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Fashion icon

A fashion icon or fashion leader is a influential person who introduces new styles which spread throughout fashion culture and become part of fashion. They initiate a new style which others may follow. They may be famous personalities such as political leaders, celebrities, or sports personalities. For example, during the 1960s, Jackie Kennedy was a great fashion icon for American women, and her style became a sign of wealth, power, and distinction; and her famous Pink Chanel suit is one of the most referenced and revisited of all of her items of clothing. Twiggy was an It girl, she was a teenaged model and fashion icon of Swinging Sixties.[1][2][3][4][5]

the first wife of Emperor Napoleon I was herself holding the ''Empire dress line.''[2]

Empress Joséphine

a friend of the King George IV was a fashion leader in men's fashion.[2]

Beau Brummell

the Mughal emperor Jahangir was a fashion enthusiast, and she was having a great interest in clothing items of that time; she set many fashion trends. Nur Jahan was very creative and had a good fashion sense, and she is credited for many textile materials and dresses like nurmahali dress and fine cloths like Panchtoliya badla (silver-threaded brocade), kinari (silver-threaded lace), etc.[6][7][8]

Nur Jahan

was a fashion leader in the 1980s and 1990s.[9]

Diana, Princess of Wales

"Fashion leaders" are an older term replaced in the second half of the 20th century. Fashion leaders were important people of higher hierarchy and society such as royalty, aristocrats and their wives and mistresses.[2]

(see, Fashion of Audrey Hepburn)

Audrey Hepburn

(see, Fashion of Diana, Princess of Wales)

Diana, Princess of Wales

(see, Fashion of Madonna)

Madonna

the original Eugénie hat was named after Eugénie de Montijo, wife of Napoleon III, whose fashion choices were publicized in fashion sketches and closely scrutinized across Europe and the United States.[16]

Eugénie hat

Pink Chanel suit of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy

Black Givenchy dress of Audrey Hepburn

White dress of Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe's pink dress

Black dress of Rita Hayworth

Similar to the Little Black Dress that is associated with actress Audrey Hepburn.[3] the following dresses and garments are famous with the names of fashion icons.

a person with a role either to promote, display or advertise commercial products (notably fashion clothing in fashion shows) or to serve as a visual aid for people who are creating works of art or to pose for photography.

Model (person)

a person or an artifact that is identified by members of a culture as representative of that culture.

Cultural icon

Fashion journalism