“Sometimes the clothes do not make the man,” George Michael sang in his rousing top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hit “Freedom ’90.” But beyond his soaring voice, knack for melody and messages of self-empowerment (in and out of the bedroom), his sartorial choices were also pretty damn fabulous -- even if he did torch some of them in the video for “Freedom” as a squad of supermodels lip-synched his lyrics. Here's a look at his top five style statements over the years.
A Hint of Androgyny
While fellow ’80s pop stars like Boy George and Dead Or Alive’s Pete Burns played with gender norms, the London-born Greek heartthrob (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou) brandished blond-streaked, feathered tresses, gold hoop earrings and a penchant for guyliner that kept the girls and boys enthralled.