Editing Cher (section)

=== Fashion icon status ===
[[File:Sonny & Cher Show 1977 Cropped.JPG|upright|thumb|left|alt=Cher wears an Egyptian-inspired costume featuring an ornate beaded headdress, jeweled collar and a shimmering two-piece outfit with matching bracelets.|Cher exposing her navel during a skit on ''[[The Sonny and Cher Show]]'', 1977]]

''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' described Cher as a "cultural phenomenon [who] has forever changed the way we see celebrity fashion".<ref name=Lang2016>{{cite magazine |last=Lang |first=Cady |url=https://time.com/4341151/cher-best-looks/ |title=Cher Birthday: Fashion Evolution |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=May 20, 2016 |archive-date=May 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524011738/https://time.com/4341151/cher-best-looks/ |url-status=live |quote=There's a reason Cher is called the goddess of pop[.]}}</ref> She emerged as a [[fashion icon|fashion trendsetter]] in the 1960s, popularizing "hippie fashion with [[bell-bottoms]], [[bandana]]s and Cherokee-inspired [[tunic]]s".<ref name=Aminosharei-2010>{{cite magazine|first=Nojan|last=Aminosharei|url=http://www.elle.com/fashion/g2102/fashion-high-notes-446376/?slide=5|title=Influential Women in Music {{ndash}} Influential Musicians|magazine=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]|date=June 2010|access-date=January 18, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222115603/http://www.elle.com/fashion/g2102/fashion-high-notes-446376/?slide=5|archive-date=December 22, 2015}}</ref> In 1967, she caught the attention of then-''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' editor [[Diana Vreeland]] at a party for [[Jacqueline Kennedy]] and began modeling for photographer [[Richard Avedon]].<ref name=Aminosharei-2010/> She appeared five times as [[List of Vogue (US) cover models|the cover model for US ''Vogue'']].<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |title=1892, Now It's Online |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/15/fashion/vogues-archives-go-online.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215021216/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/15/fashion/vogues-archives-go-online.html |archive-date=December 15, 2011 |access-date=April 6, 2025 |first=Eric |last=Wilson |date=December 14, 2011}}</ref>

Avedon photographed Cher in a beaded and feathered [[See-through clothing|nude gown]] by [[Bob Mackie]] for the cover of ''Time'' in 1975;{{sfn|Howard|2014|pp=125–126}} ''Billboard'' called it "one of the most recreated and monumental looks of all time".<ref name=Mazurek-2017>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|title=How Cher Transformed Fashion And Became One Of The Most Influential Style Icons In Red Carpet History|first=Brooke|last=Mazurek|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/lifestyle/7800945/how-cher-transformed-fashion-and-became-one-of-the-most-influential|date=May 19, 2017|access-date=September 8, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519173955/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/lifestyle/7800945/how-cher-transformed-fashion-and-became-one-of-the-most-influential|archive-date=May 19, 2017}}</ref> Cher had first worn the gown to the 1974 [[Met Gala]]. According to [[André Leon Talley]] of ''Vogue'', "it was really the first time a Hollywood celebrity attended and it changed everything. We are still seeing versions of that look on The Met red carpet 40 years later."<ref name=Mazurek-2017/> ''Billboard'' wrote that Cher has "transformed fashion and [become] one of the most influential style icons in red carpet history".<ref name=Mazurek-2017/>

