damn thing, but she's so pretty I have to give it a pass. Carry on.

STREAMLINE THE SKIRT.

The longer I look at this outfit, the more it seems that there is someone staring out at me from the super shiny part on the front of her shirt. It's totally possible that this vision is a result of a mild seizure, induced by all that's going on in that outfit. I'm sure that's it. But to be on the safe side the super shiny shirt has to go.

That top with a pair of chic black pants, or a white pencil skirt, could be totally workable. For her. And no one else.

That skirt is a bit more troublesome, but if paired with a shimmery black tank, could work.

Both without the overpowering shoes. Some killer black peep-toe Louboutins would do the trick, but then, don't they always?

I'd simplify the top or turn it into a dress -- maybe a racer-back halter with black piping on the sides?

The only thing I think I could potentially like about this outfit would be the shirt if the sleeves and Elizabethan-type collar were removed. Everything else is just fug, in my opinion.

I really like that skirt's....color. The elasticky, constricting waistband gets my mouth a-watering for Pepto. I say change the whole thing to the color of the skirt (including her hair and the boots), lop off the sleeves - or maybe go longer, like elbow length? and really tight? - then have her go back out of the frame and have a merry "do over". Maybe we'll never remember this get up. Except that we will.

TOTAL FUG
but the skirt is a nice color

I love the shoes and would be pretty O.K. with the skirt, even, if the tailoring was a bit more en pointe. The color is definitely fab and works really well with her skin tones, and I love the girliness of the pink puffy skirt in contrast with the aggression of the boots.

However, something about the way the skirt is reflecting in the top is making me... uncomfortable. Plus, my personal opinion is that an Elizabethan-style ruff on a futuristic shiny sliver top is a bit too multigenre for anyone to pull off.

In essence, a less fussy, attention-grabbing top - perhaps something simple in black? We can even keep a puffed sleeve, as long as we tone it down a bit in terms of volume and make it in a matte material: it'll balance the fullness of the skirt and the strength of the boots (and make her waist look teeny!) - and a bit of remedial tailoring on the skirt, and she can lose that stunned, disaffected facial expression and look happy.

Honestly? I think it's the hair and the posture that are the problem. Love the bish plz face, tho.

First off- props to her for always pushing the envelope. The courage I would require to go in public wearing that could only be found at the bottom of a Smirnoff bottle. I love the funky ufo bun, the space cadet blouse, the psycho killer ring, the fabulous skirt-even the venus fly trap right pocket....but the horror! the horror of those boots! Yeeehck! Some precious strappy sandals would have saved the day!

I think a sleeker skirt in black would work beautifully with the shirt and boots, and the skirt would work nicely with a simpler shirt and some plain, elegant heels.

I especially love that skirt (on Rihanna, at least -- I'm not sure many other people could pull them off), but it's having the sartorial equivalent of an acrimonious political discussion with the shirt (which is being backed up by those sexy, sexy boots), and they need to be split up for their own good. If their argument continues, it's only a matter of time before Godwin's law comes into play, and no one wants to see that.

Okay, that's not true -- I kind of do want to see that. I imagine it would involve shredded magenta satin.

h\just loose the sleeves, i think it's kind of cool-looking

Turn the skirt into a dress (without pockets).

I actually really like it!

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As for the outfit in question… none of it looks like it fits very well, with the possible exception of the boots. I feel like she's got to be constantly tugging, adjusting and tweaking. And the …belt? waistband? whatever? on the skirt looks painfully nipped in to the flesh of her waist. As if she has any flesh there.

Charcoal skirt and a fierce expression. Maybe some stomping around in her stripper boots. grrr. fierce.

I think the whole outfit could almost be saved with prettier shoes and a smile. Almost.

I can't decide if the skirt looks like she stole a restaurant napkin and stapled it over some giant spill or if it was designed to hide a well-endowed drag queen. *She* even knows the pockets are a mess from the way she held them shut in the DKMS gala picture. Keep the color and the length, but get rid of the pockets and at least two pleats.

I actually like the way the metallic picks up color and think the sleeves are edgy and echo the gathers in the bodice. Cap sleeves might look pointy and even more Plan 9. I think the neckline is the real disaster: my grandma's cookie cutters do not a collar make. If you lost the sleeves, a gathered halter neck could work on someone without broad shoulders. Maybe a V-neck cut down to the bust line?

Gotta wonder how this would translate to pret-a porter.

Simply, a black top. I like the boots and the skirt + colour (and matching clutch). The top makes it too much.

I really love it. It's interesting, but not fugged/whacked out. It is attractive to my eyeballs. Go Rhianna!

Okay, I'm a weirdo & I like the outfit. But since I just admitted to being a weirdo I can see how other people wouldn;t, so I would either pair a thinner, simpler tank with the skirt or exchange the skirt for a less bulky one in a toned-down color. And probably get rid of the necklace (I think that's what it is) w/ that shirt. The boots could me a bit less aggressive as well. There, I can be normal!

