To call her just a singer is as reductive as it’s wrong. True, her musical career is what made her famous 50 years ago, and even today, but when we talk about Cher we also remember her films and especially her looks. She has been an undisputed style icon from the very beginning, thanks to her extravagance, she has influenced entire generations. Let’s retrace together the most unmistakable styles of this timeless star.
Cher, From Singer To Fashion Icon
The millions of records sold are irrefutable proof of her musical abilities and how much she was loved by the whole world.
She is often referred to a “designer”, not because she has made clothes for fashion houses, but because of her ability to lay down the law in terms of fashion. Cher has shown what it meant to dare and show the personality in the way you dress and by wearing certain clothing, even if apparently simple. In short, she is a diva who not only wears clothes, but creates style, how else can she be defined as a “style and fashion icon”?
Cher’s style has been known since the beginning as irreverent. The star was among the first to wear and make our beloved bell-bottoms jeans famous.
In addition to her concerts, shows and even in some television programs, such as the very popular “Sonny & Cher“, the singer wore a look that was anything but anonymous. It is also thanks to her unmistakable style that Cher has bewitched the world, that begun to imitate her. Bob Mackie was surprised by her after seeing Cher on television with her navel uncovered and started to think some garments that left large areas of the body exposed. He also designed the dress for the 1988 Oscars, in which Cher won the award for best leading actress. The dress is an alternation of transparencies and glitter, which together with the wide neckline, make it a triumph of elegance and sensuality.
From Extravagant Looks To Jeans
As beautiful and extravagant as Cher’s looks are for important evenings and occasions, it’s her everyday style that is most imitated by the masses. We like to consider Cher an icon of denim, as well as of style in general, as from the beginning of her career to today, at 70 years, she has shown off all kind of jeans.
Over the years we have seen a succession of flare, regular, skinny and bootcut denim trousers. In this regard, we have selected a series of Cher’s vintage photographs in which she wears, we dare say wonderfully, denim pants. When we think of Cher, we think of an icon whose style has no age or time, as it is dictated by an inimitable extravagance and personality.
