How Grace Jones Continues To Push Us To Be Powerful

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“I decided from an early age that the best form of defense was attack, and that taking on the world and living life to the fullest was how I would deal with setbacks and problems.” So declared the iconic Grace Jones in her 2015 memoir, I’ll Never Write My Memoirs.

From model and muse to musician and maverick, Jones has spent the better part of the past 50 years crashing boundaries. A visual storyteller, she has inspired, astonished and challenged us, never asking for anyone’s permission.

She’s also audaciously self-aware. “I can be a pain,” she wrote of herself. “But most of all, I can be a pleasure.” To say that the Jamaican-born beauty is known for her edgy style is an understatement.