For every album Prince had different hairstyle and clothing.. Was it

really necessary for him to change them all the time?

Who's gona go through his different looks for each project and memorize them all?

He should have kept it more simple like MJ who has about 6 looks to remember ..

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purpleshadow said:

For every album Prince had different hairstyle and clothing.. Was it

really necessary for him to change them all the time?

Who's gona go through his different looks for each project and memorize them all?

He should have kept it more simple like MJ who has about 4 looks to remember ..

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I think he borrowed this from Bowie. It helping shape the "eras" of his music and created a sense of mystique and mystery around his persona.

His business. Some people change hairstyles every week.

purpleshadow said:

FullLipsDotNose said:

His business. Some people change hairstyles every week.

We don't live on the same planet i guess

soladeo1 said:

purpleshadow said:

For every album Prince had different hairstyle and clothing.. Was it

really necessary for him to change them all the time?

Who's gona go through his different looks for each project and memorize them all?

He should have kept it more simple like MJ who has about 4 looks to remember ..

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I think he borrowed this from Bowie. It helping shape the "eras" of his music and created a sense of mystique and mystery around his persona.

But all that mystique fades away in the end dosen't it? Now that he's gone.. is there anything misterious about him? Just my opinion

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He stopped changing his looks regularly sometime around the ONA and Musicology tours. Before he got the afro, he looked more or less the same for ten years. There were some changes, but they weren't that considerable.

I think that in the 1980s, and still in the 1990s, most "really popular" artists changed their looks with each new album and tour. It applied to everyone from Madonna to Metallica.

btw, MJ didn't have that many ongoing projects as an adult. If he had just "six different looks" that's probably because he had just six major album releases as an adult.

NEW POWER - SOUL

trench coats, ruffled shirts, turtlenecks, quirky suites, tribal-religious tunics,

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Yes, the evolution of the style definately coincided with the music and era
It was more cohesive in the 80s, did not match as much in the 90s (I love the Rave look but the album music was not even close) I think the Gold Experience look matched the turmultuous times of the era

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but the 2000s he pretty much had the same hairstyle from 2001 - 2009/10

and from 2001-2008 it was 99% suites or a very simple look, around the musicology -3121 he introduced some Asian styles,

around the Planet Earth era he started wearing more ruffled shirts and some other styles.

During the Welcome 2 tours/20Ten more tunics garbed outfists, ruffled shirts and what looked like futuristic Mad Max Welcome to the Thunderdome Tribal styles, that extended into the 3rd Eye Girl era

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and we know via Andy Allo he broke into growing his hair out 2013/2014

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The 80s had a more cohesive flow of style that evolved into the next look, and even the period such as Lovesexy harkened back to the Prince(1979) look, mixing in some Parade and Purple Rain(he even wore that outfit that he and Wendy wore(the one he had on in UTCM @ Mary Sharons party) during the Lovesexy tour with a ruffled shirt underneath

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Sheila E's 3rd album period their style was a combination of Prince's Parade look(cut off shirts, silk pajamas and ruffled shirts and what turned into the SOTT look via the 'baggy' pants and the shirts Prince wore during Housequake in the SOTT film)

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I'm going to post it in the Prince/Mazarati thread, but what Sir Casey Terry wore on the album cover was what Prince later designed and wore during the Lovesexy period for his 'leisure look'

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the Band(s) usually reflected Princes own look and also enhanced the cohesive flow
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Transitional period: 1989/90 Batman-Graffiti Bridge
What Prince commonly was seen wearing during Batman -the band wore during the Nude tour

and the more defined Graffiti Bridge look was a flow from the 'alphabetic' Lovesexy look. Robin Power & the Uptown Dames wore a lot of what Cat wore during the Lovesexy period.

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the rest of the 90s period, Prince look very different from the band. His look even when crazy looking tended to look way better than the band. The bands look never made much sense to me.

soladeo1 said:

purpleshadow said:

For every album Prince had different hairstyle and clothing.. Was it

really necessary for him to change them all the time?