Black tank, cute sky high platform pumps, silver accessories, keep the skirt, lose the pompadour

Love the boots, hate the top (it belongs in a junkyard) and the skirt is awkward, its a bad fit - though nice colour.

I do love the colors of the top in contrast to the plain colored skirt but the sleeves and the neckline make her look like a Jester from Shakespearean times. If it was short sleeved I think she could be edgy and cute.
The shoes are a fabulous disaster and should be burned.
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Keep the color of the skirt, but simplify it. A pencil would look fab, but I don't know if she can pull it off with her hips.... No, you know what, with the width of the puffy sleeves, and the heels, I think she could rock it.

I love the shirt in its crazy shiny glory, and the hooker boots are fun, I think she has the attitude to pull it off, but the skirt looks like a 11th graders home ec project. It's just no good in every way but the color. The color is great, especially on her.

the pockets.

also, were it me, i would have the top & bottom streamline more easily into one another. this way it just looks a bit choppy.

i wish i had something funnier to say--

okay, i wouldnt wear a [plastic] donut-beret on my head. thats not only funny, it's true.

The easiest fix would be to pin or baste those pockets shut to get those poochy beasts under control. Pockets are useless when you're being photographed, especially if you stick your hand in them. They just add 2o lbs. to your hips at the broadest point.

as an aside, i do like the whole lobster or lobster-bib business [either or all of which come from outer space].

i am unclear whether or not either she or her shirt knows that @least from this angle it looks like a lobster or lobster-bib. is that what it's supposed to be? then again, if i like it it is gonna be moderately wack for most people--sort of like lady gaga DONE WELL. which this whole business sort of is, including the shoes, which are--whose? dior? vuitton? ysl? someone big, someone expensive, @least dolce & gabbana. those i love. more even than the shellfish.

I love the idea and overall would have to give this a gold (or silver, or raspberry) star!

I think the silhouette of the skirt and the top are great and carried well on the runway; thanks ally and others for the link. In real life, paring down one or the other would make this work 100%. I think my preference would be for taking down the high profile of the sleeves v. changing the skirt. I think her posture in this photo is making the skirt look weird but in other photos, I think it is a very interesting shape and she can pull it off.

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The shirt I can handle, actually, because it's interesting. The skirt is just...ill fitting and distracting and for all it's a good color it's a bit much since the top already has that color in it. I like the suggestion of the black pencil skirt or something similar with a bit less bulk up near the waist. The shoes I like, and even the hair is okay given the avant garde/spacey nature of the outfit. It's just that skirt that's making me a bit crazy at the moment.

She should give me the boots, then donate everything above her knees to the rummage sale at the lunatic asylum.

I don't think the skirt is overly flattering, but she is young and cute and can get away with wearing this outfit,and it all seems to work together.

What I would do to fix Riri's outfit:
1) Fix the pocket so it doesn't look hungry.
2) Lose the boots, since the manga schoolgirl domanitrix look is fug. Replace with chic black shoes (some killer stilettos, maybe).
3) Cut off the sleeves and collar from the top.
4) Change her hair so that it doesn't look like a donut on the top of her head.
5) The purse is cute, but I'd get a sleek black clutch instead.
6) Is she wearing feathers as a cocktail ring? Get a normal one instead.
7) Work on the bitchface. She looks confused/stoned.

She needs to change her hair so it doesn't match her sleeves, swap the shoes and purse for some high black pumps and a simple clutch.

If I could make only one change it would definitely be the sleeve-ectomy.

This outfit is atrocious in every way...shape, fit, editing, material, shoes..all it suceeded in doing was make me look at her face to see what she thought of it, and then realize she doesn't think, cause she's had a Xanex-ectomy.

All reasons to sober up before you dress. The rest of us are not medicated enough to get behind this sartorial mishap.

Do you know, I like the colour of the skirt, but it really is too full of odd bulges. It should be replaced with one just a teeeeeeeeeny bit longer and sleeker. The same idea goes with the shirt, it's almost there, but if you're going to go spacey go all the way. Smooth it out. Get rid of the weird wrinklings it has...well, everywhere.
The shoes...honestly, I don't know what to do about the shoes besides NOT WEAR THEM. At least not with this outfit. If she wants to wear them with her crazy weird leathery stuff, go for it, but they're out of place here. I'd say some sort of pump or ankle boot would look better.
Basically, everything needs smoothing out, otherwise it kind of looks like she slapped it together from some B-grade stuff she made on her first day in remedial sewing class.

are we sure the whole thing isn't a horrible horrible dress?

i don't know i actually LIKE all of it, except making the skirt straight with no lumps? and getting rid of the Wolverine claw would make it less aggressive. otherwise i really like this!

Ok, ok, I know Rihanna isn't exactly known for subtlety with her outfits, but I gotta say that with the bizarro factor of this outfit and whatever is happening with her hair and makeup, she looks like a transvestite. Straight up drag queen.

I actually love the skirt, I'm a sucker for poofy asymmetrical pieces I guess, and the boots are...tolerable, given that they stop before mid-thigh. But the shirt... I just don't understand. It definitely looks like the breast plate of a uniform for the galactic alliance.

