Foxy lady

Not since the early \'80s has outrageous clubwear been so à la mode, which is why Handbag has chosen Grace Jones as its celebrity fashion icon this month. Now in her sixties, during the \'80s the Jamaican-born singer, model and muse was as famous for her provocative, gender-bending get-ups as she was for her tunes Slave To The Rhythm and Pull Up To The Bumper (and her style today hasn\'t let up: her most recent round of gigs saw her wearing a wild array of headpieces by milliner Philip Treacy.)

Her collaborative efforts with Andy Warhol (to whom she was a muse), Keith Haring (who painted her body in tribal patterns for a nightclub performance in 1985) and later with then-partner Jean-Paul Goude (which resulted in the iconic covers for Nightclubbing and Slave To The Rhythm) took body art to a whole new level. This season, her leggy \'80s silhouette of broad, high-definition shoulders and spiky heels (hood and flat-top optional) with flashes of acidic colours was adopted by the likes of Marc Jacobs,  Balmain and Dolce & Gabbana.

Here, handbag.com celebrates some of the boundary-pushing looks that made her a star.

Picture: Grace Jones performing onstage in the late \'70s in a copper metallic catsuit and furs

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Whip smart

Grace Jones onstage in 1979, wearing a black swimsuit, fishnet stockings and elbow-length leather gloves.

Specs appeal

Grace Jones photographed in 1985, in a chocolate leather jacket, matching hood and fuschia framed sunglasses.

Golden lady

Grace Jones, photographed in 1990 wearing a gold pleated all-in-one by Issey Miyake.

Fan-tastic

Grace Jones, performing onstage circa 1979, wearing a cardboard cut-out zig-zag ensemble in a graphic \'80s palette of red, golden yellow, black and blue.

Tribal odyssey

Grace Jones performing at a New Year\'s Eve concert at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City in 1987, wearing a ballgown decorated by the artist Keith Haring.

Cat\'s whiskers

Grace Jones arrives at her birthday party in 1985, wearing an anthropomorphic bustier top by Thierry Mugler and a cat\'s mask.

Suits her

Grace Jones blurs gender lines at the launch party of her album Black Leatherette in 1980, wearing a mannish grey suit, sunglasses - and a flat top.

Hell for leather

Grace Jones arriving at the GRAMMY Awards after party in 1983, wearing a black leather ensemble with matching hat.

Crowning glory

Grace Jones at a party in New York in 1985, sporting a typically eye-catching ensemble.

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