Madonna's 60th Birthday - Madonna's Most Iconic Fashion Moments Through The Years

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A look that inspired a decade

Madonna burst onto the music and celebrity scene in 1983 with her debut self-titled album. Her trademark look featured heavy, bright eye make-up, big bows in her hair, jewellery aplenty and brightly coloured Eighties leggings.

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Material Girl

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Like A Virgin

Madonna made bridal wear chic - and sexualised - in 1985, when she donned white lace, rosary beads and gloves for her Like A Virgin music video and performances; an outfit now considered to be one of her most iconic looks. The 'wedding dress' went on display at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times' Square in 2011 and has spurred endless copycat Halloween costumes in the decades since.

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Desperately Seeking Susan

Madonna's disposition for big bows, lace gloves, red lipstick and a perm was elevated to the big screen in 1985, when she was cast in the film Desperately Seeking Susan with Rosanna Arquette.

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The Jean Paul Gaultier collaboration

The origins of a creative partnership that would last decades were first sighted at the American Music Awards in 1985. With a smokey eye and her straight locks loosely held back with a scrunchie, Madonna wore Jean Paul Gaultier's corset top with a slight cone-shaped bra, accessorised with rosary beads and gloves, naturally.

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Leotards and Fishnets

A few years later, in 1987, Madonna cropped and bleached her hair but kept the signature dark eyes and red lips. She also entered the foray of leotards, fishnet tights and boots, a look that would become an on-stage staple in her decades-spanning career.

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The cone bra

During her Blonde Ambition tour in 1990, Madonna debuted what would become to be known as perhaps her most memorable look of all time: the cone bra leotard. Created by John Paul Gaultier, the belted corset became an 'underwear as outerwear' trendsetter. As proof of its lasting significance, the corset was auctioned at Christie's in 2012 for £48,000.

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Vogue

The 1990 music video for Vogue launched enduring dance moves as well as a timeless look for Madonna. The singer wore a sheer lace black top, diamond cuff bracelets and returned to a short blonde perm for the renowned music video.

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Her Marilyn moment

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The Frozen era

At the 1998 VH1 Fashion Awards, Madonna arrived wearing then-relatively unknown Belgian designer Olivier Theyskens. She has since been credited with raising the designer's profile to international acclaim. The yellow gown, with its corseted waist, was not the only striking part of Madonna's look on that red carpet. So too was her haunting, black hair, indicative of her Frozen era.

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Double Denim

For her Ray of Light video in 1998, Madonna committed what has often been considered a cardinal sin in the fashion world: double denim. Did she pull it off, though? Of course she did.

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The Red Kimono

Madonna teamed up with Jean Paul Gaultier again in 2000 to wear this striking red kimono at the Grammy awards. She teamed it with dark hair, red eyeshadow and red boots.

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An ode to Kylie Minogue

Madonna paid homage to her fellow pop star Kylie Minogue at the MTV Europe Music Awards in 2000 with a tank top which had the name of Australian singer emblazoned across it. Paired with low-slung cowboy-style trousers, Madonna embodied the importance of supporting other women - even if they are your competitors.

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Hung Up

When Madonna returned to the music scene in 2005 with her Abba-sampling hit Hung Up, she also defaulted back to leotards, fishnets and boots. Along with a coloured leather jacket, oversized sunglasses and curled caramel hair (seen here at the 2005 MTV Europe Music Awards), this would become her signature look during the promotion of her tenth studio album: Confessions On A Dancefloor.

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A dose of glamour

At the 2011 Met Gala, dedicated to the legacy of Alexander McQueen, Madonna teamed up with Stella McCartney to wear this star-studded pale blue satin gown, proving that she can work timeless glamour just as well as anything else.

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Suiting up

Never one to follow the status quo, Madonna shunned a floor-length gown at the 56th Grammy awards in favour of a Ralph Lauren suit, wide-brimmed bowler hat, diamond-encrusted cane and grillz in her mouth. The best part? She brought along her eight-year-old son David Banda as her date and he matched in the very same outfit.

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Daring in Givenchy

Proving that age is nothing but a number, Madonna hasn't shied away from daring fashion in recent years. At the 2016 Met Gala, she wore a black gown with sheer lace panels, teamed with a decadent headpiece, body chain and thigh-high patent boots. She collaborated with Riccardo Tisci for Givenchy on the head-turning look.

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