Yerm. I feel an alien invasion is on its way looking at this get up, got to ditch the biscuits and make plans.

2 out of 3, my darling beautiful Rihanna. 2 out of 3.

The boots hit her too far down her calves, the ruff does her no service, and if she's going to go with the hair brioche it should be with a much less complicated outfit.

Mostly, though, I'm just mesmerized by the metallic lobster bib hanging on her chest. Is that actually part of the shirt?

Holy frijoles !! I've just seen a different photo of this ensemble! [socialitelife dot celebuzz dot com] What so many of us thought was an "Elizabethan" ruff/collar on the "blouse" is, in fact, a silver necklace. That's the good news -- the blouse isn't as fussy as first thought. The bad news is that it appears the seam between the lovely raspberry skirt fabric and the black fabric is sewn with the seam to the outside of the garment -- what ghastly fug! (The only other explanation is that someone forgot to sew on the waistband and the line of stitching I see at the top of the raspberry is only there to hold down the pleats. This would mean that Ms. Fenty decided that a waistband was superfluous and wore it anyway leaving the raspberry skirt to hang from her hips for dear life. What the black fabric is between the silver and raspberry I do not care to hazard a guess...]

O M G -- the socialitelife dot celebuzz dot com has even MORE pictures of this garment as I discovered to my horror. Ladies & Gents: this is a DRESS. [Yes indeedy: a silver lame fabric top -- with keyhole back, no less, -- affixed to black fabric stuff, affixed (with the SEAM FACING TO THE OUTSIDE) to the raspberry skirt. Said skirt and black 'intermediary' stuff zip up the back and the zipper tab is finished off with a black tassle. Good gravy -- eye-burning fug all the way from the shoulder seams to the hemline.

As noted immediately above, there is no "ruff" attached as a collar to the dress, instead it is a necklace of big silver rings fastened at the nape of the neck with a fetchingly fugly silver padlock.

The boots -- I am shuddering: not only platform but the heels are composed of two cones which meet point to point in a fashion victim fashion. The ring -- no, not a fishing lure as was speculated above by Jen -- no, it appears to be composed of spare Wolverine claws left over from the props department of "X-Men: Origins".

I believe that the only item on Rhianna's person which MAY have reached escape velocity from fug was her handbag/clutch but I can't see enough of it in the photos....

The color of the skirt is pretty and that's the only positive thing I can say

There's just far too much going on, and none of it is flattering. One of these elements, she could have pulled off, if she wore it as a feature in an otherwise absolutely neutral outfit. All together, it's like she got dressed in the dark in the bin where Grace Jones chucks her rejects.

I love Grace's style, but Rihanna just doesn't have the eye for it. So what she's ended up with is uncomfortable-looking fussy boots, a skirt that simulates flatulence problems, and a profoundly unbecoming shiny puffy clown bib monstrosity that removes all shape from her torso; and she tops it off with hair that looks like a cottage loaf. She's like a totem pole dedicated to the gods of fug. And the matchy-matchy bag proves she's thought about it all far too much.

Rihanna is so gorgeous. She needs to find a stylist who groks and celebrates her fashion-forward experimentalism, but understands that it's best if all the bits of her don't shout at once.

I have a wedding to go to at the end of the month and dress shopping has not been easy- all skirts have this ridiculous expanditure from the pockets which is no help for anyone more than a size 4. BUT I have to say of all the ones I've seen and tried on, her skirt's material is nice, not stiff and seemingly fixed like some of the disasters I've seen. I like her look, and most of her looks in general, including the Met ball tux. She's never boring to look at.

Less sleevage
Minimize bootage
The colour is a-rocking
Dig the Bling-ing
All the ingredients are there.
Just need a new recipe.

A shake and stir, is all.

seperately the they could all be potentially interesting but sadly together they're just all a bit distracting :(

aka. just the top with simple lower half, or skirt with stockings and flats plus fussy but not "FOILY" top. like ruffles. a black top with ruffles would look gorgeous.

this outfit is too.. for lack of a better word ; alieny ? maybe just weird.

For most people, I'd say, scrap the whole idea, and start fresh with something not insane, but she really does come close to pulling this off so:
Re-tailor the skirt to get rid of the pockets and streamline it, ditch the puff sleeves for something more interesting AND (yes, I really don't like them on anyone who no longer has their baby teeth) more adult, such as a broad strap, and go with simpler boots (something really tall, but classic, which works with the outfit without adding more visual distraction).

It's utterly nutty, but nutty in the way that Rihanna can generally make work for her. On anyone else, though, my reaction would tend way more toward the WTF.

Things to change, though:

1) The skirt clearly has a mind of its own--not only the rogue pocket, but wrinkles and general asymmetry. I'm not quite sure what it's supposed to be shaped like, but I actually like the poof the pocket's creating--I would just give it a matching poof on the other side to restore symmetry.

2) The boots are pretty cute, but they need WAY less sole.

