Timeless sex symbol? Certainly. Musical icon? Duh. But as The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger turns 80 today, the imprint left by his glam-rocker wardrobe is one of the clearest markers he has put on 21st century performers today.
His kick-flare jumpsuits, tunics and tight tailoring in the late sixties, seventies and beyond helped the menswear peacock revolution plume it’s feathers, and paved the way — with help from the likes of David Bowie and Jimi Hendrix — to the fluro-pink boa explosion that is the Harry Styles-effect today.
