Three guesses as to who unzipped the sheer-gown trend.
Not Beyonce. Not Jennifer Lopez. But Rihanna, when she was named the year's fashion icon at the 2014 CFDA awards. Her barely-there Swarovski crystal-embellished Adam Selman frock crashed the Internet and left fashion watchers both shocked and impressed in equal measure.
"When Rihanna came that year, we had no idea what she would wear. We still get clips from that night. That whole nude look started there with Rihanna. That was pretty powerful," says Steven Kolb, president and CEO of the CFDA. (Watch our interview with 1991 womenswear designer of the year winner Isaac Mizrahi above)
From Nora Bayes . . . to Rihanna: Behold the Top Pop Stars of the Past 103 Years
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Every decade has its pre-eminent pop star (or two) who reigns supreme, her every outfit imitated across the land, her every move tracked carefully by the populace. She sets the cultural tenor and, often, breaks new artistic, stylistic, or societal ground. In this video journey, we take a look back at the past century of pop stars, beginning with 1910s vaudeville star Nora Bayes and 1920s icon Josephine Baker, and working our way through to Britney, Beyoncé, and Rihanna.
I would so pay to see that
