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Time’s fashion icons Time magazine compiled a list of 100 fashion icons since the beginning of the publication in 1923. The list includes editors and stylists such as Anna Wintour and Edith Head, and muses such as Katharine Hepburn and Michelle Obama.
Editors & Stylists
Isabella Blow worked as an editor for Tatler, the Sunday Times and U.S. Vogue, and also had a hand in discovering talent including milliner Philip Treacy and Alexander McQueen.
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Grace Coddington worked at British Vogue for 20 years as an editor, before moving to the U.S. edition as the creative director.
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Emmy Award-winning film and television costume designer Patricia Field can be credited with helping make designers like Manolo Blahnik and Prada household names, by showcasing high fashion on television as the costume designer for “Sex and the City.”
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Robin Givhan worked for The Washington Post for more than a decade, analyzing the style choices of some of the world’s most influential women. In 2006 she made history by becoming the first person to win a Pulitzer Prize in criticism for writing about fashion.
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Costume designer Edith Head was the first female chief designer at Paramount. During her career, Head worked on more than 1,100 movies and earned 35 Academy Award nominations and eight wins. Her signature suits, thick rimmed glasses and bangs became as iconic and well known as her extensive body of work.
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Eleanor Lambert was a fashion publicist and founder of the Council of Fashion Designers. She was also credited with creating New York Fashion Week and the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Barbara Paley was a fashion editor at Vogue and a frequent sight on society pages following her debut in 1934. Her elegant tastes and bright red lipstick helped make her a fashion inspiration to many women.
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Carine Roitfeld was the editor of Vogue Paris for 10 years, where she often pushed boundaries with her often edgy choices of photography.
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Franca Sozzani has worked as Vogue Italia’s editor in chief for 20 years, during which time she has helped make the magazine one of the most influential in the industry, helping drive the rise of supermodels by placing names alongside their photos and running controversial campaigns.
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Liz Tilberis was the editor for British Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, and is credited with helping make fashion accessible during her long stints at the magazines.
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Diana Vreeland was a fashion columnist and editor for Harper’s Bazaar, before becoming editor in chief of Vogue in 1963. Her famously expensive editorial shoots were one of the reasons she was fired in 1971, in an effort by the magazine to save money. She went on to become a consultant at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour has become one of the most influential and recognizable magazine editors of her time. Her 25-year stint, which was predated by periods at New York magazine, House & Garden and British Vogue, has been marked by her fierce reputation and also her passion for helping emerging designers and political fundraising.
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Muses
Josephine Baker embodied the aesthetic of her time, with dramatic and exotic elegance. She was known for wearing skirts made of bananas, gold necklaces and caps while dancing.
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Brigitte Bardot was a French actress who helped popularize the bikini after wearing two pieces in several films, as well as ballerina flats and wide necklines on knitwear, known as the ”Bardot neckline.”
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The Beatles’ dark suits and leather jackets were eventually replaced by more mod styles and bright colors, which were mimicked by millions as they solidified themselves as rock super stars.
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French actress and singer Jane Birkin exuded the mod aesthetic of London and Paris of the 1960s and ’70s.
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David Bowie’s conflicting personal taste, with competing feminine and masculine looks, and retro yet progressive pieces, made him a provocative rock ‘n’ roll and style icon.
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James Dean’s rebellious attitude and simple yet edgy look have helped define understated cool styles.
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Farrah Fawcett’s layered, curly locks started a hairstyle trend, and her high-waisted jeans and blousy tops made a lasting impact.
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Zelda Fitzgerald embodied the Jazz Age with her brazen attitude and short, flapper-style dresses.
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Jean Harlow was a vixen on the silver screen before the Movie Picture Code became more morally strict. Her bleach-blond hair and slinky evening dresses were the envy of many women.
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Audrey Hepburn’s lithe but poised frame and attraction to clean lines in clothing helped make her a lasting fashion icon.
Katharine Hepburn helped popularize masculine looks for women with her signature wide-legged trousers and menswear-inspired shirts.
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Michael Jackson’s flashy, flamboyant style enhanced his status as the King of Pop.
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Grace Kelly’s elegant style has had a lasting influence on designers and women who adored her tasteful refinement. Hermes named one of the handbags the actress wore after her, and the gown she wore to marry Prince Ranier of Monaco clearly inspired the Duchess of Cambridge’s choice of dress when she married Prince William in 2011.
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Lady Gaga’s outrageous and often thought-provoking wardrobe choices have intrigued fans and fashion critics who have a hard time anticipating what she will wear next.
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Madonna was embraced early as a fashion icon and her boundary-pushing styles during the 1980s were adopted by her fans worldwide.
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First lady Michelle Obama has made a significant impact on American fashion, with her love for high-end street wear, fostering of young designers and conservative yet still stylish choices.
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis defined perfectly tailored style in the 1960s, popularizing her impeccable shift dresses and the iconic pink Chanel suit and pillbox hat.
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Bettie Page’s infamous pin-up style has gone in and out of mainstream fashion trends since she started inspiring photographers with her jet black hair and sweet look in the 1950s.
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Princess Diana helped modernize the traditional regal fashion, incorporating the largest trends of her time into her effortless look.
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Andy Warhol’s pop art translated from canvas to clothing during the 1960s.
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