{"id":4266,"date":"2024-04-19T21:20:15","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T21:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=4266"},"modified":"2024-04-19T21:20:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T21:20:15","slug":"rihanna-i-refused-to-buy-maternity-clothes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=4266","title":{"rendered":"Rihanna: \u2018I refused to buy maternity clothes\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rihanna has told the BBC she has enjoyed rewriting the rules for fashion as a mum, saying she \u201crefused to buy maternity clothes\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI approached it like everything I do with fashion,\u201d she said. \u201cI just want to do things my way and always switch it up and put my own twist on it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was like, whatever fits is going to work, and that made me challenge myself to get clever with style,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

She was speaking at the launch party of her latest collaboration with Puma.<\/p>\n

The multi-Grammy Award winner has two sons with rapper A$AP Rocky \u2013 RZA Athelaston Mayers, born in 2022, and Riot Rose Mayers, born in 2023.<\/p>\n

(Getty Images) Rihanna, pictured while pregnant with her first child in 2022<\/p>\n

Asked about her style in the last couple of years, she said: \u201cWith the first pregnancy I was able to wear heels all the way through, but with the second one, I had a toddler, a belly, it was winter and I had a baby bag, so I was like, \u2018Heels? Maybe not\u2019. So that\u2019s why I got creative with my style.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen I got too comfortable after I had my second kid and I was in robes, pyjamas and sweats. Now I\u2019m playing [live] again and enjoying my clothes.\u201d<\/p>\n

The singer added that only in recent weeks has she had \u201ca rediscovery\u201d of herself, after focusing on raising two children under two.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing able to allow myself mentally to have that space to approach my closet and create stuff \u2013 after you have kids, it does something for you as a woman and as a mum, and that\u2019s really important,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She has been praised for changing the narrative around maternity style, with Vanessa Friedman\u00a0writing in The New York Times<\/a>\u00a0that she \u201chas a history of consciously using her own physicality and profile to force reconsideration of old prejudices and social conventions about female agency and beauty\u201d.<\/p>\n

Many of her looks, both during and post pregnancy, have given a nod to high fashion, but have been described in Glamour as \u201caccessible\u201d due to the use of everyday outfits.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is pushing the concept of what a pregnancy wardrobe can include,\u201d The Bump\u2019s Ashlee Neuman\u00a0told the Guardian<\/a>\u00a0in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cUp until now, crop tops, low rise jeans and sheer fabrics haven\u2019t been a mainstay of maternity wear.\u201d<\/p>\n

(Getty Images) Rihanna has been praised for rewriting the maternity style rules<\/p>\n

Others, including Refinery 29\u2019s Venesa Coger, have said Rihanna has made \u201cit OK to still enjoy the fashion styles you loved wearing prior to becoming pregnant\u201d.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old star has stepped away from music in recent years, last releasing an album in 2016.<\/p>\n

It hasn\u2019t stopped her from becoming a self-made billionaire, and she is estimated to be worth $1.4bn (\u00a31.12bn),\u00a0according to Forbes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Her income has mostly come from her make-up and skincare brand Fenty Beauty and lingerie brand Savage x Fenty.<\/p>\n

She has appeared on a few tracks in recent years,\u00a0including Lift Me Up in 2022<\/a>, the lead single for the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Soundtrack.<\/p>\n

Her 2023 Super Bowl half-time show marked her first live performance in over five years, seen by more than 121 million viewers, making it the event\u2019s most-watched half-time show in history.<\/p>

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