Happy Birthday, Bowie: Tracing the Icon"s Runway Impact

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David Bowie is perhaps everything fashion would aspire to be, everything it is at its best: chameleonlike, slipping easily from one singular identity to another at the drop of a hat. So its little wonder that hes been a perennial reference for the industrys biggest names. Consider some of his most ardent fans: Raf Simons, Hedi Slimane, Jean Paul Gaultier, Dries Van Noten . . . this list goes on. Ziggy Stardust is undeniably the icons most famous persona but far from the only to come to life on the catwalks. The Thin White Duke has been evoked by both Van Noten and Alber Elbaz (in the same season, no less), while a dead ringer for the striped Freddie Burretti jacket Bowie can be seen wearing over lunch on a train with Mick Ronson turned up at Givenchy Spring 10. And who could forget, in an ultimate confluence of fashion and the Starman himself, when Kate Moss donned one of his 1972 tour jumpsuits for her turn as a presenter at the Brit Awards?

In honor of the legends 69th birthday (and the debut of his new album, Blackstar), were revisiting 14 of the best runway homages to the man who fell to earth.

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Christophe Decarnin conjures up Bowies Stardust-era Kansai Yamamoto jumpsuits, Fall 2011.

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An Aladdin Saneworthy blazer spotted at Walter Van Beirendonck Fall 2013.

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See more photos of:No one rocks a wide-brimmed fedora like Bowiethough Lanvins Fall 2011 models come in a close second.

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See more photos of:While John Galliano didnt name-check Aladdin Sane, the persona was more than palpable in Maison Margielas glam, gender-bending Spring 2016 lineup.

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