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Rihanna has slain this whole pregnancy thing from the get-go, showing up with her baby bump with all the glam that we have come to expect from her.

But her latest Vogue maternity shoot and cover shot is the be-all and end-all.

The 34-year-old singer, actress, entrepreneur, and recent Forbes list billionaire said she refused to wear maternity clothes for the shoot, showing up instead in an Alaïa-designed red lace bodysuit and gloves that completely celebrates her oversized belly.

Applause is granted:

 

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Rihanna has graced the cover of American Vogue before, in 2011, when she also wore Marc Jacobs, Manolo Blahnik heels, Rick Owens, Jean-Paul Gaultier, and Savage X Fenty, of course, reported USA Today.

Check out the behind-the-scenes of the latest shoot:

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And now, it is time for Rihanna to dish on her relationship with the baby’s father, A$AP Rocky:

While the 34-year-old superstar is a known fashion icon, Rihanna told Vogue that her and boyfriend A$AP Rocky are equally yoked in the style arena, describing their style as “iron sharpening iron,” she told the magazine, before adding he was first banished to the “friend zone.”

“People don’t get out of the friend zone very easily with me,” she said in the cover story published Tuesday. “And I certainly took a while to get over how much I know him and how much he knows me, because we also know how much trouble we can land each other in.”

It was during quarantine in 2020 that RiRi and the rapper become more like “family”, road tripping together from Los Angeles to New York:

“I cooked our food on this little janky grill I bought from Walmart,” Rihanna said. “I love the simple things but also the grand adventures … I just feel like I can do any part of life by his side.”

The mother-to-be announced the news at the beginning of this year, belly shining bright like a diamond:

 

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For the fans, there’s the tease of a new record, too:

 

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Oh baby, indeed.

[sources:usatoday&vogue]