From 50p gold hot pants to Paul Smith suits: how Kylie Minogue became one of pop’s ultimate chameleons
The star’s rise from Ramsay Street to global superstar is the subject of a new book.
It’s a journey that has cleverly harnessed the power of fashion to transform, subvert – and shock On 20 December 1989, Kylie Minogue first harnessed the power of fashion.
Attending the Australian premiere of her film The Delinquents, she wore a custom sequined noughts-and-crosses minidress by Australian designers Morrissey Edmiston and a cropped blond wig.
She also arrived with a new accessory: a rock star boyfriend in the shape of Michael Hutchence from INXS.
Before then, there’d been her Neighbours character Charlene’s peak-80s silk taffeta and lace wedding dress, and Kylie the pop star on the cover of her first album, in 1988, wearing a topless hat showing off cascading curls.
But that had been fashion forced on her, at a time when she had no say in her image.
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