3) When you're trying to rock a look that has strong overtones of space alien, a hairstyle that evokes Princess Leia is probably taking it too far.

I think it needs toning down - Either tone down the shoes and keep the crazy skirt and top, or tone down the skirt and keep the crazy shoes and top. In the end, I like the top! :)

I think it almost works, but is a little too intense for us mere mortals. :)

Let's focus on the explosion coming from Rihanna's left hand. What is that thing?! Surely her outfit cannot be saved, her hot body might.

The whole ensemble is puzzling. Each piece might work on it's own, however, the combo makes one's brain hurt. Keep the top with leather pants (for stage). Keep the skirt with a billowy white satin blouse (to offset the pockets). The boots simply do not work with either, however, with a miniskirt and camisole, yes! Go RiRi!

I love the colours. The skirt colour especially is sensational. However, I'd streamline the look of the skirt and remove the puffy sleeves...loving the boots, loving her makeup...this outfit is almost there.

Hmm...My main issue is that everything has pleats and wrinkles and droops, so there isn't a clean line anywhere. wrinkly shoulders, pleated stomach, droopy skirt...
With all the pleats, she is "PUG" rather than "fug."

As for a solution, I think any of the suggested remedies would work. Black pencil skirt, sexy heels...

forget the outfit... what in the feather duster hell is on her hand?

Some of the parts of this ensemble could work in different applications, I think, but the sum of the parts, so to speak, just doesn't work.

The skirt would be nice in a totally different outfit. Ditch the shirt and the boots, replace with some nice suede-y platform heels, and a totally different top (I agree, in part, with a previous poster that a halter-type top might work here, but NOT a halter made out of that Amazing! Space Age Polymer! that she's wearing here)and you've got it. Or the boots would work, but I honestly think she'd need to raid Posh's closet for one of those leather things Vicky is so fond of. The shirt would work, too--but only if it were on fire. HATE.

As it is, the outfit screams Texture! Texture! I am overwhelmed with Texture! And I think Miss Rihanna's face reflects that. She looks like she just realized that she went directly from Tall Drink of Water to Tall Fruity Cocktail with Black Suede Stem on the Glass, A Delicious Cherry in the Bottom and One of Those Little Frilly Cocktail Toothpick Things On Top.

This is what Princess Leia would wear if Luke and Han Solo were to pimp her out. I can almost hear a mash-up between that kooky Cantina music and Umb-er-ella-alla now.

Rhianna's top doesn't look too bad, though it's a bit hard to see in the photo. But the skirt is just not hanging right. It looks like she's got a big wedgie at the back or something. She needs to reach back there and fix that! And the thing on top of her head, well, I think buns went out quite a long time ago.

I'm curious to see what it would look like if we made the shirt into a sleeveless tuxedo-type.

At least she's wearing clothes...

I think quite possibly that this is not in fact Rihanna at all. Nor was it Riri last time she was wandering around in a teeny tiny corset while everyone else was wearing coats.
I had my suspicions then but "her" stance and overall appearance here confirms my theories.

This is in fact a robot she had custom made on some Japanese leg of her tour. It's quite a brilliant idea actually. All she has to do is dress the robot like an alien ambassador from planet shineythings and send it out into the public, then the real Rihanna can go about her daily business in peace, quiet, and comfy pajama pants.

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Between this, the Duran-Duran tuxedo from Met Ball the other night and the corset with shredded jeans, I say we've met next year's Fug Queen - easily. SWINTON and Audrey have nothing on her.

... new top, and the same boots minus the platform bottom (?)

I had an Astronaut Barbie back in the early 80's that looked exactly like this...metallic pink mini-skirt, (slightly less stripperish) boots, the whole thing. All RiRi needs is the big plastic space helmet that Barbie wore with her space mini...

Hm. The shirt is awful, period, shiny or not, that cut is wack. So yeah, swap out the shirt. And I think the hair is way too severe. But I like the skirt/boots/accessories, provided the skirt be pinned so that it's not trying to dine on her hand.

I'm not 100% sure what sort of shirt she SHOULD wear with it, but I think she could have pulled off black or possibly a lighter pink (though the latter would make me hate the outfit, by dint of hating pink. I'm surprised I like the skirt as it is). Maybe something with a lace-up neckline to match the shoes...?

The boots could be great if they were slightly higher on her leg; they hit her calf at a weird spot. I'm also annoyed that between the skirt, the purse and the shirt she's got three different flavors of plum going on.

I think she was going to Star Trek showing in this. the only way this combo makes sense. it's purple, black, and silver, like a Trecker, right?

I love the shirt on her. The skirt's dragging it down, I think -- wrong color and looks like a weird polyester "work skirt" texture, although I'm sure it's fabulously expensive. Are the boots suede? 'Cause that doesn't exactly go with the metallic blouse.

So: Blouse, yes. Skirt, no. Boots, sure, in patent leather instead, or without those fabric ties or something.

And are those metallic spiked hand accents as well? Take that, Sasha Fierce!

