Fashion Timeline: Madonna
There is one trend in Madonna's timeline that was left out. Her Ray of Light Album when she went all Shakra.
In a career over 24 years old that is showing no signs of stopping any time soon, Pop Diva Madonna has spent her entire career reinventing herself. She has consistently found a way to reinvent both her style of music and of fashion like no female artist has ever done before. The singer, actress and acclaimed author has proved she is ahead of the times. By the time the world has caught on to the 'new' Madonna, she's already bored and ready to move on.
As Madonna continues to dominate on her 2006 Confessions World Tour, we take a look back at a few of her most memorable looks:
Boy Toy BeginningsApril 1, 1985Armfuls of rubber bracelets, crucifixes, torn t-shirts, tights, lacy bras and more were the unofficial uniform of New York's dance students through the late 70s. After signing her first singles deal with Sire Records in 1982, the budding pop star took the tattered look mainstream. As Madonna mania began in the early 80s, the advent of the "Madonna wannabe" began. As teenage girls around the country got the Desperately Seeking Susan look down pat, Madonna morphed into a new look.Karen sayz: Let's admit it, we all wanted to be her and adopted some form of Madonna in our wardrobe during the 80's.
Blonde AmbitionApril 20th, 1990In 1990, French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier designed the costumes for the Blond Ambition World Tour. Some consider Gaultier’s reinvention of underwear as outerwear in the design of Madonna's iconic cone bustier which she flaunted onstage his most famous contribution to modern fashion. To this day it is Madonna’s most memorable look.
63rd Annual Academy AwardsMarch 25, 1991For her 1991 Oscar appearance (performing the nominated song Sooner or Later from the film Dick Tracy) Madonna channeled Marilyn Monroe in a Bob Mackie beaded white strapless body-hugging dress complete with fur and formal length gloves. To top off her look, the ultimate fashionista was wearing $20 million worth of diamonds on her neck, ears, and wrists. Karen sayz: Not my favorite, but loved Material Girl. Tribute to Marilyn has been done to death.
Viva Evita December 14, 1996In 1996, Madonna's most critically successful film, Evita, the movie adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical of the same name, was released. For years Madonna had petitioned to play the role of the life of Argentina's Eva Perón, believing that this was the role she was born to play. After winning the coveted role she transformed herself into the equally controversial figure wearing glamorous Christian Dior suits complete with red lipstick and her hair bleached and pulled back into a knot.
Karen sayz: Her acting sucks but her fashion doesn't. Big fan of CD, and very couture.
Memoirs of a GeishaFebruary 24, 1999For one of those most over-the-top Grammy performances of all time, Madonna re-invented herself as a geisha, inspired by Arthur Golden's book Memoirs of a Geisha. Madonna wanting to transform herself into one of the books characters, Hatsumomo wore a red kimono designed by Jean-Paul Gaultier, obscenely high platform boots and a jet black Cleopatra style wig for the performance. Considering very few artists can change their image on such a large scale, Madonna’s geisha-infused performance was a complete success.
Karen sayz: 'gong show' that's all I gots to say
Cowboy Fever November 5, 2000Madonna released her album Music in 2000, returning to the charts and the fashion world with a cowboy-inspired incarnation. But this clean and simple country look wasn’t cheap. Her beaded jeans where curtsey of superstar Canadian designers Dsquared. This was also the beginning of the pop icon’s t-shirt statements. Here she declared her admiration for fellow pop-star Britney Spears.
Momma MadonnaJune 7, 2005Over the years Madonna’s style has evolved and matured. In 2005, she celebrated the release of her fifth children's book, Lotsa de Casha, in style with a kid-friendly event at Bergdorf Goodman in New York. The Mother of two continued to show off a more sophisticated style with a stunning Dolce & Gabbana dress.
Confessions at the DiscoNovember 3, 2005Madonna has transformed from pop icon to mother and back. The latest persona in her evolving image is that of a Disco queen. Only Madonna would dare revive Farrah Faccet’s 70s blonde flick hairdo and be able to pull it off. To mark her return to the dance floor the singer brings back her leotards and cut-off tights paying homage to the early disco days.
Hot hot hot!!!! Look at that bod!!!!
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