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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Channeling the look of Marie Antoinette's court at Versailles, Madonna thrilled the crowd at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards with a lush, naughty performance of "Vogue." Although the video snagged best direction, it lost video of the year (to Sinead O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U").