Don't get it twisted: Rihanna has long been Team Leggings-as-Pants. Luckily, it's a big Spring 2026 trend, and her latest outfit pairs the divisive bottoms with the season's winning It shoes.
On April 6, Rihanna was photographed in Paris without the Dior Saddle bag she carried a few days earlier. Instead, she perused the shelves at Jimmy Choo in an all-black leggings look, alongside an oversize hoodie, an equally-XL coin purse, and an Acne Studios leather bomber jacket you might recognize from a March date night with A$AP Rocky. (Her leggings look like a re-wear, too, with the same slashed split-hems as her Jan. 20 outfit.) She finished it off with the shoe of the moment: a pair of high-vamp flats.
Marking her first stiletto-less leggings 'fit in a minute, Rihanna slipped on patent-leather black flats reminiscent of The Row ones Kendall Jenner wore on Feb. 6. The only difference? The Grammy winner's It shoes featured monochrome bows beneath each loafer-looking vamp, similar to pirouette-proof slippers worn by actual ballerinas.
Rihanna has been holding down the ballet sneaker fort as Jenner, Zoë Kravitz, and Hailey Bieber twirled high-vamp flats to It shoe status. Now it seems she's ready to put her stamp on the trend. Plus, ballerinas just look better in Paris, n'est-ce pas?