OMG. I should have read the comments before commenting. First there was this:

http://www.redcarpet-fashionawards.com/2009/05/3rd-annual-dkms-gala.html

And I thought, hm, scratch what I said about FIXING the skirt, let's get her to stop pulling at it and have the triangular shape it's supposed to have.

Then there were these:

http://socialitelife.celebuzz.com/archive/2009/05/08/rihanna_dwarfs_kylie_minogue_at_dkms_gala.php?img=17&gfmt=m#alpha-inner

And the hair doesn't look so tacked on, but I still am not a fan. But the back! It's a dress!! =O But if we lose the necklace and stop pulling on the pockets...it might work, but ONLY on Rihanna.

Also, does she have some kind of dotty (like leopard print?) tattoo on the back of her neck?

The third picture at that second link is the best, the outfit looks most like how it was intended to look, I think.

I like the silhouette, including her hair. would change the fabrics. and the boots are more than a bit much. but she's a pop star! this is good on her.

That shirt is beyond salvation. Dump it, get a white tanktop, tuck it in, and those hot shoes Zoe Saltana was wearing the other day. YES!

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LOVE the whole dang thing.
Yeah, the one pocket seems to be misbehavin'. But the skirt is a fab color and the girl is tiny enough to pull of the shape without looking like a, hmmm, well, without looking like I would in it, for instance.
The shirt is definitely crazy. Spacey, and not Kevin. But in a good way. And the sleeves, well, "I like your sleeves, they're real big." I still like it.
The hair is freaking awesome, I wish I could style mine like that. In fact, I'll try it sometime and wear it to, say, church, and see how that goes over.
Boots? I don't know. The pole-dancing reference kind of spoils them, but the truth is, I think they look kind of slammin' with the whole thing.
A regular person certainly could NOT wear this out on the town, but Rhi? Heck yeah she can. It's one of the main advantages of being a celebrity, being able to dress crazy (as long as it's still flattering, which I think this is) and get away with it.

I think if the skirt were behaving itself, it would be OK. Not amazing, but OK.

About the one thing I like about this whole 'ensemble' would be the colour of her skirt. It looks gorgeous against Ri-Ri's skin.

Other than that, however, it's too much look and odd/ill-fitting clothes.

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Okay, now to give my opinion: I like the color of the skirt, and the IDEA of the skirt, but the reality is just a big ol' mess. Also, I'd keep the skirt, (if it were slightly better - less... frumpy or something), and pair it with a simple top. Someone above mentioned a dressy white tank - I like that idea. That would make it more crisp. Also, ditch the shoes. I know that cut-out boots are all the rage now, but ugh, they just don't work here... or ever, in my opinion.

In essence, I think this outfit is trying too hard to make a statement of furturisticness or something. Rihanna often dresses way too statement-y. I think she should clean it up.

I don't think anything can be done to save this. I don't know how, but she has managed to look both futuristic and '80s at the same time. Cannot be saved.

see, i like this. i like the skirt, i like it with the boots, even... but the shirt has GOT to go. it needs to be something simpler and less metallic, maybe without sleeves, keeping to the color scheme. the skirt's a little odd, but it's really just the 80's space shirt.

astronaut barbie had almost this exact outfit!
she WAS my favorite barbie in 1989...but 1989 it is not. FULL. FRONTAL. FUG.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/super_star_az/2521197503/in/set-72157605037940289/

here's the thing. the day rihanna walks into the public eye wearing simple cute jeans, a white tee, and flip flops, THAT is the day i'll pass out. you know?

Are you KIDDING me with this, ReeRee????

The whole thing's gotta go. The only decent thing in the photograph is her clutch.

FUG it ALL to hell.

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I think this outfit is cute in a weird way.

One thumb up.

I do love the skirt, but possibly taking away that alien top that would probably go well with those aluminum foil hats from Signs?? Like seriously, ew. And maybe some cute black pumps or something... keep it simple RiRi!!

replace the skirt with a sunshiny yellow chiffon number and this would be a lot more fun.

First off Yay to comments!
Now onto this outfit. I think it looks terrible. The skirt could work- but not with that shirt, those boots or that sour/drunk? facial expression. And if she wants to overkill an outfit with far too many points of interest, she might as well have worn her favourite lace-up Balenciaga boots.
So ixne the shirt, the boots, and that oddly matching clutch (which is only odd, because it does indeed match her skirt far too closely for a mix and matcher like Rihanna)

Melt the shirt into scrap, and then we'll talk.

On the other hand, had she never worn this ensemble while posing like The Rejected Barbie, we wouldn't have comments. So, carry on my wayward Rihanna.

I love the skirt, but that's about it. The rest of it looks like she is living in outer space 100 years in the future. I don't know, Rhianna doesn't do it for me fashion wise. Her outfits are always strange and overworked.

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I think the shirt would have been better with simple black trousers. The skirt is reflected in the tin foil, which is kind of cool, but too much. I hate the cut of the skirt, but love the color. Turning it into a simple dress might be a good idea, because then she can keep the shoes. Mwaha.

