Rihanna is famous for her barely there attire, but her tiny babydoll dress was something else entirely.

The 26-year-old singer evoked the spirit of the precocious nymphet in Lolita as she headed to designer Adam Selman's presentation during New York Fashion Week on Friday.

Rihanna's simply-styled, sleeveless dress with the flaring mini hemline harked back to the 1990s when they were all the rage, but she made it her own with a few additions.

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What a doll: Rihanna went with the nymphet look in a little white babydoll dress as she headed to Adam Selman's show during New York Fashion Week on Friday

A double strand of pearls hung around her neck, matching her stud earrings and the pearly colour of her strappy heels.

Rings adorned one hand, resembling sparkling nuggets, and red nail polish was a bright contrast.

Rihanna wore her hair casually piled on top of her head, which kept her neck cool on this late summer day as she went about her eventful day.

The Bajan entertainer looked refreshed following her Mediterranean holiday aboard a luxury yacht called The Galaxy.

On August 31, the singer was seen relaxing on the ship with pals as it cruised off the coast of Corsica and other exotic locales.

Between sunning sessions, Rihanna practiced her twerking skills as well while listening to music blasting from a high-tech sound system on the top deck.

Rihanna, who was joined in her trip by close friend Melissa Forde, also took a moment to thank fans for sticking by her all these years since the release of her first album, Music Of The Sun, on August 30, 2005.

'Thanks to all of you who've supported me throughout the years! I cant believe, already 9 yrs! I owe it to you man,' she wrote to her 37 million Twitter followers.

Meanwhile, her controversial ex, Chris Brown, gave his first interview since his release from jail for a probation violation, admitting that he will always be remembered for his brutal 2009 assault on then-girlfriend Rihanna.

The 25-year-old rap star told Billboard magazine: 'As long as you're doing something good, people will always bring up old stuff or negative stuff because they don't want you to surpass a certain level or elevate.'

Brown went on to say that people will might stop 'dredging up the past' only when he and Rihanna are 'not relevant anymore'.

'As long as you have your head on straight, it shouldn’t matter what people want to say,' he said.