08.03.09 ----  Have we not seen this image a thousand times?  A young starlet walks the red carpet looking stellar in her strapless or low-cut garment.  And at just the slightest turn, a wardrobe malfunction appears.  Well there’s one singer who will not fall under that fate….and she may have started a fashion trend along the way. 

Several nights ago, Rihanna out in New York with noticeably strategically placed undergarments.

The Barbadian beauty was spotted wearing a striped mini skirt and a sheer black top, which turned transparent under the glare of the paparazzi's flashes. But the smart singer had a pair of bright pink pasties under her shirt, preventing any unwanted photo ops.

It's not the first time the stylista has used pasties to avoid style slip-ups. While partying in Las Vegas on the Fourth of July, Rihanna wore a pair of sequined pasties underneath a black blazer – no shirt.

It looks like Rihanna has wised up to the paparazzi's ways of capturing more than meets the eye, but is it too much to bear.