Rihanna - Fashion Icon of the Year

Best of Rihanna - Rihanna is the ultimate style icon. The girl knows fashion, but she never looks like she's trying too hard. That's why we're honoring her as 2008's Fashion Icon of the Year.

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Best of Rihanna - Rihanna is the ultimate style icon. The girl knows fashion, but she never looks like she's trying too hard. That's why we're honoring her as 2008's Fashion Icon of the Year.

Best of Rihanna - It wasn't that [my management or the label] told me what to do. It was more of what I couldn't do ... all kinds of stupid things. Being 'Rihanna' wasn't natural. So I rebelled. I'm doing me.

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Best of Rihanna - It wasn't that [my management or the label] told me what to do. It was more of what I couldn't do ... all kinds of stupid things. Being 'Rihanna' wasn't natural. So I rebelled. I'm doing me.

Best of Rihanna - I like my body and I work out as hard as I can to make it as perfect as possible. But at the end of the day there's always people who criticize your weight, your hairstyle and what you're wearing. I just get on with it.

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Best of Rihanna - I like my body and I work out as hard as I can to make it as perfect as possible. But at the end of the day there's always people who criticize your weight, your hairstyle and what you're wearing. I just get on with it.

Rihanna - We work on the arms. I don't want manly, muscular arms. We work out my butt because I love my butt. [But] my legs are my main focus. I'm obsessed.

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Best of Rihanna - When I was growing up in Barbados, I actually learned about fashion from reading magazines and tearing out stuff that I thought was hot.

Best of Rihanna - Growing up, I wore my brother’s clothes, dresses with sneakers, or no shoes at all ... I own over 100 pairs of shoes now.

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Best of Rihanna - Growing up, I wore my brother’s clothes, dresses with sneakers, or no shoes at all ... I own over 100 pairs of shoes now.

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Best of Rihanna - I love playing with fashion. I'm very spontaneous.

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Best of Rihanna - I love playing with fashion. I'm very spontaneous.

Best of Rihanna - My style is never the same. I like to switch it up, to take risks and be extremely edgy.

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Best of Rihanna - My style is never the same. I like to switch it up, to take risks and be extremely edgy.

Best of Rihanna - I love H&M! They really have great stuff. It's not just flashy or something you'd wear for a short time - it's funky and fashion-forward.

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Best of Rihanna - I love H&M! They really have great stuff. It's not just flashy or something you'd wear for a short time - it's funky and fashion-forward.

Best of Rihanna - I love lingerie. I love buying it and making it. I like to be creative.

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Best of Rihanna - I love lingerie. I love buying it and making it. I like to be creative.

Best of Rihanna - I think people are always looking for something that's new, something fresh, something different.

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Best of Rihanna - I think people are always looking for something that's new, something fresh, something different.

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Best of Rihanna - I love vintage stores or whatever has cool stuff that I haven't really seen.

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Best of Rihanna - I love vintage stores or whatever has cool stuff that I haven't really seen.

Best of Rihanna - I don't like to follow trends. I set them.

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Best of Rihanna - I don't like to follow trends. I set them.

Best of Rihanna - I want to give people a taste of the Caribbean, and show them the fun side of me.

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Best of Rihanna - I want to give people a taste of the Caribbean, and show them the fun side of me.

Best of Rihanna - The best outfits from me come from not thinking about it.

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Best of Rihanna - The best outfits from me come from not thinking about it.

Best of Rihanna - I love to play to both sides of my personality – the girlie and the tough. That’s what makes my style different.

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Best of Rihanna - I love to play to both sides of my personality – the girlie and the tough. That’s what makes my style different.

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Best of Rihanna - I was a tomboy the majority of my life back in Barbados. I'm still a little tomboyish.

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Best of Rihanna - I was a tomboy the majority of my life back in Barbados. I'm still a little tomboyish.

Best of Rihanna - I never wear the same kind of thing twice. But strapless dresses would probably be what I've worn on the red carpet the most. They're very flattering because they show off your shoulders and give your boobs a nice lift.

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Best of Rihanna - I never wear the same kind of thing twice. But strapless dresses would probably be what I've worn on the red carpet the most. They're very flattering because they show off your shoulders and give your boobs a nice lift.

Best of Rihanna - It's more fun getting ready than actually being at the party.

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Best of Rihanna - It's more fun getting ready than actually being at the party.

Best of Rihanna - Rihanna said her favorite fashion designers are Zac Posen and Dsquared.

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Best of Rihanna - Rihanna said her favorite fashion designers are Zac Posen and Dsquared.

Best of Rihanna - I have done a lot of photo shoots for magazines but it’s always great to be shot for a cover because you know that you are looked at as a fashion icon.

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Best of Rihanna - I have done a lot of photo shoots for magazines but it’s always great to be shot for a cover because you know that you are looked at as a fashion icon.

Best of Rihanna - It's every girl's dream to be a cover girl!

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Best of Rihanna - It's every girl's dream to be a cover girl!