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Music and Fashion: Iconic Styles That Influence Culture

Musicians often use fashion to set themselves apart with a signature look. Music and fashion influence each other, and they reflect and impact the culture at large.

  • Cher
  • BeyoncĂ© Knowles
  • Madonna
  • Kurt Cobain; Standing with Evian Bottle
  • David Bowie
  • Elvis Presley
  • Tina Weymouth and Grandmaster Flash, NYC, 1981
  • Elton John
  • Public Enemy
  • Madonna
  • Cher
  • John Travolta
  • Deborah Harry
  • Grace Jones
  • Madonna
  • The Supremes (Florence Ballard, Diana Ross, Mary Wilson)
  • Roy Orbison
  • Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings
  • George Strait
  • Jimi Hendrix
  • The Everly Brothers
  • Photograph of Gladys Bentley

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