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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DIAMOND GIRL

Paying homage to Marilyn Monroe's performance of "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" (from 1953's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), Madonna charmed suitors and picked up baubles in a slinky pink satin gown in the 1985 video for "Material Girl." Although it wouldn't be the last time she echoed Monroe, the pop star later said, "I don't think I'm like Marilyn Monroe in a lot of ways. The main thing that we have in common is that we bleach our hair."