Happy 70th Birthday, Mick!
From blouses to jumpers, a look back at more than half a century of Mick’s glitter-rock style.
Gijsbert Hanekroot / Redferns
In honor of Mick Jagger's 70th birthday, we look back at the singer's iconic style, from his early glitter rock days to his—well, still pretty glittery later years.
Gijsbert Hanekroot / Redferns
In honor of Mick Jagger’s 70th birthday, we look back at the singer’s iconic style, from his early glitter-rock days to his, well, still pretty glittery later years.
Gijsbert Hanekroot / Redferns
In 1972, at the height of the glitter-rock era, a 29-year-old Mick Jagger took the stage in a silver-loop-studded, lace-up two-piece at the Boston Garden, with Keith Richards on guitar in the foreground.
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A year later, at Wembley Empire Pool in London, a bare-chested Jagger bounded across the stage in a white jumper and glittering arm jewelry, microphone in mouth.
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Mick wasn’t much for shirts in the ’70s, but he had no problem with the magnificently ruffled sleeves of this outfit and cowboy-style, leather-fringed pants.
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Not buying into the Partridge Family look that Keith was sporting at the time, Mick donned a lime-green-pants-and-jacket combo with (behold!) a tight-fitting, yellow shirt underneath.
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In Philadelphia in 1981, a now 38-year-old Jagger took the stage in three varying shades of orange and a yellow puffer jacket. Bonus: Keith’s goggles-leather-bandana combo in the background!
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Later that year, Jagger sported a blue nylon jacket, a red patterned shirt, and the vaguest hints of eyeliner onstage.
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Shirtless again, with mismatching silver shoes and a torn-up, one-sleeve denim jacket, Jagger crowed gleefully in Keith’s direction during a guitar solo.
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In 2003, 60-year-old Mick looked polished onstage in an olive-green jacket, black pants, and matching shoes during a concert in Marseille, France.
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On the Lausanne, Switzerland, stop of the Stones’ 2007 “A Bigger Bang” tour, a still-glam Jagger smiles onstage in a black-and-silver-patterned blazer and black denim jeans.
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Looking like the disco version of Mozart, Jagger glittered onstage in a silver conductor’s jacket and a black satin shirt during a concert in Milan in 2006.
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Jagger looks out at the crowd during a concert in Lausanne in a black undershirt and a blue satin blouse.
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Six hundred unsuspecting, lucky fans paid only $20 in October this year to see the Rolling Stones perform in Paris, where, in all black, Jagger roared into the crowd.
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Dressed for the holidays, Mick Jagger wore a green velvet suit to The Rolling Stones Crossfire Hurricane premiere on November 13, 2012, in New York City.
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Mick is a walking optical illusion in his zig-zag pattern jacket and hat while performing in London in 2012.
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At the Glastonbury Music Festival in 2013, Mick Jagger wore a green bedazzled suit jacket, giving concertgoers way in the back something to focus on.
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Mick Jagger gets regal with a gold brocade suit jacket, which he wore while performing in London in 2013.
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