I like the top and skirt.
Not so fond of her hair, it repeats the "uniqueness" of the blouse and the boots are just not proportioned well. If they had been higher, okay, otherwise a shoe that elongated her leg would have been better. To all the ladies that thought her skirt should have lost the pockets and "cleaner"? Um, the woman has some hips (like most of us) and that skirt conceals the lumps just fine. Any tighter and it would have been a ticket to Sausageville.

She looks fabulous! I wouldn't change a thing.

Skirt would be very cute if less bulgy.

Love the boots even though one seems to be shorter than the other. Naughty and sweet. Love it!

Hate the shirt! The shirt ruins the outfit. Would have gone for something less shiny, maybe in a neutral color (black or ivory) silk or crepe or even satin, very feminine and delicate. Minus the horrible sleeves.

honestly, if not for the cover of People and the like, and this, the holiest of websites, I would have no idea who this woman is.
If she is a singer, I swear I have never heard a single song of hers, as least not on any radio stations I listen to.
with that said...I always get the impression that, perhaps, she is constantly trying to emulate Grace Jones...someone her mother would list as a musical influence rather than Rihanna herself being that it appears she is, what, 19?
she needs a new stylist, to be sure.

She looks like she just got beamed down from some couture spaceship, her dazed facial expression and everyone standing at an awkward distance. However I love the hairlo (hair + halo).

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Not as fun as taking that ensemble off and setting it on fire while forming a conga line around the undoubtedly multi-colored shiny flames, but still, FUN!

The top is cool, edgy, interesting.
The skirt is fun, couture, sexy.
The boots are hot, a clear fashion statement.
But why the f does she has to wear it all at the same time ?
Maybe it is because I'm french and I have a sense of the less, the better, but still. I would have worn the top with black leather skinnies and classical pumps. The skirt with cool wedges and a white tank top. The shoes with a nice LBD.
The whole outfit is so first degree fashion ! Like she just copy pasted a look from a runway, and that, my friend, as a french ELLE fashion journalist, I can tell you is a major fashion faux pas.
She kind of looks like she just got out of a spaceship. Her facial expression says like what am I doing here ??
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I know what -- or should I say WHO -- no, WHAT is better -- I think she should lose for good. Creepazoid, munching on her with those monstrous teeth. Uh oh, personal comment.

I think she looks great. The only TEENY suggestion I might make is find a skirt of exactly the same color, but raw silk cut into actual separate petals, so it flutters outward gently. No pockets.

You mean this isn't an educational illustration for Couture 101: Costumes Are Not Street Clothes? She looks so much like Captain Kirk's secretary that I might have assumed that's what she was if she hadn't been on GFY.

Seriously, the only thing here worth keeping is those awesome boots.

It#s the shoes. There is no xcuse for these shoe-thingies. The skirt id funny, the shirt quirky.That's all good. I don't have to linek it all. But the shoes are too much for my modest, mainstream european taste.

Turn the skirt into a dress, belt out of aluminum foil fabric. leave the shoes.

It's the shoes. There is no excuse for these shoe-structions. The skirt is well. pink, the shirt quirky. That's all good. I don't have to like it all. But the shoes are too much for my modest, mainstream, european taste.

Eh, I'm not in favor of her toning down. I think she needs to go that extra step farther and also wear a tinfoil hat. I'm sure it could be arranged to work with the giant bun if it was tipped precariously to the side and worn at a rakish angle.

I would actually keep the shirt, shoes, hair and makeup the way they are. The only thing I would change is the skirt. Same fabric, just slightly longer and flared. That bubble-skirt-like silhouette doesn't do anything for me, but the general concept works great. Rihanna can be the Queen of Space if she wants to. Why shouldn't she?

I love the boots and I think the whole outfit could work if she replaced the shirt with a plain black tank.

the hair is irretrievable though.

Giant paper sack with the eyes cut out covering her to the ankles and flip flops!

Why, of all the outfits in the history of fugliness, do we think this one in particular can be salvaged? All is lost; abandon ship.

Can we talk more about how the shirt is made to REFLECT the skirt on her underboobs? Was it made that way on purpose to match whatever she wears on the bottom?

Is this genius or the laziest fashion idea since basic black?

Maybe she was planning to attend the openning of the new Star Trek movie in Australia? In that hidieous excuse for a shirt she would fit in with some of the trekkies I've seen in the last few days.

It's the individual awkwardness of each of the items that's off putting. Shiny Puffy -Sleeved Blouse ? Maybe it's the glaring flash. Lumpy -Is That A Growth- Skirt ? I love the color , was she digging around in that one pocket for something important ? Big Pole Dancing Fetish Gladiators ? I don't hate these , they are just awkward along side those other awkward items . Final verdict , she's so damn pretty she gets away with it !

As you said, I kinda guess the general silhouette is okay, if we saw her coming against a really bright light, we might think "oooooooooh", but as it is here, something clearly went wrong. Change all the fabrics, and you might be getting there...?

