What makes a fashion legend? He wants to have a unique and globally influential style, witness and participate in the fashion trends of half a century, and half a century later, when countless fashion children mention him, they will still say: "He is my fashion enlightenment, my eternal fashion idol." "There are not many fashion legends alive at the moment, but today, we have lost David Bowie.
David Bowie, 69, died today after battling cancer for 18 months. David Bowie is the world's most influential legendary musician, artist, superstar and fashion icon for more than half a century. His music and styling inspired countless later stars, and the ornate rock style he led was emblematic of the glorious fashion culture of the 1970s and 1980s.
In the 1970s, the hippie movement gradually declined, and the focus of young people's attention gradually shifted from social issues to their own state. In 1969, David Bowie broke the sky with the album Space Oddity and became a high-profile genius in the British music scene. David Bowie's glamorous and hermaphroditic style, along with his musical talent, has become a cultural symbol of young people's self-identity, radiating the global pop culture circle.
In 1971, David Bowie gradually changed his style to hermaphrodite style.
In 1972, David Bowie created a beautiful alien creature, Ziggy Stardust, which was the beginning of his flamboyant rock fashion style.
David Bowie's hermaphrodite and ornate rock style has taken the world by storm. Bright colors, shiny fabrics, tights, and uniform suits are all his dress codes.
David Bowie has an unrestricted stylistic imagination and ability to create strong visual effects in fashion. With long red hair, a psychedelic one-piece suit and lightning painted on his face, he portrays himself as Ziggy Dust, a creature as beautiful as lightning and stars that exists in outer space. On the cover of the third album, The Man Who Sold the World, David Bowie debuted in a low-cut silk satin dress, a groundbreaking men's and women's outfit that ushered in a revolutionary precursor to gender rebellion. Bowie also worked with Japanese designer Kansai Yamamoto to create a series of bold and avant-garde looks, wearing fancy and bright stage costumes to perform magnificent and shocking music, challenging gender barriers while also expanding the fashion expression of music.
Shirts, suspender pants and wide-leg pants are also David Bowie's favorite way to dress.
In the 1980s, his style gradually returned from belle glamorous rock to neutral, and his red hair also changed back to blonde.
In the 1990s, David Bowie's style of dress combined hermaphrodite silhouettes, glam rock colours, and more British and ethnic elements.
In the 21st century, his style gradually returned to the tradition of the British gentleman, becoming more and more like a serious artist.
David Bowie's flamboyant rock style has inspired countless fashionists. Jean-Paul Gaultier, Tom Ford, Givenchy, Balmain, Dries Van Noten, Alexander McQueen, Jonathan Saunders and other fashion brands have taken inspiration from him time and time again.
Givenchy's Spring/Summer 2010 collection
Emilio Pucci 2012 Holiday Collection
Jean-Paul Gaultier's Spring's '13 collection
Preen by Thornton Bregazzi's Pre-Fall 2013 collection
Lady Gaga, Kesha, Lorde, Jay-Z, Arctic Monkeys and other current music stars have paid tribute to him countless times.
Lady Gaga's lightning makeup inspired by David Bowie
Kate Moss' tights pay homage to David Bowie
In 2013, actress Tilla Swinton appeared in David Bowie's MV "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)"
David Bowie's music and fashion career spanned 40 years, with 9 albums in her lifetime selling platinum, all of which were distributed over 140 million copies worldwide. He was ranked 23rd in the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" category. David Bowie has had an unparalleled career and is a marvel in the history of pop culture. David Bowie's legend will not end today, and his style will influence generations of latecomers.
In the 1980s, David Bowie's bold looks in the Ashes to Ashes MV were handled by himself, and he even drew a large number of manuscripts for the shapes, which is enough to see David Bowie's all-round talent and his familiarity with fashion visuals.
Let's end with this classic portrait of photographer Mick Jones, a beautiful alien creature who seems to have no fear of the passage of time, who may have only temporarily gone to another planet, at least his gorgeous rock style will return. R.I.P, David Bowie。