search

44 Outfits That Prove David Bowie’s Style Legacy Will Live Forever

He was a sartorial legend, and a fearless trailblazer for fashion aliens everywhere.

January 11, 2016
Before he was Ziggy, Aladdin Sane, or The Thin White Duke, David Bowie was Davy Jones
Just a long-haired kid with a preternatural understanding of the power of appearance
Here he is cheekily defending the rights of “long-haired men” in his first televised interview
Throughout his career, Bowie’s brazen choices played with gender and challenged societal norms of sexuality
He unabashedly embraced color and played with menswear's stodgy proportions
He paired impeccably groomed brows with angular, tailored suits, a look that became one of his (many) signatures
He rocked an immaculate pompadour
Or a dramatic head of thick, slicked-back hair
And while he was far from the first man to wear makeup, he sure did his part to popularize a well-painted face
Setting an appropriate precursor to his absurdly photogenic marriage with Iman, model, and makeup titan
The most blissfully beautiful couple, arguably, ever
He warmly embraced the fashion world, which embraced him right back
Burberry Prorsum even payed homage to his passing on the runway today, with this open-handed tribute
Though his indelible influence spans decades on the runway
Countless designers took today to celebrate his legacy
Many of his vibrant onstage costumes have already made their way into exhibits around the world
He was a stone cold fox, vibrating with on a wavelength of creativity, fearlessness, and talent we may never see again
RIP