Who's gona go through his different looks for each project and memorize them all?

He should have kept it more simple like MJ who has about 4 looks to remember ..

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I think he borrowed this from Bowie. It helping shape the "eras" of his music and created a sense of mystique and mystery around his persona.

Indeed, it was Bowie's great innovation. His music wasn't bad either

razord said:

Personally, I loved the way he shapeshifted, kept things fresh while other artists were sitting on their arses Idle, i often wonder what his next look would have been.

I agree!

I loved it that he kept changing his look. And I loved the Fro.

Probably wanted to stay ahead of the crowd. In the 80s, he wanted to sound the coolest and look the coolest. But never did he dress up like an emperor or bleach his skin like MJ did (Sorry Michael I love you, but he got stuck in the past, Michael was wearing royal robes, Napoleon style coats with lapels and loved crowns, gold and jewels from the early 1980s onwards. Prince never dressed up as a royal.

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The fact a thread is around persecuting Prince for doing what any style conscious pop star of the most fashion obsessed decades ever (The 1980s) is sickening. The org becomes more critical of Prince by the minute. Now he is dead, some of you are bashing him mercilessly like a TMZ hot gossip lips witch hunt.

purpleshadow said:

For every album Prince had different hairstyle and clothing.. Was it

really necessary for him to change them all the time?

Who's gona go through his different looks for each project and memorize them all?

He should have kept it more simple like MJ who has about 6 looks to remember ..

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Let's face it, MJ changed his looks everytime he had plastic surgery.

LBrent said:

razord said:

Personally, I loved the way he shapeshifted, kept things fresh while other artists were sitting on their arses Idle, i often wonder what his next look would have been.

I agree!

+1

Prince was fly. He was an artist. He was creative. He had to change it up. The last thing he could ever be is boring and stale - thank God!

That's showbiz. Prince knew how to put on a show.

soladeo1 said:

purpleshadow said:

For every album Prince had different hairstyle and clothing.. Was it

really necessary for him to change them all the time?

Who's gona go through his different looks for each project and memorize them all?

He should have kept it more simple like MJ who has about 4 looks to remember ..

[Edited 3/16/17 11:24am]

I think he borrowed this from Bowie. It helping shape the "eras" of his music and created a sense of mystique and mystery around his persona.

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David Bowie didn't invent marketing - in fact, nor did Prince even though some people believe Prince invented oxygen!

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I can't think of anyone who has worn the same clothes and had the same hair style since the time they were born.

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razord said:

Personally, I loved the way he shapeshifted, kept things fresh while other artists were sitting on their arses Idle, i often wonder what his next look would have been.

Because he was an ARTIST! Have you ever known any real artists? Their hair is a different color every week- they use fashion as a way to express themselves- it doesn't stop at the music- he was feeling whatever style he was in at the time. You ever met an insurance salesman? Always in khakis and a button down.

Purpleshadow does bring up an interesting point though. It would have been interesting to see him have the Graffiti Bridge era look from 1990 to 2000...or some other look for longer periods of time.

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‎le début

For You - Sign O the Times

1978-1987

Changing your look is a requirement to fulfill the word "fashionable", in Prince's case he was always trying to invent his own fashion that referenced artists or music culture that he liked. But like each album cover, he had to change his look for a different concept each time. But yes from 2001-2010 or so, he kept his hair cut short which made it look similar album to album despite style or texture changes. But he did keep changing the wardrobe look up until the end.

You wouldn't want each album cover to be the same would you? Or for him to stick to one song genre and production style?

Lovesexy - Batman -Nude Tour/ Graffiti Bridge

1988-1990

My favorite era's were Purple Rain, Sign O Times and piano and mic Fro. Towards the end it looked like he was going more natural.

OldFriends4Sale said:

This one?

PRNelson said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Do you have the pic taken from the purple rain movie, please? Its in thet middle of all these pics you posted. Could you re-post it? Many thanks.