Madonna: 50 Looks We Can't Forget

As the Material Girl celebrates a half-century, trace her every fashion reinvention. By Aaron Parsley and Cara Lynn Shultz

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Updated: Thursday Aug 14, 2008 | 06:00 AM EDT

A MOVING MOMENT

Chic in Chanel haute couture, Madonna premiered her documentary I Am Because We Are, about orphans in Malawi, at the Cannes Film Festival this past May. The work was inspired by her own experience of adopting a Malawian boy, David Banda. "This is a film I want the world to see," a choked-up Madonna told the audience.