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.
AP Photo
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.
Michael Putland / Getty Images
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.
Gijsbert Hanekroot / Redferns
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.
Michael Putland / Retna
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!
Clem Murray / AP Photo
Later that year, Jagger sported a blue nylon jacket, a red patterned shirt, and the vaguest hints of eyeliner onstage.
AP Photo
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.
Barry Schultz / Sunshine
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.
Frederic Garcia / Starface
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.
Cancan Chu / Getty Images
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.
Getty Images
Jagger looks out at the crowd during a concert in Lausanne in a black undershirt and a blue satin blouse.
Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / Getty Images
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.
Dave J Hogan / Getty Images
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.
Ilya S. Savenok/Getty
Mick is a walking optical illusion in his zig-zag pattern jacket and hat while performing in London in 2012.
Ian Gavan/Getty
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.
Matt Cardy/Getty
Mick Jagger gets regal with a gold brocade suit jacket, which he wore while performing in London in 2013.
Simone Joyner/Getty
