Rihanna’s fashion evolution

Singer Rihanna will be the latest face of Dior, making her the first-ever black ambassador of the luxury designer brand. She is pictured in a pale pink quilted silk Dior dress.  (Bryan Bedder / Getty Images)

Rihanna wears sneakers from the January Chanel haute couture collection to the Chanel show at the 2015 Paris Fashion Week.  (Francois Guillot / AFP / Getty Images)

Rihanna stands out from the crowd in a fur and leather coat at the Miu Miu show at the 2015 Paris Fashion Week.  (Pierre Suu / Getty Images)

Rihanna rocks a pink, poofy Giambattista Valli Empire gown at the 2015 Grammy Awards.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Rihanna wears a beige satin Ulyana Sergeenko bodysuit with a pastel pink robe dress at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards.  (Christopher Polk / Getty Images for MTV)

Rihanna wears an Azzedine Alaia dress, Neil Lane jewelry and Manolo Blahnik shoes at the 2013 Grammy Awards.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Rihanna in a black Armani dress at the 2012 Grammy Awards.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Rihanna in Elie Saab at the 2010 American Music Awards.  (Chris Pizzello / Associated Press)

Rihanna wears an open-back crepe gown by Elie Saab on the red carpet at the 2010 Grammy Awards.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Rihanna wears an edgy Viktor & Rolf dress at Clive Davis’ Annual Pre-Grammy Gala in 2010.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Rihanna in a sheer Jean Paul Gaultier dress at the 2011 Grammy Awards.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Rihanna performs in a feathery corset dress at the 2008 Grammy Awards.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Rihanna wears a blue, feather-trimmed Zac Posen dress at the 2008 Grammy Awards.  (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)