Cher possesses one of the most iconic styles in Hollywood. The Academy Award-winning actress and venerated singer’s career spans decades, featuring bold looks that merge confidence, playfulness and avant-garde edge together.
No one look of Cher’s is like more iconic than the Bob Mackie-designed look she wore to the Oscars in 1988 — when she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in “Moonstruck.”
The look featured sheer detail, shimmering effects and more theatrical pieces. Cher had a long-time relationship with Mackie, who designed several of her costumes for her TV show and more.
Here, see how Cher’s style has evolved over the course of several decades — from the 1960s, through the ‘70s and more decades to her present-day fashion choices.
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2024, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Gilbert Flores/Billboard Cher, winner of the Icon award, pose in the press room at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards held at the Dolby Theatre on April 1, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
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Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Steve Eichner/Variety Cher at the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball held at Madison Square Garden on December 8, 2023 in New York City.
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Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety Alexander Edwards and Cher at the Versace Fall-Winter 2023 Fashion Show held at Pacific Design Center on March 9, 2023 in West Hollywood, California.
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2023, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Gilbert Flores/Variety Cher at “Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love” held at Avalon Hollywood on March 2, 2023.
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2022, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Aurora Rose/WWD Cher at the 2022 CFDA Fashion Awards held at Casa Cipriani on November 7, 2022 in New York City.
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Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Gilbert Flores/Variety Cher at the premiere of “Sidney” held at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on September 21, 2022.
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2022, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Brian Feinzimer/Variety Cher at the premiere of “Chevalier” held at El Capitan Theatre on April 16, 2022.
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2021, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Getty Images Cher attends The Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures Opening Gala at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on September 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.
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2018, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Andrew H. Walker/Variety Cher at the ‘The Cher Show’ Broadway opening in 2018.
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Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Getty Images Cher performs during her Here We Go Again Tour at Rod Laver Arena on October 3, 2018 in Melbourne, Australia.
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2017, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Getty Images Cher performs during the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 21, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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2017, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Rob Latour/Variety Kim Kardashian West and Cher at the ‘The Promise’ film premiere in 2017.
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2017, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Getty Images Cher performs with dancers during the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 21, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Chelsea Lauren/WWD Cher at the Kilian x Loree Rodkin Dinner in 2016.
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2013, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Giovanni Giannoni/WWD Cher attends Gareth Pugh’s fall 2013 runway show at Hotel Salomon de Rothschild.
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2006, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: WWD Cher and Dean Winters attend Visionaire’s 48 Magic launch party at Visionaire Gallery in 2006.
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2006, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: WWD Cher attends Dior’s fall 2006 couture runway show at Polo de Paris.
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2005, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Getty Images Cher performs at the North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, Sunday February20, 2005, in the first of her two New Zealand concerts during her world farewell tour.
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2000, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Getty Images Cher in 2000.
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1998, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Donato Sardella/WWD Elijah Blue Allman and his mother, Cher, attend the 70th Academy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, on March 23, 1998.
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Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Steve Eichner/WWD Cher and guests attend the opening gala for an exhibit honoring late Italian designer Gianni Versace at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on December 8, 1997.
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Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Donato Sardella/WWD Cher attends the 54th Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on January 19, 1997.
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1993, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: WWD Cher attends a Council of Fashion Designers of America event at Lincoln Center in New York City on February 2, 1993.
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Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Guy DeLort/WWD Cher performs during an event at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., in June 21, 1989.
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Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Corbis via Getty Images Cher at the 1988 Academy Awards.
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Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Art Streiber/WWD Cher attends an event at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, on April 11, 1988.
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1988, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Thomas Iannaccone/WWD Cher dressed in a costume by designer Bob Mackie debuts her new perfume “Uninhibited” in 1988.
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Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: WWD Cher attends an event at Elaine’s, a restaurant in New York City, on December 2, 1987.
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Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Bettmann Archive/Courtesy of Getty Images Cher at the Academy Awards 1986.
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Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Thomas Iannaccone/WWD Entertainer Cher arrives at the Bob Mackie Spring 1986 Ready to Wear runway show.
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1985, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: WWD Cher, 1985.
