When Madonna kicks off Celebration, her 12th world tour at the O2 this weekend, a retrospective of 40 years of her prima-Madonna-ish pop artistry, it’s not only going to be the hits and the inappropriately sexual dance moves everyone’s waiting for, it’s the looks.
In some ways the now 64-year-old’s music is merely a catchy backdrop to her wardrobe, which has by turn entranceed and annoyed people since she first bopped into Eighties’ post-punk New York in her cut-off t-shirts, mini-skirts and leggings, Today, you can’t really call yourself a pop goddess if you haven’t ground your pelvis into the eye of a camera wearing nothing but a see-through thong, but back then a woman singing about being like a virgin while wearing a lot of black eye liner and a lacy bra, was thrillingly outrageous.
