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Shine Bright Like Rihanna: 30 Times Her Diamonds Turned Heads
By Hannah Militano, Updated July 16, 2025
From red carpets to the Super Bowl stage, the multi-hyphenate superstar has delivered unforgettable diamond looks that prove she doesn’t just sing about shining bright—she lives it.
Rihanna and A$AP Rocky at the red carpet during the global premiere of the movie Smurfs on June 28, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. (Getty Images)
When Rihanna burst onto the scene in 2005 with her infectious debut single “Pon de Replay,” few could have foreseen the meteoric rise that lay ahead. Hailing from Barbados, the pop phenom swiftly cemented her place in music history, evolving into a full-fledged cultural force. Today, she’s the ultimate multi-hyphenate—singer, actress, designer, and founder of the billion-dollar Fenty Beauty empire—effortlessly redefining what it means to be an icon.
Meet the Author
- Hannah Militano covers diamond jewelry trends, the fashion industry, pop culture, and celebrity news.
- She holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Fashion Institute of Technology.
- As a journalist, her work has been featured in publications such as Editorialist, Carine Roitfeld’s CR Fashion Book, L’Officiel USA, Grazia USA, Coveteur, and more.
As her artistry and business ventures have expanded, so too has her unmistakable style. Bold yet refined, RiRi’s fashion evolution has been punctuated by an affinity for natural diamonds—flashing brilliance at every turn while maintaining her signature edge and femininity.
It’s only fitting that one of her most celebrated tracks, 2012’s “Diamonds,” speaks directly to this enduring love affair. And while she has delivered no shortage of dazzling diamond moments throughout her career, we’re spotlighting her most unforgettable jewelry looks from the past decade.
Below, we look back at the natural diamond ensembles that continue to define her dazzling legacy.
Rihanna Wore FD Gallery Diamond Drop Earrings to the 2025 Smurfs Premiere
Rihanna attended the LA premiere of Smurfs, looking as stylish as ever alongside her two young sons, 3-year-old RZA, and almost-2-year-old Riot Rose. The children wore Dior Men, just two weeks after the “Diamonds” singer and Riot attended creative director Jonathan Anderson’s debut at the fashion house.
Featured on the soundtrack and the voice of Smurfette in the upcoming film, Rihanna is currently pregnant with her third child with partner A$AP Rocky. Known for her exemplary maternity fashion, the superstar styled her bump in a chocolate brown custom Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello ensemble from the Fall/Winter 2025 collection, teamed with a matching oversized leather bomber jacket.
She wore the massive David Webb amber and diamond Pistil cocktail ring, and a cluster Chopard ring from the Magical Setting Collection in 18k rose gold, set with 9.87 carats of diamonds. On her wrist, Rihanna adorned a Chopard watch from the L’Heure du Diamant Collection with 5.19 carats of diamonds
Complimenting her messy updo, Rihanna completed her look with diamond drop earrings from FD Gallery. The hook-backed baubles featured Old European cut diamonds, weighing 7.36 carats. Styled by Jahleel Weaver, the Grammy-winner doubled up her diamonds with a second pair of drop earrings from Jacob & Co. From the high jewelry collection, the Fancy Intense yellow diamond cushion drop earrings weigh in at 5.25 carats each, set with 0.22 carats of pavé white diamonds.
Rihanna Wore MARLI New York Jewels to the 2025 Smurfs Premiere
At the world premiere of The Smurfs in Brussels, Rihanna cradled her baby bump in a baby blue custom Chanel frock and MARLI New York jewelry. The star picked pieces from the High Style Collection, entitled “A New York Affair.” She wore oversized, floral Darli earrings, paired with the Cleo cuff earring, the Darli and Avenues rings.
Rihanna Wore Joseph Saidian & Sons Diamond Brooches during Paris Fashion Week
The fashion icon stepped out during Paris Fashion Week to sit front row at A$AP Rocky’s sophomore runway show for his brand AWGE at the Temple de l’Etoile. The pregnant superstar carried her one-year-old son Riot on her hip and wore an open striped button-up shirt with Art Deco diamond double-clip brooches pinned to her collar, from Joseph Saidian & Sons Jewelry. Styled by Jahleel Weaver, she added layers of gemstone necklaces and a dangling locket to her jewelry repertoire.
