Rihanna shares the one thing that helped her with her personal ‘rediscovery’ after having children

Rihanna didn’t have to find love in a hopeless place; instead, she found it in her own closet after adjusting to motherhood.

Speaking to BBC News at the Wednesday launch party of her collaboration with Puma in London, the singer explained how she went through somewhat of a fashion metamorphosis following the birth of her two young sons, RZA and Riot.

“With the first pregnancy, I felt like I could wear heels for the entire pregnancy,” she recalls.

“But with the second pregnancy you have a toddler, a belly, it’s winter, you have a coat, a baby bag. You’re like, heels? Hmm, maybe not. That’s why I’ve become a bit more creative with my comfortable style.”

The Fenty Beauty mogul shared her feelings about feeling “too comfortable” during her second pregnancy with Riot.

“And then I felt too comfortable after I had my second child and I was just wearing a robe, pajamas and sweats. And now I’m playing again. Now I have fun with my clothes,” she said.

Rihanna and her partner, A$AP Rocky, welcomed their first son, RZAin May 2022. The crooner “Diamonds” gave birth to Revolt in August 2023.

She said returning to her fashionista vibes in public has given her “a rediscovery.”

Now that she’s mastered motherhood, she says, she can “give myself that space mentally to approach my closet and create things.”

“After a while, when you have kids, you think (fashion) is the dumbest thing… it’s really the least important thing,” Rihanna explained. “But it does something for you as a woman, and as a mother that is important to us.”

Rihanna notably broke the internet with her stylish belly-bearing maternity ensembles, so it’s completely on-brand that she explained to BBC News why she “refused to buy maternity clothes.”

“I approached it like everything else I approach in fashion,” she said. “I just want to do things my way. I just always want to stitch it together and put my own spin on it.”

“But I just refused to buy maternity clothes, really. I was like, whatever fits will work. And that made me challenge myself to be smart about style,” the singer added.