Style icon

A fashion icon or fashion leader is an influential person who introduces new styles which spread throughout fashion culture and become part of fashion. They initiate a new style which others may follow. They may be famous personalities such as political leaders, celebrities, or sports personalities. For example, during the 1960s, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was a great fashion icon for American women, and her style became a sign of wealth, power, and distinction; her famous Pink Chanel suit is one of the most referenced and revisited of all of her items of clothing. Twiggy is an example of an It girl and fashion icon of the Swinging Sixties. Fashion leaders"Fashion leaders" is an older term that was replaced in the second half of the 20th century. Fashion leaders were considered to be important people of higher hierarchy and society such as royalty, aristocrats and their wives and mistresses. Queen Marie Antoinette, during her two-decade consort reign, had influenced the world of 18th-century fashion and design in France and Europe.Empress Joséphine, the first wife of Emperor Napoleon I, held the ''Empire dress line.''Beau Brummell, a friend of King George IV, was a fashion leader