Rihanna Wore a Marlo Laz Diamond Artemis Cameo Necklace to the Dior Fashion Show
Rihanna Wore Boucheron Diamonds to the 2025 Cannes Film Festival
RiRi attended the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, with a big and adventurous with diamond earring stack. She teamed her cerulean cutout Alaïa gown with Boucheron’s diamond leaf Rosier pendant earrings that stretch from the lobe to the top of her ear, from the Maison’s Histoire de Style, Untamed Nature High Jewelry collection.
Rihanna Wore Messika Diamonds to the 2025 Met Gala Afterparty
For the 2025 Met Gala afterparty, she stepped out in a black Ann Demeulemeester ensemble, baring her baby bump. She completed the look with a Messika Precious Flow High Jewelry necklace, diamond cocktail ring, and a diamond earscape.
Rihanna Wore Vintage Diamond Jewels at the 2025 Met Gala
On the heels of announcing her third pregnancy with A$AP Rocky, Rihanna walked up the Met steps at the Met Gala in a Marc Jacobs suited ensemble. The superstar wore a diamond Cartier brooch pinned to her cropped black blazer, a set of 24.5-carat Art Deco Bulgari double diamond brooches clipped to her collar from FD Gallery, and a strand of natural diamonds under her polka dot tie. She completed the ensemble with diamond stud earrings and an assortment of rings, including a vintage cabochon sapphire and diamond ring from Joseph Saidian & Sons.
Rihanna Sported an Assortment of Brooches Before the 2025 Met Gala
Ahead of the 2025 Met Gala, the star exposed her pregnancy in the streets of New York City. The star hid from the rain under an umbrella outside the Carlyle Hotel, wearing a light grey Miu Miu sweater set that revealed her bump, diamond stud earrings, and a Messika Precious Flow High Jewelry necklace and ring. She carried a brown fur stole with an array of natural diamond brooches attached, from Joseph Saidian and Sons Jewelry, Lang Antiques, and an antique Victorian “En Tremblant” diamond brooch from Briony Raymond.
Rihanna Wore a Diamond Watch Choker for Pharrell Williams’ Debut Louis Vuitton Fashion Show
Rihanna made a diamond-studded splash at Pharrell Williams’ debut fashion show for Louis Vuitton. She attended the 2024 Menswear Collection runway presentation in Paris, wearing a bold custom Jacob & Co. watch choker. The masterful jewel featured a 47-mm white gold case, invisibly set with 352 baguette-cut white natural diamonds totaling 29.57 carats. The stunner also showcased a flying tourbillon.
Rihanna Wore Hassanzadeh Jewelry at during Paris Fashion Week 2024
Rihanna attended the Christian Dior Spring/Summer 2024 runway show during Paris Fashion Week, wearing an incredible 70-carat natural diamond lariat necklace from Hassanzadeh Jewelry featuring a 14-carat round-cut diamond drop and an 8-carat pear-shaped accent diamond. She paired the necklace with diamond crawler-style earrings.
Rihanna Wore Belperron & Bulgari Jewels at the 2023 Met Gala
Pregnant with her second child Riot Rose, she attended the 2023 Met Gala in a dramatic custom white Maison Valentino gown with Belperron floral earrings and a Verdura cuff bracelet, layering pearl and diamond necklaces from Belperron and Bulgari.
Rihanna Loaded Up on Diamonds During Her 2023 Super Bowl Halftime Performance
Rihanna brought her superstar presence and signature rock star style to the 2023 Super Bowl matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs. The mogul performed her greatest hits in a fire engine red Loewe and Alaïa ensemble, Messika natural diamond ear cuffs and earrings, a ruby and diamond ring from Bayco, the Brilliant Northern Lights watch by Jacob & Co. and three vintage diamond brooches from Joseph Saidian & Sons, while also using the moment to announce that she’s pregnant with her second child.
