Rihannaturned heads when she arrived at the Alaïa Spring 2025 show last Friday (September 6).

TheLove on the Brainsinger channeled a 1990s look from the late Tunisian designer Azzedine Alaïa. The custom outfit featured a shortcorset dresstopped with acrystal mesh coatthat draped off of her shoulders and trailed behind her.

She styled her hair in thick curls and wore delicate pearl drop earrings, a large diamond ring, and several bracelets.

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Rihanna wore a custom Alaïa crystal mesh coat over a corset dress for her first New York Fashion Week show in a decade

“Expensive Mosquito Net”: Rihanna’s Mesh Dress At New York Fashion Week Sparks Funny Comparisons

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The event at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum marked the 36-year-old star’s first seated show appearance atNew York Fashion Weekin a decade.

The singer paired the look with pearl drop earrings, several bracelets, and crystal-trimmed heels

“Expensive Mosquito Net”: Rihanna’s Mesh Dress At New York Fashion Week Sparks Funny Comparisons

The Barbadian singer’s mesh outfit was not every fashionista’s cup of tea, as it drewcomparisonsto shower curtains and an unmade bed.GoFugYourselfeven described the sheer look as an “expensive mosquito net.”

If you’re wondering when she’ll release a new album, you won’t be able to mark your calendar just yet.

According toThe Sun, Rihanna’s ninth album is  “on the cusp of being released.” She’s allegedly “in talks for a huge world tour throughout 2025,” which would include a headlining show at the English music festival Glastonbury.

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Many people were not a fan of her dress, describing it as a “mosquito net” or an “unmade bed”

“Expensive Mosquito Net”: Rihanna’s Mesh Dress At New York Fashion Week Sparks Funny Comparisons

This video of Rihanna serving the camera even in an off guard, last looks moment? She’s really everything!🔥🔥

It’s the Guy saying “Guys, let her pls…”pic.twitter.com/9mm0l4Fdli

— LEGENDARY LADE! 🇳🇬 (@LegendaryLade)September 8, 2024

“Historically, she releases her albums in the last few months of the year, but the slow pace of vinyl production means the release date will likely be later than she would have liked,” a source told the tabloid newspaper.

“Either way, 2025 is set to be her year with a giant tour in the works.”

Her last album,Anti, was released in 2016. Since then, she has been focusing on her cosmetics and lingerie brands, Fenty Beauty and Savage X Fenty. She has also become a mother of two sons, RZA and Riot Rose, whom she shares with her boyfriend, rapper ASAP Rocky.

“She looks so uncomfortable wearing it,” one user wrote

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