How Prince transformed the fashion industry

lSadly this week in the news it was found that Prince, the legendary and extremely flamboyant American singer in the music industry had sadly passed away. Therefore, I thought I would put a small post together to look back at some of Prince's most iconic fashion moment ever and celebrate his extravagant identity that he wore with such confidence and individuality putting him at the fore front of stage presence within music and a real inspiration for other stars.

Ever since he arrived on the music scene in the 70's, Prince amazed his audiences with his iconoclastic, daring fashion sense that was certainly never dull and instead truly stylish and colourful in order to translate his vibrant personality into his outerwear.

Lets have a look at Prince's style over the past forty years...

Unforgettably Prince wowed his audience in a fierce two-piece suit, decorated with embellished swirls of raspberry and purple hues on stage in 1985, around the time his album Around the World in a Day went on sale.

If there was one person who was able to reform a mundane, minimalistic outfit, it was definitely Prince. Instead of just wearing a simple black shirt paired with white tailored pants, Prince took it a step further in contrasting polka dots for his stage costume in Philadelphia on October 18, 1988.

In 1993, Prince rocked a pyjama-like green and blue pin stripe suit with a layer of gold chains dangling from his neck, a megaphone, and shades to complete the hip hop glam look.

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In the same year Prince wore the same sort of look on stage during one of his performances suggesting that striped pyjama blazer jackets paired with eccentric gold chains were definitely a trend for the year of 1993.

Prince looking extremely retro-futuristic with Asian influence mixed with safari animal prints to the  2015 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theatre on Nov. 22, 2015 in Los Angeles.

In 2012, Prince paired a bright yellow pants with a faded graphic yet colourful turtleneck top and matching heels for his show in Las Vegas during the iHeartRadio Music Festival.