The glamour, glitter and fringes of Tina Turner in 46 photos
The legendary Tina Turner, long declared the “Queen of Rock ‘n Roll” for obvious reasons, died Wednesday at the age of 83. For decades, Turner has taken current fashion codes and taken them to the extreme.
During the 1970s, the decade that propelled her to global stardom, she championed the sexual revolution’s taste for barely there sets.
At the same time, Turner was reviving the glamor of Josephine Baker and the flappers of the Roaring Twenties with her fringed and sequined suits straight out of designer Bob Mackie’s mannequins.
Throughout the 1980s, Turner reinvented herself with a glam rock hairstyle that put the men of Guns and Roses to shame, a ripped denim jacket and skintight leather pants. She was doing reinvention long before Madonna embraced the concept.
To remember Turner’s legacy, his most iconic costumes are featured below.
1964: Proof of Tina Turner of husband and wife R&B duo Ike & Tina Turner poses for a portrait in 1964. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
UNSPECIFIED – Circa 1964: (AUSTRALIA OUT) Photo of Ike Turner (1931-2007) and Tina Turner posing circa 1964. (Photo by GAB Archive/Redferns)
American singer Tina Turner of Ike & Tina Turner magazine performs on stage wearing sunglasses during the taping of the Associated Rerun Television pop music show Ready Steady Go! at Wembley Television Studios in London in September 1966. The show will be broadcast on ITV on September 30, 1966. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns)
CIRCA 1969: Husband and wife R&B duo Ike & Tina Turner pose for a portrait circa 1969. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES – JANUARY 21: Rock and roll singers Janis Joplin and Tina Turner perform on stage on January 21, 1969 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
November 25, 1969: American rock singer Tina Turner leans forward on stage and sings into a handheld microphone during an Ike and Tina Revue concert at the Felt Forum in New York City. She wears a beaded mini dress. (Photo by Jack Robinson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
NEW YORK – 1969: Tina Turner performs at a concert at Felt Forum on November 25, 1969 in New York, New York. (Photo by Walter Iooss Jr./Getty Images)
NEW YORK – 1969: Tina Turner performs at a concert at Felt Forum on November 25, 1969 in New York, New York. (Photo by Walter Iooss Jr./Getty Images)
NEW YORK – 1969: Tina Turner performs at a concert at Madison Square Garden on November 28, 1969 in New York, New York. (Photo by Walter Iooss Jr./Getty Images)
Contact sheet of studio portraits of American rock singer Tina Turner, wearing a dark crocheted mini dress, in various poses, New York, New York, November 25, 1969. (Photo by Jack Robinson/Hulton Archive/ Getty Images)
UNITED STATES – JANUARY 01: Photo by Tina TURNER; performing live on stage circa 1979, solo era (Photo by Gai Terrell/Redferns)
UNITED STATES – JANUARY 01: Photo by Tina TURNER; Tina Turner performing on stage, feathers, late 1970s (Photo by Gai Terrell/Redferns)
UNSPECIFIED – JANUARY 01: (AUSTRALIA OUT) Photo by Tina TURNER; Posed portrait, studio, wearing headdress (Photo by GAB Archive/Redferns)
American singer Tina Turner of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue performs onstage at the 1970 Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island on July 11, 1970. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns)
Tina Turner performs on stage with Ike and Tina Turner in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1971. (Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferbs)
American singer Tina Turner of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue performs on stage during a concert in 1971. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns)
SEPTEMBER 1971: Tina Turner of husband and wife R&B duo Ike & Tina Turner performs on stage in a skimpy white dress in September 1971. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES – SEPTEMBER 28: Tina Turner of husband and wife R&B duo Ike & Tina Turner performs onstage at the Greek Theater on September 28, 1971 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK: Tina Turner performs live with Ike & Tina Turner in 1972 in Copenhagen, Denmark. (Photo by Jorgen Angel/Redferns)
American singer Tina Turner of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue performs on stage at a concert by the band in the UK circa 1972. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns)
Tina Turner Proud Mary Tour in London in 1972. Choir of the Ikettes (photo: Armando Gallo/Getty Images)
Ike and Tina Turner perform ‘Nutbush City Limits’ on German TV show Musikladen, Bremen, West Germany, 1973. (Photo by Peter Bischoff/Getty Images)
