Rihanna defends daring dress sense

Rihanna performs to a sell out crowd at the Vector Arena . 27 October 2008 New Zealand Herald Photograph by Glenn Jeffrey NZH 30Sep10 -

Popstar Rihanna recently hit the headlines when she donned a see-through black top and no bra.

But despite the controversy, the 24-year-old singer insists she doesn't dress to shock - she just wears what she feels comfortable in, even if it leaves little to the imagination.

"Dressing is always so spontaneous, it always depends on the mood, plus the occasion, plus your little badass daring touch that I like to put on my outfit every time," she said.

"I don't do things for the response or for the controversy. I just live my life.

"The clothes that I like and the clothes that I'm attracted to sometimes are sheer, sometimes are bold, sometimes they're very daring.

"I'm okay with buying a sheer shirt, because if I bought it sheer, that means I was okay with you seeing through it. Someone else might wear it with a bra, someone else might wear it with a tank top, someone might wear it with booby tape, someone might wear it with none, and I happen to fall in that category."

And she admits she often goes bra-less, but only in the name of fashion.

Talking to Access Hollywood, she added: "I get caught a lot of times without wearing a bra... but it was never my intention. If I don't wear a bra, that means I didn't want to wear a bra.

"It's not usually for attention, it's just because it would mess up the outfit completely."

- BANG! Showbiz