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Cher at 70: seven iconic style moments

On the cusp of her 70th birthday, we look back on some of the showgirl’s most iconic looks

Main image: Cher in 1977. Photograph: Jane Bown

Thu 19 May 2016 10.04 EDT Last modified on Mon 2 Jul 2018 09.57 EDT

  • The 60s power couple of singing-and-TV-show fame, Sonny and Cher often went matchy-matchy, way before Justin and Britney’s double-denim gate.

  • By 1973, Sonny and Cher had firmly established themselves within the US showbiz firmament. In this still from Sonny and Cher’s Comedy Hour, the singer shows off her trademark straight black bangs.

  • Post divorce from Sonny, Cher’s stylistic collaborations with designer Bob Mackie became edgier.

  • The singer was quoted as saying: ‘I’m insecure about everything, because I’m never going to look in the mirror and see this blonde, blue-eyed girl. That is my idea of what I’d like to look like.’

  • Pictured here in 1984 at the height of the aerobics boom, complete with sweatband and leg-warmers.

  • That Bob Mackie Oscar-winning dress from 1987.

  • She goes for the full-on leather mini-skirt rocker look in 1988.
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