The hotly anticipated summer Rihanna for River Island collection has been released in selected stores and is online from today, 25th May!

The second collection, exclusively designed by Rihanna, features a range of brand new designs plus reinventions of some of the most loved styles from her first collection.

Highlights include billowing dresses, crocheted beachwear and Rihanna’s first swimwear designs, including statement one-pieces and tie-detail bikinis. The overall dress from Rihanna’s spring collection has been reimagined in a monochrome floral print, which features throughout the collection on shorts, shirts and more.

Tie-dye prints, stripes and bold red shades are also prominent in the collection, appearing across jumpsuits, skirts and Rihanna’s signature crop tops.

Shop Rihanna For River Island in selected stores and online.

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The “Diamonds World Tour” is back on! After about two weeks of free time, photo and video shoots, Rihanna is back to work.

Earlier today she posted some photos of her in Morocco on her Instagram.

A few hours ago she performed at the “Mawazine Festival” in the capital city Rabat, wearing a new (temporary?) outfit.

Update – Fan photos of the concert have been added.

Rolling Stone magazine writes about Wale’s “Bad (Remix)” feat. Rihanna:

This is a pretty big deal. Rihanna has never gotten on a rap remix, to our knowledge. We were only previewed the first hook and first verse of this new version of Wale’s inescapable single; there are high expectations for this song, and Martin was given strict orders not to play any further.

Rihanna ups original guest vocalist Tiara Thomas’ ante and proceeds to tear down the place.

She injects this crazy/beautiful combination of sadness and sexiness that only Rih can do, singing, confidently, “Hood girls just want a real n***a.”

(On the original version, Wale said, “Hood girls want a smart n***a”; point, counterpoint.) Clean up your apartment, this song will be around all summer.

The album “The Gifted” releases on June 25.

Listen to a snippet of “Bad (remix)”.

Rihanna has received one nomination in this year’s Teen Choice Awards. She’s nominated in the category “Female Artist” in the music genre.

RiRi up against 4 other singers, so make sure to register and join the Rihanna Navy and VOTE for our girl!!

Female Artist

• Taylor Swift
• Rihanna
• Pink
• Demi Lovato
• Selena Gomez

The Teen Choice 2013 will air on August 11 at 8pm-10pm ET Live on FOX.

On Monday Rihanna took her Porche (she didn’t drive herself though) to a recording studio in Long Beach. The paparazzi caught her getting out of the car carrying an Apple laptop and an iPhone.

In other news, in 3 days Rihanna will get back to work and will perform in Morocco. The Diamonds World Tour is soon coming to Europe!

On Sunday evening Rihanna dined at her favorite Italian restaurant in Hollywood, Giorgio Baldi.

She was spotted leaving the restaurant looking all casual in a grey sweater, mint green pants and Christian Louboutin pumps.

Rihanna swept the 3 R&B categories below at the Billboard Music Awards taking place in Las Vegas yesterday (March 19), as well as Radio Songs.

Awards

• Top R&B Artist
• Top R&B Album (“Unapologetic”)
• Top R&B Song (“Diamonds”)
• Top Radio Songs Artist

The singer was tied for second most awards of the night with Gotye. She was nominated for 10 awards in total.

Rihanna earned her first Billboard 200 No. 1 album in November when “Unapologetic” debuted atop the chart, selling 238,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Her album debut came one week after she scored her 12th No. 1 single on the Hot 100 chart with “Diamonds.”

This week, “Unapologetic” moves up from No. 6 to No. 5 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, re-entering the top five with 15,000 (down 2%).

Rihanna is in Los Angeles! As she arrived at LAX yesterday she took time to sign a few autographs before walking to her car.

After relaxing in New York, Rihanna has left The Big Apple. Yesterday she was spotted leaving her hotel in a cozy outfit, wearing a t-shirt, sweatpants and Jordan sneakers.

“#NEWYORK you were good to me! What will I do without you?” she tweeted.

The music video for “Pour It Up” is going to be shot soon. Speaking of “Pour It Up”, check out Rihanna’s latest Instagram picture…

Here it is, the entire Rihanna for River Island summer collection, piece-by-piece.

Rihanna’s picked up where she left off with spring and created a range of brand new designs, plus reinventions of some of your favourite pieces from her first collection. Remember the navy hooded jumpsuit that was an instant online sell-out a few months back?

Rih’s created a new version for you to covet in tie dye print for summer. The overall dress Rihanna wore on the cover of ELLE UK has also been reimagined in a monochrome floral print, a print which features throughout the collection on shirts, shorts and more.

Other highlights include billowing dresses, crocheted beachwear and Rihanna’s first swimwear designs, including statement one-pieces and tie-detail bikinis. Let’s not forget the accessories too, featuring bejewelled snap-backs, cut-out boots and skinny-strap heels which are synonymous with Rihanna’s style.

Catch up on all Rihanna for River Island news here.

Rihanna’s summer collection for River Island will be available in selected stores and online from may 25th.