InStyle.com: Cher's Transformation
1988
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Cher
When it comes to Cher, the regular rules don't apply. Born Cherilyn Sarkisian, she was a bride by 18, a number one pop star by 19 and a TV star by 25. It was during her stint on "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour," that she developed her signature style with the aid of designer Bob Mackie and an ocean of faux locks. She has had "every color wig you can imagine," she once told InStyle. "You cannot do things with your hair because all that styling ruins it. And I love my hair." Cher may be outrageous, but the Hollywood veteran is certainly not reckless. See More of Cher at InStyle.com
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1964
The 18-year-old wore thick bangs and Cleopatra-inspired eye makeup. "I used cake liner that you had to spit into and did a thick line above my lashes and over the hood of my eyelids," she told InStyle. "Garbo did it too, but mine was stark, not subtle." See More of Cher at InStyle.com
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1971
The bouffant-sporting star launched her seventh solo album, "Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves." See More of Cher at InStyle.com
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1971
Cher and husband Sonny Bono launched trends with "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour." "We blew out everybody's envelope," she told People of that time. "Nobody looked like us." See More of Cher at InStyle.com
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1972
She created a wild style with designer Bob Mackie. "Not too many people can wear what Cher wears," he once told People. Case in point--this multi-hued feather headdress. See More of Cher at InStyle.com
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1973
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1977
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1980
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1984
She launched her serious acting career with an Oscar-nominated role in "Silkwood," but kept her look playful with a bleached Mohawk. See More of Cher at InStyle.com
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1985
The "Mask" lead slipped on a pair of dramatic hair accessories for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala. See More of Cher at InStyle.com
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1986
"As you see, I received my booklet on how to dress like a serious actress," she joked at the Academy Awards. Of the Mackie-designed look, Cher told InStyle: "I was about 10 feet tall with the headdress." See More of Cher at InStyle.com
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1988
She piled her ringlets into an updo to pick up her Best Actress Oscar for "Moonstruck." See More of Cher at InStyle.com
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1988
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1998
She had a smash hit with her "Believe" album--and hit the Oscars in a lacy Bob Mackie creation. See More of Cher at InStyle.com
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1999
She promoted her "If I Could Turn Back Time: Cher's Greatest Hits" album in a rhinestone-studded platinum wig. See More of Cher at InStyle.com
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2000
She returned to the Oscars with Gothic curls. "I especially like the hair," she told InStyle of this look. "It's hard coming up with new ideas." See More of Cher at InStyle.com
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2001
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2002
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2010
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2011
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2012
Never one to fade into the background, an afro-sporting Cher presented son Chaz Bono with the Stephen F. Kolzak honor at the GLAAD Media Awards. See More of Cher at InStyle.com
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2013
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