Favourite Bowie pics

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Someone asked me which my fave Bowie pics from different eras are. So, here they come! I don’t think one era is better than another as I think his music and his style were just as good with every reincarnation (for want of a better word). My favourite era is probably the Berlin Era because he looked healthy and natural, and wrote Heroes (one of my absolute favourite Bowie songs). After that would probably be the Ziggy era for the theatricality and the beauty of it all.

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Very Katherine Hepburn
Pre Ziggy (but only just). Look at that perfect hairstyle - unisex and timeless.
Pre Ziggy (but only just). Look at that perfect hairstyle – unisex and timeless.

The next ones are from live performances from the Ziggy Stardust tour (1972 – 3). I think I like the bottom up shots, NOT for The Area (as the Bowie bulge is called) but because it shows the beautiful costumes and theatricality of the Ziggy era.

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David Bowie Performs Live In London 1973
Wearing Kansai Yamamoto

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My favourite costume - liberty print faux jump-suit worn to sing Starman on Top of the Pops in 1972
My favourite costume – liberty print faux jump-suit worn to sing Starman on Top of the Pops in 1972

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Below from the Berlin era (about 1977) where he had his natural hair colour, no makeup and was clean from drugs.

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This photo was taken when Bowie sang ‘Heroes’ on the Marc show, a week before Marc Bolan was killed.

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Just before singing Heroes on a Dutch television program

Next up: the eighties:

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David Bowie on Stage
Did anyone have good hair in the eighties?

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Then older Bowie:

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Wearing Alexander McQueen

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Author: Janet Carr

Fashion, beauty and animal loving language consultant from South Africa living in Stockholm, Sweden.

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