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The story behind Amy Winehouse’s powerfully imperfect stage style
Back to Black, Amy’s beehive and hourglass silhouette became so distinct that it was worthy of imitation. Victoria’s Secret model Adriana Lima posed as Amy in a spring 2009 issue of Love magazine, while Karl Largerfeld chose her as his muse for Chanel’s Cruise collection that same year. The clothes, however, never intimidated Amy, and under a display of expensive dresses are Perspex boxes filled with heart-shaped sunglasses, half-broken shoes, stained handbags and lots of oversized gold hoop earrings that look as if they’d been bought for £5 at a Camden market stall.