''[[The Hamilton Spectator]]'' declared Cher "the [[It girl|It Girl]] of the '70s".<ref>{{cite news |last=Lynn |first=Darling |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hamilton-spectator-cher-just-how-lo/163880925/ |title=Cher: Just how long can Hollywood's oldest teenager remain at 17? |newspaper=[[The Hamilton Spectator]] |date=July 21, 1979 |access-date=January 25, 2025}}</ref> She became a [[sex symbol]] through her TV shows, wearing inventive and revealing Mackie-designed outfits and successfully fighting network censors to bare her [[navel]].{{sfn|Mansour|2005|p=82}} Because she did so by choice rather than at the direction of male producers, Cher is often credited as the first woman to expose her navel on TV.{{efn|The first woman to expose her navel on TV was [[Yvette Mimieux]] in 1964.<ref>{{cite web |title=Navel gazing: The first female belly buttons ever seen on TV |url=https://www.metv.com/lists/navel-gazing-the-first-female-belly-buttons-ever-seen-on-tv |access-date=July 25, 2020 |publisher=[[MeTV]] |archive-date=July 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725051024/https://www.metv.com/lists/navel-gazing-the-first-female-belly-buttons-ever-seen-on-tv|url-status=live}}</ref>}}<ref name=navel>Sources identifying Cher as the first woman to expose her navel on television:
* {{harvnb|Chunovic|2000|p=57}}.
* {{cite news|ref=none|last=Fury|first=Alexander|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/cher-on-the-cover-of-love-magazine-queen-of-chiffon-and-sequins-is-the-ultimate-fashion-icon-10411943.html |title=Cher on the cover of Love magazine: Queen of chiffon and sequins is the ultimate fashion icon|newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=July 23, 2015|access-date=January 18, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151221213920/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/cher-on-the-cover-of-love-magazine-queen-of-chiffon-and-sequins-is-the-ultimate-fashion-icon-10411943.html |archive-date=December 21, 2015}}
* {{cite news|ref=none|last=Hagwood|first=Rod Stafford|newspaper=[[Sun-Sentinel]]|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2002-08-29/lifestyle/0208280334_1_cher-comedy-hour-doll-bob-mackie|date=August 29, 2002|title=A Living Dress-up Doll|access-date=February 12, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216055107/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2002-08-29/lifestyle/0208280334_1_cher-comedy-hour-doll-bob-mackie|archive-date=February 16, 2016}}
* {{cite web|ref=none|last=Johnson|first=Zach|url=http://www.eonline.com/au/news/521262/cher-and-bob-mackie-end-42-year-partnership-i-m-crying-the-singer-tweets|publisher=[[E! (Australia)|E!]]|title=Cher and Bob Mackie End 42-Year Partnership: "I'm Crying," the Singer Tweets|date=March 14, 2014|access-date=February 12, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303032935/http://www.eonline.com/au/news/521262/cher-and-bob-mackie-end-42-year-partnership-i-m-crying-the-singer-tweets|archive-date=March 3, 2016}}
* {{harvnb|Trier-Bieniek|2014|p=105}}.</ref> ''People'' dubbed Cher the "pioneer of the belly beautiful".<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|url=http://people.com/archive/for-those-who-can-stomach-it-the-belly-beautiful-emerges-as-the-seasons-hot-new-look-vol-25-no-16/|title=For Those Who Can Stomach It, the Belly Beautiful Emerges as the Season's Hot New Look|first1=Kristina|last1=Johnson|first2=Cathy|last2=Nolan|first3=Jacqueline|last3=Savaiano|date=April 21, 1986|access-date=February 12, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226221920/http://people.com/archive/for-those-who-can-stomach-it-the-belly-beautiful-emerges-as-the-seasons-hot-new-look-vol-25-no-16/|archive-date=December 26, 2016}}</ref> In 1972, after she was featured on the [[International Best Dressed Hall of Fame List]], Mackie stated: "There hasn't been a girl like Cher since [Marlene] Dietrich and [[Greta Garbo|[Greta] Garbo]]. She's a high-fashion star who appeals to people of all ages."{{sfn|Bego|2001|p=77}}

In 1999, after the [[Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA)]] honored Cher with its Influence on Fashion Award, [[Robin Givhan]] of the ''Los Angeles Times'' called her a "fashion visionary" for "striking just the right note of contemporary wretched excess".<ref name=Givhan-1999>{{cite news |first=Robin |last=Givhan |author-link=Robin Givhan |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-may-14-cl-36955-story.html |title=And the Fashion Award Goes to&nbsp;... Cher? |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=May 14, 1999 |access-date=January 18, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618213206/http://articles.latimes.com/1999/may/14/news/cl-36955 |archive-date=June 18, 2012}}</ref> Givhan noted that designers such as [[Tom Ford]], [[Anna Sui]] and [[Dolce & Gabbana]] have cited Cher as "source of inspiration and guidance".<ref name=Givhan-1999/> She added that "Cher's Native American showgirl sexpot persona now seems to epitomize the fashion industry's rush to celebrate [[ethnicity]], adornment and sex appeal."<ref name=Givhan-1999/> ''Vogue'' proclaimed Cher "[their] favorite fashion trendsetter", calling her "eternally relevant [and] the ruler of outré reinvention".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Satenstein|first=Liana|url=http://www.vogue.com/article/cher-turns-70-style-evolution|title=All Hail Cher, Queen of the Red Carpet Rebels|magazine=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|date=May 20, 2016|access-date=May 10, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170507072650/http://www.vogue.com/article/cher-turns-70-style-evolution|archive-date=May 7, 2017}}</ref> ''[[The Independent]]''{{'}}s Alexander Fury traced her influence on celebrities including [[Beyoncé]], [[Halle Berry]], Jennifer Lopez and [[Kim Kardashian]], stating, "They all graduated from the Cher school of never sharing the stage with anyone."<ref name=Fury-2015>{{cite news|last=Fury|first=Alexander|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/cher-on-the-cover-of-love-magazine-queen-of-chiffon-and-sequins-is-the-ultimate-fashion-icon-10411943.html |title=Cher on the cover of Love magazine: Queen of chiffon and sequins is the ultimate fashion icon|newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=July 23, 2015|access-date=February 12, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218142818/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/cher-on-the-cover-of-love-magazine-queen-of-chiffon-and-sequins-is-the-ultimate-fashion-icon-10411943.html |archive-date=February 18, 2016}}</ref>