Rihanna is on the cover and pages of the new August issue of InStyle magazine coming out today.

Can you talk about your style obsessions and how your look has evolved over the years?
“It has evolved without my even noticing it. Lately I’m obsessed with Thierry Mugler… Grace Jones inspires me. She is the most iconic woman ever, in my eyes. She has extraordinary style and she’s fearless. I love designer Martin Margiela; Kanye West told me about him. I also like Dsquared, Chloe, Zac Posen…”
But you weren’t always a fashion maven? Growing up in Barbados, you were a tomboy.
“I wore my brother’s clothes, dresses with sneakers, or no shoes at all. I would always get into trouble with my mom. She would say things to scare me like, ‘You’re going to get cut!’ But I couldn’t help it. I would climb trees, steal mangoes, catch birds–silly things that were fun to us at the time. My cousin and I were the only girls in the group. We would have to stand up for ourselves because the guys didn’t want us around.”
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