Icons of fashion through time: we take a look at the aesthetic of Madonna, who turns 64 today

Earlier we discussed the story of a princess, Lady Di, this week we will continue to talk about reigns, but not to use, we will talk about the queen of pop.

The story of this legend began in 1978 when he traveled to New York. She herself says that she arrived in the Big Apple “with $35 and a dream”, in this city she worked as a waitress, dancer and model before becoming the diva we know today. Years ago, she began her musical preparation in piano lessons, which she turned into ballet, and began her professional career thanks to a scholarship to study dance at the University of Michigan, which she left to move to New York. It was clear that he wanted to be an artist and the different paths led her to work as a singer and dancer for Patrick Hernandez, she met the musician Dal Gilroy, with whom she started a relationship and formed the band The breakfast club. In the 80’s he left the band and formed another called Emmy, with Stephen Bray, his partner at the time, in this, he started composing and it was shortly after that he started his career as a soloist. Singer It caught the attention of music producer Mark Kamins, who took it upon himself to present it to the executives of Sire Records, with whom he signed a contract and released it in 1982. Everybody Y Burnt-out in 1983 both were a success and an incentive to make his first album Madonna in 1983.

Muse of designers, photographers and stylists, the singer has traveled through various aesthetics defined by her albums and managed to reinvent herself to remain a fashion icon throughout her musical career. The anger it caused in the beginning was so great that it managed to blur the line between music and fashion. Another of his industry achievements was coining the term “Madonna-wannabe”, which defined the thousands of young people who were inspired by her to dress. Cross-shaped earrings, fluorescent bracelets, white lace stockings cut at the ankles and black pencil skirts were part of the dominant look in the 1980s through their influence.

Madonna’s speech as a singer and when it comes to dressing revolves around politics, sex, religion and gender. These themes limited his way of dressing which went through several stages, including the inspiration of the femme fatalepunk romantic, the style of glamor queenandrogen, from dominant,from vintage gangstere…his style went through several stages, some even opposite, but they all had something in common: his intention to show or tell something through fashion.

His evolution musically was also an evolution of his style, as can be seen in his album “Reinvention world tour”, where his sexual facet took on a more vindictive character against politics. He addressed themes related to dictatorship, war or poverty through music videos and his wardrobe with looks such as the camouflage print jacket with medals in a sarcastic tone.

One of the designer names that resonates most in Madonna’s stylistic universe is Jean-Paul Gaultierthe author of the pink conical corset she originally wore in the World Tour Blonde Ambition 1990. Together with the creator, Madonna revolutionized the ideal of femininity at the end of the 20th century and changed the way of looking at gender through design. Another company he worked with the most was Dolce & Gabbana, from 1991 when he dressed her for the premiere from his documentary In bed with Madonna. In 1993 they designed the costumes for the Girlie Show Tour and in 2010, the singer starred in the summer campaign inspired by Italian films of the mid-20th century. The Versace house has also collaborated extensively with the artist, first as a muse for Gianni Versace and after his death for Donatella, who said she was one of the true icons of her company. But also for renowned companies such as Givenchy, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Prada or Cartier.

Today’s singer, songwriter, actress and businesswoman channeled and conveyed different ways of thinking with her music and style like no one had done before, achieving thus: queen of pop crown