![]() In much the same way he melded musical genres to create a sound that felt totally new and exhilarating, he brought disparate style influences together to create an irresistibly alluring, 5ft 2in package that felt completely novel yet cohesive. While each album saw the birth of a new Prince “persona” – the suspender-clad sex god of 1980’s Dirty Mind tour gave way to Purple Rain’s besuited doe-eyed dandy – playful experimentation provided a constant, unifying thread throughout his career. In the near four decades from when he sashayed onto the world’s stage with his debut album, For You, in 1978, until his untimely death in 2016, he honed a fun, flamboyant aesthetic so legendary that “Prince” is now up there with the most popular Halloween costume characters of all time. ![]() High heels, lace gloves, sequins, tassels, feathers, lurex and military-inspired tailoring: Prince Roger Nelson was, after all, a man who embraced maximalism. ![]() Prince’s vision was singular, but his approach to style was fearlessly fluid. The Minneapolis-born musician completely disrupted the idea of gender fluidity in clothing, with a kaleidoscope commitment to androgyny that – much like his contemporary David Bowie – fundamentally changed perceptions of how men “ought” to dress. ![]() Prince gave us “When Doves Cry”, yes, and for that we will be forever in his debt, but he's also, without doubt, one of the greatest style icons of the century. ![]()
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