While I appreciate you as a Rihanna stan weighing in on the ONE creative thing Rihanna excels at (wearing other people's clothes) you still couldn't help being loud & wrong. It worked for TLC because (like Rihanna) they pushed personae to compensate for a lack of vocal talent.
Either Colombia was behind (wouldn't surprise me) or Mz Tina is telling a tale. Because the TLCs and Aaliyahs were 90s fashion icons, hell Nsync were literally rocking FUBU. It wasn't looking Black, it was her styling looking tacky, but it worked for DC tho.