LOL i actually like what shes put together... apart from the top. She looks like she's doing a Miss Deyne here, but went slightly alien with the top.. a cute button p silk black blouse would look hot, without being trampy with them boots!

Her image is tied up in wearing weird boots for some reason, so she's probably have to keep those. Everything else needs to go. She needs a skirt that fits, though the color of her skirt is nice, and a shirt that doesn't make her look like an alien who outgrew her clothes and is wandering around waiting to shoot death rays out of her eyes so that she can steal your clothes and slip away into the crowd.

The skirt is throwing the look off and seems like it's been untucked, so replace it with a black penicl skirt. Then, lose the sleeves and the collar - and take away the lapels too. Lastly, tie it all together by mimicing the crisscross ribbon pattern of her boots with a similar lacing motif running up the center silver stripe of her dress.

I like the boots-and-skirt combo - though I am not sure, are those platform boots? They have something of the hoof about them, I might like them better sans platform...but still, they're interesting. The skirt is a little saddlebaggy, sure, but she's thin enough that it works.

The shirt, however, is pure robotic fug. Maybe a simple black tank top? And, as someone else pointed out, less Leia-like hair.

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Skirt's cute, shirt is horrific, boots too S&M and I don't like her hair. Is that unfair? It's just too severe and a bit ridiculous, as if she tied it back that way to keep it off her face while she did her makeup, and then thought "hey, this could work!"
Or forgot she'd done it. Either is plausible.

The shirt makes her look like her intestines are on fire. Swap that for a black tank, yank on the skirt to straighten it out, and I think she'd be OK.

I would replace Rihanna's hair hat with a metallic topper that better suits her futuristic flight attendant uniform. Maybe she could pick one up here: http://tinyurl.com/2x3jb2

Are there french maids in space?

Yay! Comments! I feel like a kid who has been allowed to play outside alone for a full five minutes and am now having the chance to show mommy that I can walk to the store all by myself, and if I don't steal anything or get kidnapped I'll be allowed to go there alone whenever we need milk. Thanks, Fug Girls.

Anyhoodle. I love the skirt, I think the draping was going somewhere really cool, but I hate the shirt. I would ditch it and add something a little more understated. I actually don't hate the boots, and I do see where she was headed with them, but the boots/shirt combo is a bit too much.

Ditch the intergalactic foil top; visit a tailor and fix the skirt; re-work the headsuit; add a solid-color tank top in black or white or gray; and swap the boots out for sky-high pumps. So I guess I have problems with the entire outfit, but at least the skirt is a great color.

I think she just got dressed in the dark, that's all.

Yippee, comments are back!!

Let's start with the dead animal thing on top of her head, what happened to her cute pixie cut? That hot-crossed Trump bun has gotta go!

The tin foil blouse has got to go back to the Star Trek closet it came from. Something more fitted on top of that draped skirt.

The skirt color is great, fix the bulkiness on the hip.

Sorry, those boots look like they came from a Lady Gag Gag yard sale.

The purse is very cute.

She could look funky fun and not pull everything out of her funky fun closet at once.

Thanks Fug Girls! Give Intern George my love too!!!

I say: why make it better? Let's make if worse!

Swap the skirt for black formal hot pants with a cuff and give her a pair of Sasha Fierce Talon Gloves and call it a full-on FUG! Maybe toss in a headband for good measure.

I took a closer look at that fringed thing in her hand.

Look Out!

It looks like a ring or something she is holding. It is kinda sharp looking and leaning toward some kind of weapon, instead of brass knuckles, silvery knuckles.

She has that hand clinched so tight she might punch our lights out with that thing if our comments get to harsh!

Auditioning for the next Star Trek film.

This gets back to the costume vs. real life debate, doesn't it? She looks absurd in the context of real life, but for her profession and professional persona, she looks appropriately absurd. Not quite clown-like, exactly, but larger-than-life in much the same way that clown clothes can seem.

Fix the skirt to be prefectly simetrical and fitting....actually the person who said to un-metalisize the shirt and swap the shoes for Zoe Zaldana's (sp?) they were peep toe gray stilletos with some black piping with a very thick sole in the front of the foot - amazing - yes, something like that would perfect the whole thing...but i'm not sure Ri would ever wear footwear that was not woven and strapped almost all the way up her awesome legs...

I actually kind of like the outfit. . .the skirt has a great shape (though I think I'd 86 the pockets) and top is. . .well, it's very her.

My problem is with her face. She looks like she's doped up on allergy meds (I do feel you there, RiRi). Smile pretty, and I feel like the whole ensemble can be saved.

She looks like she's ready to blast of.....Or maybe she just landed. Whatever. I don't mind the boots and skirt, but the shirt and hair are bad, bad, bad.

OMG so happy to comment!

Anyways: the whole thing is bad... how about the shoes with a simple LBD? Sounds crazy, I know.

Yep, this outfit is almost cool. Lose the boots, go for patent booties or some hot but simple stilettos. Fix that pocket. Her weird geisha topknot hair is distracting, just make it smooth, girl! I like the shirt, best part of the outfit.

