For the June cover edition of "Elle" magazine, Rihanna wore a sleeveless Donna Karan Collection red dress over a gold OMO Norma Kamal bikini top.

For the seven page editorial, Rihanna was styled by Joe Zee and photographed by Gilles Bensimon - the same photographer behind Jessica Alba's Elle photo spread.

Rihanna sat down with "ELLE" reporter Candice Riley about her most-copied hairstyle, that Jay-Z Grammy moment, and taking control of her career.

On that Jay-Z Grammy moment: He gives me shit all the time. We have this ongoing joke about people not being able to understand what I say because of my accent.

On achieving her "Good Girl Gone Bad" hairstyle: I kept telling my managers, I'm cutting my hair. And they're like, 'How short? Not too short. Cut it how short?' And I'm like,'Up to here.' They never believed me. So when it was time to do the album cover [for 'Good Girl'], the night before I cut it, I dyed it black. We went straight to the photo shoot, and no one at the record label knew what I looked like, When we sent the pictures over, they saw the hair and they all loved it. They loved it.

On taking control of her career: I already told everyone in my camp, 'This year, I'm not going to work like a horse. In 2007, I didn't really get to enjoy anything I achieved because I was moving, moving, moving. Even at the Grammy's, Jay was asking me, 'How does it feel? How does it feel?' I was like, 'When I get home and I lock my room and there's silence, I'll tell you how I feel then'.

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Labels: Newsstand Snapshots, Rihanna