Rihanna wears TINY skirt and crop top as she steps out for dinner in LA

Aside from her chart-topping music and billion-dollar cosmetics and lingerie empire, she’s long held an army of admirers for her sartorial prowess.

And Rihanna continued to turn heads on Sunday, when she was spotted going out for dinner at popular Italian eatery Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica, California.

The star, 33, stepped out in eye-catching style, donning a barely-there black miniskirt with triangular side slits, which she teamed with a high neckline crop top.

Draping a long black coat over her ensemble, the Bajan beauty added extra height to her jaw-dropping frame with a pair of lace-up black heels.

With her raven tresses styled in braided extensions, the singer and entrepreneur accessorised with large drop earrings and a collection of costume onyx rings.

Carrying a small black handbag, Rihanna rounded out her look with a pair of rectangular sunglasses, while she added a pop of colour with bold red lipstick.

While it has been five years since Rihanna last released any music – her 2016 album Anti – the star has enjoyed phenomenal success in more recent years with her Fenty Beauty cosmetics line and Savage x Fenty lingerie collection.

However, the Umbrella hitmaker last week teased that she may release ‘just one’ track, as her devoted fans continue to request new music from the star.

Her ninth studio album, R9, appears to have been hit with long-running delays and is expected to be heavily influenced by her love of reggae and dancehall.

She told Entertainment Tonight in July: ‘I am always working on music and when I am ready to put it out in the way that I feel fit, it’s gonna come out.

‘You’re not going to be disappointed when it happens. It’s going to be worth it. I’m not just gonna put it out just because people are waiting. It’s taken this long, I’m gonna make it worth it.’ 

It recently emerged that Rihanna, real name Robyn Fenty, splashed out $13.8 million on a seven-bedroom mansion in Beverly Hills, according to Dirt.

Built in the 1930s the home’s previous owners include Mary Sheldon whose father Sidney Sheldon created I Dream Of Jeannie.

Daniel Starr paid Mary $4.3 million for the property and then remodelled the place in a process documented on the Bravo reality show Million Dollar Listing.

He then sued the construction companies and contractors involved in the renovations, The Blast reported in 2019.

Although he listed the property for $15 million Rihanna’s allegedly off-market purchase cost her more than a million dollars less than that.