Rihanna Wore Cartier High Jewelry at the 2023 Golden Globes
Rihanna and partner A$AP Rocky made the 2023 Golden Globes parents-night-out! You could spot her new-mom-glow from across the room, especially in her Schiaparelli gown, a pear diamond stud from REZA, diamond Cartier High Jewelry earrings and a Cartier Sixième Sens High Jewelry necklace.
Rihanna Wore REZA Jewels at the 2022 Wakanda Forever Premiere
The star surprised us all when she walked the carpet at the Wakanda Forever premiere to celebrate the film—and her new single “Lift Me Up” from the movie’s soundtrack—in REZA’s Ruban Earrings. The darkened gold climber earrings with 116 round diamonds totaling 9.74 carats were a stand-out and looked perfect with the additional diamond earrings from Neil Lane and Maria Tash.
Rihanna Wore a Messika Belly Chain for a 2022 Fenty Beauty Event at Ulta
The pop icon and beauty mogul changed the look of maternity fashion forever during her pregnancy in 2022, staying true to her trademark glamorous and edgy style while she was expecting. During a Fenty Beauty event at Ulta Beauty in Los Angeles, she accented her beautiful bump with a custom Messika High Jewelry diamond belly chain in an “ode to femininity and motherhood” according to the maison. Her look also included diamond earrings from Repossi, a bracelet from David Webb, and a cuff from Hammerman Jewels.
Rihanna Wore Bulgari Jewelry at the 2021 Met Gala
Who can make an oversized coat, beanie and diamonds impossibly chic? Rihanna. For the 2021 Met Gala, the icon did just that in a Balenciaga by Demna Gvasalia ensemble and more than 267-carats Bulgari High Jewelry diamonds.
Rihanna Wore David Webb Jewelry to her 2019 Rihanna Book Release
The launch of Rihanna’s eponymous coffee table book saw the beauty in a slew of natural diamond, black enamel and yellow gold David Webb jewels. The look featuring Webb’s Cosmos Earrings, Tire Ring, Leopard Ring and an assortment of stacked bracelets was worth more than $300,000.
Rihanna Wore XIV Karats Diamonds at the 2018 Coachella
It’s criminal that RiRi has yet to be a headline performer at Coachella, and while she has never had her on set at the music festival (despite being a surprise guest with Calvin Harris) she has certainly blessed the desert with memorable looks. One of our favorites? The brown Y/Project outfit is complete with slouchy boots and endless diamond jewelry from XIV Karats including a diamond Cuban link necklace, gold and diamond bracelets and cameo rings. The look also includes jewelry from Neil Lane and David Webb.
Rihanna Wore Chopard Jewelry at the 2018 Diamond Ball
For the 4th annual Diamond Ball, she wore more than 100 carats of diamonds from Chopard’s Garden of Kalahari Collection including earrings, a 20-carat D-flawless cushion-cut diamond ring and a diamond watch.
Rihanna Wore Vintage Cartier at the 2018 Met Gala
The 2018 Met Gala saw a new bishop in town. RiRi celebrated the opening of the ecclesiastical exhibit, “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination,” dressed perfectly on-theme, as usual. The beauty mogul stepped out in a Pope-inspired Maison Margiela ensemble designed by John Galliano, beaded papal mitre and all.
She completed her look with a antique old mine diamond rivière necklace from Kentshire and a vintage Cartier crucifix, first created in 1934. Cartier London reintroduced the piece in 1949. The original design featured gold, silver, natural diamonds, opal, pearls, rubies, sapphires, and topaz. She layered the necklace with an antique old mine diamond rivière necklace from Kentshire and completed her look with diamond anklets from XIV Karats. Heavenly.
Rihanna Wore Chopard Jewelry at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival
All eyes were on the star at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival when she walked the red carpet in a theatrical white Christian Dior gown, with ginormous jeweled rings including a pear-shaped diamond, diamond and emerald earrings and most importantly, a diamond floral bracelet that wrapped around her wrist. The arm-candy stemmed from her “Rihanna Loves Chopard” Haute Joaillerie collaboration, co-designed with Chopard Co-President Caroline Scheufele.
