September’s Glamour cover star is 23-year-old music phenomenon and Facebook megastar, Rihanna. She shares her story from her legendary abuse saga with Chris Brown to reinventing herself with self-revealing albums and dramatic fashion choices. In this candid interview, Rihanna reveals to Glamour, “My whole life changed a couple years ago. That’s when I decided to let my guard down completely. There’s freedom in honesty. If you just face it today, tomorrow you can move on to something else”.
Be sure to check out Glamour’s September Issue Facebook Tab for extra photos from Rihanna’s cover shoot that you can’t see anywhere else. Rihanna answers her Facebook fans’ burning questions in an exclusive video: http://glmr.me/jTt3Tw
Glamour’s September issue is available on newsstands and digitally (iPad and Barnes & Noble Nook Color) nationwide on August 9, 2011.
Photographed by Ellen von Unwerth in Los Angeles, Rihanna appears on Glamour’s September cover wearing a classic tuxedo style in a Dolce & Gabbana top and pants and her own jewelry. Inside the issue, Rihanna wears a turquoise Marc Jacobs dress, Stephen Russell crystal and pearl bracelets, Christian Louboutin shoes and her own bangles; a black and teal lace Vionnet dress, Wacoal briefs, Christian Louboutin shoes and her own bangles and a glamorous Yves Saint Laurent white coat and black jumpsuit, Tom Ford clutch, Stephen Russell crystal and diamond bracelet and a Gucci belt.
Check out what Rihanna shared with Glamour:
On hating drama…and perfection: “I hate drama. But at the same time, nothing bothers me more than when life’s perfect. And that’s the sick part. I just love a challenge, whether it’s a relationship, my career, clothing…”
On her attention getting sense of style: “Getting dressed, I want to pick the most bizarre pair of shorts so I can figure out how to make it look right, or work an outfit that will make people go, “What the hell is she wearing?”
On dealing with how messy life can get: “I think honesty is the ultimate liberation in life. People want to shy away from the truth and keep sweeping it under the rug. But after a while, you pick up the rug and there’s just way too much dirt, so you might as well just be up front about it.”
On being a role model for young girls:
“I want to set the right example and, at the same time, live my life….I feel like pop stars can’t be rock stars anymore because they have to be role models, and it takes the fun out of it for us, because we just want to have fun with art.”
On liking dominant guys in the bedroom: “I play a very dominant role in my life, in every aspect of it. And I like to feel like a lady still, at some point. I feel like that’s the time when a guy really gets to be a man, and I get to be a woman. And if I’m being a man in the bedroom too, there’s nothing really in it for me.”
On her friendship with Katy Perry: “All my friends are guys, to be completely honest. But when I met her, it was such a breath of fresh air. I just couldn’t believe this chick had no edit button….Katy and Lady Gaga came out of the gate exactly the way they think, the way they wanna dress, the way they wanna speak.”
AFGG wishes to thank Glamour Magazine for this piece.
