This laser shoulder detail is the hottest on-stage costume ever! Ever!

When I saw Rihanna’s performance at the AMA’s Sunday night, I thought “hmm, something looks familiar”, then I brushed it off, continued to enjoy the performance, got up the following morning and browsed the web:

LOW & BEHOLD, the fly folks over at Stuff Fly People Like pointed out that she was tapping into her “Fifth Element”. Why of course! Rihanna’s look was totally pulled from the 1997 flick about the future (supposedly year 2259, when cars fly & subway’s run vertically), tapping into the created character, recreated from the fifth element and dubbed as “the perfect being”, Leeloo, played by Milla Jovovich.

The original costume was created by French powerhouse, Jean-Paul Gaultier, who created 954 costumes for the science fantasy film. The “Leeloo” look has become extremely popular over the years, with many people rocking it for Halloween:

Hmm… I think I may be celebrating Halloween for the first time in a long time next year.