Amy Winehouse’s Speech has taken over London once again following the premiere of Sam Taylor-Johnson’s biopic Back to Black; a flashy film that shows actor Marisa Abela’s belated transition to the polo and ballet shoes of the great singer Fred Perry.
Winehouse’s shoe of choice is a TikTok magnet and today’s catwalk trend – but there’s no mistaking the Tears Dry On Their Own singer as anti-fashion in her look, as original in her music. Reeboks, skinny jeans and a pea jacket served her better at British parties than stilettos, and any “style evolution” largely involved a shift from knee-length, figure-hugging midi dresses to crinoline minis and killer leather belts. it became his stage signature. That and the beehive, which he first created with hairstylist Tracey Cahoon in 2000.
Following the release of her album Back to Black in 2006, Winehouse began working as a fashion stylist with her friend Naomi Parry. According to Parry, Amy “always had a clear idea of how she wanted to look. “We found a style that she was really comfortable with, and it became synonymous with her,” She said. “It was like her armor; she put it on and became Amy Winehouse.
Her most memorable outfits are from Karen Millen’s black, rose-print corset midi dresses and tropical cotton minis she wore to perform at Koko in Camden and the Hammersmith Apollo in the mid-2000s, to the navy blue, floral appliqued Luella strapless mini (complete with cocktail party). It extends up to . At Glastonbury at Glastonbury in 2008. There was the yellow Preen ‘power’ dress that showed off a black, lacy bra at Brits 2007, the Dolce & Gabbana black cotton mini dress she wore to win five Grammys in 2008, and a black cotton mini dress. Vivienne Westwood ‘Anglomania’ skirt suit for a trip to Westminster Magistrates’ Court in summer 2009.
While she dabbled with designer brands — which they did, most notably Karl Lagerfeld, who paid tribute to her for his Chanel Pre-Fall 2008 collection — her own uniform was the most Winehouse of vest tops, micro shorts, leather jackets and denim. A pair of Miss Sixty jeans on display at the Design Museum’s 2021/2022 exhibition Amy: Beyond the Stage perhaps best sums up her style: frayed and personalized with red embroidery, spelling out ‘Amy’ on the leg and across. in the back pocket: ‘Sinatra is God’.
Amy Winehouse’s 42 most memorable outfits:
at the Brit Awards, 2004
At The Prince’s Trust Urban Music Festival, 2004
At a MAC party, 2004
At an event celebrating the life and music of Billie Holiday, 2004
At the Ivor Novello Awards, 2004
At the Blackberry party, 2004
At the Cannizaro Park Festival in Wimbledon, 2004
Mercury Music Prize awards, 2004
At the Q Awards, 2004
at the Brit Awards, 2005
Performing at Koko in Camden Town, 2006
At the Q Awards, 2006
At the South Bank Show Awards, 2007
At Elle Magazine Style Awards, 2007
at the Brit Awards, 2007
Performing at the Brit Awards, 2007
Universal/Island Records Brits after party, 2007
With Kelly Osbourne at the Coachella Music Festival, 2007
Performing at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, 2007
At the MTV Movie Awards in California, 2007
Performed at the MTV Movie Awards in California, 2007
Performing at the Isle of Wight Festival, 2007
With Blake Fielder-Civil at the MOJO Hall of Fame awards, 2007
Performing on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury, 2007
Performing at Lollapalooza in Chicago, 2007
The Row’s launch dinner with Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, 2007
Performing at the Mercury Music Awards, 2007
Performing at the Black Origin Music Awards (MOBOs), 2007
At the 2007 MTV Europe Music Awards in Munich
At the 2008 Grammy Awards ceremony in London
Performing at the Brit Awards, 2008
At the 46664 Concert Celebrating the Life of Nelson Mandela, 2008
Performing on the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury, 2008
Performing at the Rock in Rio festival in Spain, 2008
Performing at a club night in Camden, 2008
Performance at T In The Park Festival, 2008
At the closing party for Sadie Frost’s show ‘Touched for the First Time’, 2009
With his father Mitch Winehouse at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, 2009
At Westminster Magistrates’ Court, 2009
At Universal Music’s Lucian Grainge’s VIP Party, 2010
At the launch party for Reebok and VICEstyle.com, 2010
At Tony Bennett’s post-show party at the Royal Albert Hall, 2010