This IS a costume from the new Star Trek movie, right?

I agree: lose the topknot hair, trade the boots for some kickier heels, and tamp down the weird flanges on the sides of the skirt. With that it would be interesting and cute.

I like the shirt as it is. Streamline the skirt and replace the boots with some interesting heels or even sandals.

I don't know if it's the angle of her bun or the stiffness of her arms, but I'm getting a whole 'paperdoll dressed by a 4-year-old' vibe. But none of the pieces work for separately for me, either -- fuh-ug-lee, top to bottom.

That dress looks like Alien. From Alien. Look at it, seriously, the horrible inner-mouth head is about to come out and snap at you.

I love the skirt, except that it does need to be smoothed down.

Her stylist is clearly as over the Rihanna hype as the rest of us. RiHa looks like the next incarnation of Heaven's Gate--or perhaps she's auditioning for the next installment of the new Star Trek franchise? After all, that flick totally needs a righteous female captain that's always at the ready to commune with aliens (check that E.T. tuxedo top), sip bubbly at a society brunch (the "bubble" skirt is your tip-off), or pole dance (the hooch boots also double as ball-crushers). I can't even begin to process her hair. Maybe her lunch is tucked up into that bun...? Or a laser gun?

Get rid of the horrendous shoes and ring and cheer the poor girl up ( though by know we know why she wasn't at het cheeriest.. Oh dear, as someone earlier commented, at least she's wearing clothes) Apart from that it actually looks rather good!

Love the comments section being opened up!

The boots are fabulously tacky. Love them, but with something else.

Between the platform boots and the metallic shoulder pads, the outfit looks like it was inspired by a George Clinton back up singer. Yet, I feel strangely drawn to it. Also, I think the effect of the outfit is muddled by Rihanna's being on the street in the daytime. This probably looks way more fabulous in a dark club.

Yay comments! I would take the boots down a notch - shorten and make the "heel" less bulky. I would also take the sleeves off and show off her arms a bit. The skirt is just at an odd angle, unfortunately, but the color is fab.

Trash the boots. They're fug.

I love the look! I think the top is what's off about it. The skirt is really cute and the boots have an edge, but the shirt could have been a little LESS.

I feel like she could not make up her mind on this one - any one piece on a more simple, elegant outfit might have shouted "STATEMENT", but as it is it's sort of whining "MESS" to me. Fit problems abound, and it's got a lot of almost.

However, the most distracting items in this photo are the ring/finger spike things and the look on her face that telegraphs "I'm so gonna stick you full of my fist if you say ANYTHING. A-NY-THING."

For some reason, the boots look like she's wearing toe shoes to me. Argh!

I think the first thing I would dump would be the haunted look in her eyes. Dude, either you are ready to go out in public or you aren't. All the cracktastic outfits in the world don't make up for the look of extreme discomfort I keep seeing on her face.

I don't hate the skirt. Well, more to the point, I love the color. And I like the boots but not together. The whole thing is making her knees look bigger than knees need to look. So, keep the skirt, wear the boots with something else and throw on some more strappy shoes and lose the top. I hate the top. But if nothing else, she needs to smile and change out of those boots.

Is she wearing a hair beret? Everything seems to be stacking up up up like a gaudy outerspace themed playboy mansion birthday cake. And its much too matchy matchy.

Plus we have already seen the futuristic dominatrix look...and we know as well as she does that sadly she may not be as unbreakable as she appears. maybe its time for a new and improved Chris-Brown-less Rihanna. like a less predictable mustard yellow native american inspired top or something...anything!

First of all: Yay! Comments! This just made my day.

As for RiRi, I actually kind of like the boots. They'd probably look ridiculous on anyone else but she can pull them off. While the skirt has definite problems, I can't get past the shirt. There is just way too much going on there and none of it's flattering. A different top might not completely save the look but it would go a long way.

I, like several other commenters, take issue with the boots. MAJOR issue. I think they kill the whole thing (which I LOVE, by the way). But the ties and the knee-high-ness...it's just too much. Far too much. A simpler black boot, or even a bootie (which I could normally never condone) might have been better.

Nothing about this outfit is salvageable. The top and boots are overdone and that skirt makes it look like her thighs are pregnant.

I actually like the boots and skirt (on her... I can't imagine rocking it at the next PTA mtg) but that top is too clown/alien/prariesque for even Rhianna to pull off.

She looks like she's trapped in a computer in a futuristic 80's movie with a Prince soundtrack.

Hello, people, it's a self-tanning bib - so her face catches the rays that otherwise would be aimed at her chest! Genius! And supplemented by the self-tanning silver poofy sleeves - they direct the sunlight to her neck, I guess. Hmmm.

the top is waaaaaaaay too busy. kill the sleeves and either the fussy front detail or the wacky collar.

I would be okay with the skirt if it wasn't cut like a diaper. :|

I'd take off the sleeves and the rouching (sp?) of the shirt, make it more fitted with darts on the sides perhaps and make the skirt a-line and leave the boots to give it a sort of sweet yet rocker edge.