Rihanna Wore Chopard Jewelry at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival
Chopard and RiRi go way back. The singer has turned to Chopard countless times for many of her headline-making red carpet looks, and she even collaborated with the brand on the Rihanna Loves Chopard Haute Joaillerie collection in 2017. To celebrate the collection, she attended a dinner in her honor held during the Cannes Film Festival, all while dripping in Rihanna X Chopard diamonds.
Rihanna Wore Chopard Diamonds at the 2017 Diamond Ball
Two diamond necklaces were better than one during the 3rd Annual Diamond Ball benefiting her charity (Clara Lionel Foundation), where the star stacked two Chopard diamond collars atop her black Ralph & Russo Couture gown. She finished the jewelry look with a diamond bracelet and rings.
Rihanna Wore Chopard Jewels at the 2017 Met Gala
RiRi arrived at the 2017 Met Gala dressed to impress. The songstress stayed on theme in a vibrant and fluttering Comme des Garçons ensemble by designer Rei Kawakubo. Celebrating the Costume Institute’s exhibition “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between,” Rihanna sported jewels from the “Rihanna Loves Chopard” High Jewelry capsule collection she co-designed with the luxury jewelry house. The Grammy-winner wore floral tourmaline, sapphire, rubellite earrings, which included 27.78 carats of black diamond beads and 1.33 carats of black diamonds. She also adorned a floral lace watch with 31.76 carats of natural diamonds. She packed on an assortment of diamond rings, by Le Vian and Dvani.
Rihanna Wore Yeprem Diamond Earrings at the 2016 MTV VMAs
It was most appropriate that she wore dazzling natural diamond earrings from Yeprem while performing a mash up of “Stay,” “Diamonds,” and “Love on the Brain” at the 2016 MTV VMAs where she accepted the Video Vanguard Award from Drake during his very memorable speech.
Rihanna Wore Cartier Jewelry at the 2015 Met Gala
Rihanna stole the show at the 2015 Met Gala. She graced the red carpet in a fantastic golden yellow Guo Pei couture creation that took two years to make. Along with a gilded headdress, She wore a rose gold beaded Cartier Paris Nouvelle Vague necklace, sprinkled with natural diamonds.
Rihanna Wore An Assortment of Jewels at the 2014 CFDA Awards
One of her most iconic looks to date, Rihanna paired her sheer crystal Adam Selman ensemble for the 2014 CFDA Fashion Awards with two diamond pinky rings on each gloved hand – one from Jacob & Co. and the other, from Paul Morelli.
Rihanna Wore Jacob & Co. Diamonds at the 2014 Met Gala
The Met Gala just isn’t the same without Rihanna. By 2014, she already attended the celebrated fashion event four times, but it was her white Stella McCartney two-piece ensemble and jewelry featuring a Jacob & Co. diamond collar where she truly started to stand out from the pack. Her look that year also included simple diamond stud earrings and diamond rings on both hands.
Rihanna Wore Chopard Jewelry at the 2014 Diamond Ball
In 2014, Rihanna attended her debut Diamond Ball in Beverly Hills, the inaugural fundraiser for the Clara Lionel Foundation she founded to support education and international emergency response programs. She wore a classic rose-colored Zac Posen gown with a sculptural silhouette and an off-the-shoulder neckline from the Fall / Winter 2014 collection, teamed with an eye-catching deep pink rubellite and diamond Chopard necklace.
The jewel features a fuchsia 123.24-carat pear-shaped rubellite tourmaline, dangling from a fluid, curved collar of 65.18 carats of pavé diamonds, set in 18-karat white gold from the Haute Joaillerie Collection. It’s been worn by Jane Fonda, Georgina Rodríguez, Karina, member of the South Korean K-pop girl group, aespa, and Bella Thorne.
Rihanna Wore An Assortment of Diamonds at the 2013 American Music Awards
RiRi’s wrapped hair at the 2013 American Music Awards (where she accepted the Icon Award) was a subtle nod and celebration of Black women’s hair culture, and she amplified the look with tons of diamond jewels. She sported stacked Alexa Mika ear cuffs and black diamond cone with pearl earrings by Pristine Jewels, rings by Nikos Koulis and Lynn Ban, and diamond cuff bracelets. A diamond and platinum choker from Neil Lane brought the unforgettable look together.
