By Alley Olivier on February 18, 2014
Rihanna Vogue Cover March 2014

Rihanna is a style icon that has pushed the fashion envelope in more ways than one. With her hair a constant changing canvas, Vogue magazine’s Plum Sykes spent a day with the bad gyal in hopes of achieving “The Rihanna Effect.”
The fashion forward cover star kept her hair relatively simple as she adorned an all black, pixied cut bringing her features to the forefront. At the beginning of their meeting, RiRi clues the Vogue writer on her hair secret.
“It’s not my hair, but the girl who donated it, she’s the bomb,” she says before showing her natural hair braided underneath the net. “I have two main hair people I work with.
They’re always with me. I’m like, ‘I’m bored! I wanna change my hair!’ That’s the good thing about a weave. You can do whatever with it.”
Click through for images of Rihanna’s photoshoot and head to Vogue for the full story.

Calvin Klein Collection dress and sandals. Ann Demeulemeester necklace. In this story: Hair: Yusef Williams Makeup: Diane Kendal for Marc Jacobs Beauty 
The Bajan songstress in a Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci draped jersey top, sequined trousers, and embellished sandals. 
Maison Martin Margiela. 
Channeling old Hollywood glamour in a Versace silver mesh draped dress with black skirt. Lynn Ban coil rings. 
The singer shows off her henna-style hand tattoos. Miu Miu embellished silk dress. Repossi multipiercing earring with diamonds. 
Working the hair waves in a Tom Ford double-breasted wool jacket, pants, and leather belt. Vhernier (on left) and Repossi rings. 
Alexander McQueen crocodile bra top, laser-cut leather skirt, gold cloche hat, cuffs, choker, and harness. 
Rodarte plaid silk shirt, bra, leopard brocade skirt, hat, padlock chain necklace, studded suspenders, and belt. 
“You can do anything with a great jacket, the bigger the better,” says Rihanna. Alexander Wang jacket with contrast topstitching and matching shorts. 
“I never wanted to be famous,” says Rihanna. “I just wanted my music to be heard all over the world.” Saint Laurent by Hedi Slimane sequined one-shoulder top. Far left: Cécile zu Hohenlohe ring. Fashion Editor: Tonne Goodman
Photographed by David Sims, Vogue, March 2014