UNITED STATES – JANUARY 01: Photo of Tina TURNER and Ike TURNER and Ike & Tina TURNER; LR: Tina Turner and Ike Turner performing live on stage, (Photo by Gai Terrell/Redferns)
Actress and musician Tina Turner in a scene from the musical film ‘Tommy’, 1975. (Photo by Stanley Bielecki Movie Collection/Getty Images)
Ann-Margret (L) and Tina Turner (C) attend the New York premiere of ‘Tommy’ at the 57th St./6th Ave Subway Station. in New York on March 18, 1975. (Photo by Sal Traina/WWD/Penske Media via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES – APRIL 27: CHER, his solo music and variety show spin-off after the Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour ended. Series (19751976). Left to right, Cher, Tina Turner and Kate Smith. Episode aired April 27, 1975. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)
Ike (second from right) and Tina Turner perform with the Ike And Tina Turner Revue on the American music show ‘Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert’, taped in Los Angeles, California and broadcast March 12, 1976. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
American singer Tina Turner performing the Eagles hit, ‘Life in the Fast Lane’ at the Las Vegas Entertainment Awards, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 4, 1977. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Singer Tina Turner wearing a fur coat as she poses next to a fountain on the eve of her first solo performance in Britain, at the Inn on the Park Hotel in London, February 10, 1978. ( Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
(Eingeschränkte Rechte für bestimmte redaktionelle Kunden in Deutschland. Limited rights for specific editorial clients in Germany.) Tina Turner, singer, USA
– on stage at “Metropol”, Berlin (Photo by ARTCO-Berlin/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
(Eingeschränkte Rechte für bestimmte redaktionelle Kunden in Deutschland. Limited rights for specific editorial clients in Germany.) Tina Turner, singer, USA
– on stage at “Metropol”, Berlin (Photo by ARTCO-Berlin/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
American singer and actress Tina Turner performing on a German television show in Hamburg, Germany, 1982. (Photo by Helmut Reiss/United Archives via Getty Images)
UK – APRIL 01: HAMMERSMITH ODEON Photo of Tina TURNER, Tina Turner performing on stage (Photo by Fin Costello/Redferns)
American singer Tina Turner performs on stage at the Venue in London in December 1983. Tina Turner would play two nights at the Venue, December 16 and 20 during her 1983 world tour. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns)
LOS ANGELES – CIRCA 1984: Rock and roll singer Tina Turner performs on a television show circa 1984 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES – MAY 2: Rock and roll singer Tina Turner performs on a TV show wearing a black leather jacket on May 2, 1984 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES – MAY 2: Rock and roll singer Tina Turner performs on a television show wearing a tie on May 2, 1984 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
UNITED KINGDOM – JANUARY 01: WEMBLEY ARENA Photo of Tina TURNER, Tina Turner performing on stage (Photo by Lorne Resnick/Redferns)
UNITED KINGDOM – JANUARY 01: WEMBLEY ARENA Photo by Tina TURNER, Tina Turner performing on stage (Photo by Lorne Resnick/Redferns)
LONDON, UK – MARCH 14: Tina Turner performs on stage at Wembley Arena during her ‘Private Dancer’ tour on March 14, 1985 in London, England. (Photo by Pete Still/Redferns)
LONDON, UK – MARCH 14: Tina Turner performs on stage at Wembley Arena during her ‘Private Dancer’ tour on March 14, 1985 in London, England. (Photo by Pete Still/Redferns)
(FILE PHOTO) Tina Turner and Mick Jagger perform to a sold out crowd at the Live Aid concert at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania July 13, 1985. Jagger will celebrate his 60th birthday on July 26, 2003 with a party in Prague , Czech Republic where the Rolling Stones are currently on tour. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)
(MANDATORY CREDIT Ebet Roberts/Getty Images) UNITED STATES – AUGUST 02: MADISON SQUARE GARDEN Photo of Tina TURNER, performing live on stage (Photo by Ebet Roberts/Redferns)
DETROIT – AUGUST 28: Swiss-American singer and actress, Tina Turner performs at Joe Louis Arena during her ‘Private Dancer Tour’ on August 18, 1985, in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Ross Marino/Getty Images)
LONDON – JUNE 20: Paul McCartney and Tina Turner perform on stage at the Prince’s Trust 10th Anniversary Party at Wembley Arena, London, UK on June 20, 1986. Behind them, left to right, are: Mark King, Paul Young, Rick Parfitt and Francois Rossi. (Photo by Brian Cooke/Redferns)
Tina Turner on 09/12/87 in Chicago, Il. (Photo by Paul Natkin/WireImage)
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