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Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Marissa Roth/WWD Josh Donnen and Cher attend an event at the Plitt Theater in Los Angeles, California, on December 19, 1984.
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1983, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: WWD Val Kilmer and Cher attend the 55th Academy Awards at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion in Los Angeles, California, on April 11, 1983.
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Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Pierre-Gilles Vidoli/WWD Cher attends a party at TVC Studios in Hollywood, California, on March 22, 1983.
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1983, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Marissa Roth/WWD Cher and David Geffen attend an event at the MGM lot in Culver City, California, on January 28, 1983.
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1980, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Robert Ware/WWD Cher and Chastity Bono attend an event at Mann’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California, on December 9, 1980.
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1979, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: WWD Cher attends the opening of her first solo concert tour, titled “Take Me Home,” at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 5, 1979.
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1979, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Stephen Lovejoy/WWD Cher walks the runway during an event, supporting the Campaign for Economic Democracy’s anti-nuclear energy “Plug in the Sun” program, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on May 22, 1979.
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1978, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Alan Berliner/WWD Cher appears onstage during a benefit event, raising money to advocate for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, in Bel Air, California, on June 13, 1978.
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1978, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Jim McHugh/WWD Kate Jackson and Cher attend an event at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles, California, on January 15, 1978.
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1978, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: WWD Cher at the YSL’s Opium Perfume Launch Party in 1978.
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1977, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Nick Machalaba/WWD Steve Rubell and Cher attend the opening of nightclub Studio 54 in New York City on April 27, 1977.
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1977, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Alan Berliner/WWD Cher attends the opening of Filmex ’77 in Los Angeles, California, on March 9, 1977.
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Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Alan Berliner/WWD Gregg Allman and Cher attend a party at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California, following a Doobie Brothers concert at the Forum, on May 4, 1975.
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1975, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Alan Berliner/WWD Cher attends an event at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on April 5, 1975.
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Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Vincent Frye/WWD Cher wearing a beaded top and white pants attending a party at The Greenhouse in Los Angeles for the end of Rod Stewart and The Faces’ tour in 1975.
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1975, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: WWD Cher attends a party, marking the conclusion of a North American tour by Faces, at the Greenhouse in Los Angeles on March 11, 1975.
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1974, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: WWD Cher attends a preview screening of ‘Chinatown’ at the headquarters of the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles, California, on June 19, 1974.
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1974, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Frank Diernhammer/WWD Chastity Bono in her mother, Cher’s arms at the opening of her grandmother, Georgia Holt’s new quilt and antique shop in 1974.
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1974, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: WWD Joni Mitchell, John Guerin and Cher attend the American Civil Liberties Union’s tribute to Henry Fonda at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on June 1, 1974.
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1974, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: WWD David Geffen and Cher attend the Los Angeles premiere of ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ stage musical at The Roxy Theatre on March 22, 1974.
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1974, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: WWD Cher and David Geffen attend a party at 21 in New York City following Frank Sinatra’s concert at Carnegie Hall on April 8, 1974.
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1974, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: WWD Cher and David Geffen attend the 46th Academy Awards at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion in Los Angeles, California, on April 2, 1974.
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1973, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: WWD Sonny Bono and Cher attend the 45th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, California, on March 27, 1973.
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1973, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Frank Diernhammer/WWD Cher Bono attending the opening of, “Last Tango in Paris” in 1973.
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1973, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: WWD Sonny Bono and Cher attend the Los Angeles premiere of the documentary film ‘Wattstax’ at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles on February 3, 1973.
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Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Michael Daley/WWD Cher and Sonny Bono at a party thrown by Hugh Hefner at The Playboy Mansion in 1973.
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1972, Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: WWD Sonny Bono and Cher attend a party at the Bistro in Beverly Hills, California, celebrating the opening of the Merle Oberon Playhouse, on October 15, 1972.
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Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Frank Diernhammer/WWD Cher at the Merle Oberon Playhouse in Los Angeles in 1972.
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Cher’s Iconic Style Over the Years
Image Credit: Pierre Schermann/WWD Singer Cher poses for portraits and discusses the beginnings of a solo musical career at The Plaza Hotel on April 16, 1969 in New York City.