Movies Gallery Prince's Best Fashion Moments Look back on the star's one-of-a-kind style By Mary Sollosi Mary Sollosi Mary Sollosi is the former assistant features editor at Entertainment Weekly. She left EW in 2022. EW's editorial guidelines Published on April 21, 2016 07:12PM EDT Trending Videos Close this video player 01 of 26 Remembering a Fashion Icon Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images; Kevin Winter/WireImage; Theo Wargo/WireImage Beloved musician Prince died in 2016, and fans across the globe mourned the loss of a legend. In addition to his music, Prince was known for being a fashion icon whose wardrobe, both on- and offstage, was always extravagant, usually glittery, and very often purple. In honor of a star whose style was as thrilling as his art, here are some of Prince's best looks. 02 of 26 Prince Performing in the 1980s Chris Walter/WireImage 03 of 26 Prince Performing on The Purple Rain Tour on September 13, 1984 Richard E. Aaron/Redferns 04 of 26 Prince Performing in the Mid-1980s Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images 05 of 26 Prince Accepting the Award for Best International Artist at the BRIT Awards on February 11, 1985 Georges De Keerle/Getty Images 06 of 26 Prince Performing in Philadelphia, PA, on October 18, 1988 Frank Micelotta/Getty Images 07 of 26 Prince Performing in London in July 1990 Frank Micelotta/Getty Images 08 of 26 Prince Performing in London on August 22, 1990 Graham Wiltshire/Hulton Archive/Getty Images 09 of 26 Prince Attending a Party in January 1991 Dave Benett/Hulton Archive/Getty Images 10 of 26 Prince Performing at the MTV Video Music Awards on September 5, 1991 Frank Micelotta/Getty Images 11 of 26 Prince Performing in London on June 16, 1992 Dave Benett/Getty Images 12 of 26 Prince Performing on The Ultimate Live Experience Tour in 1995 Mark and Colleen Hayward/Redferns 13 of 26 Prince Performing on The Ultimate Live Experience Tour on March 4, 1995 Peter Still/Redferns 14 of 26 Prince Performing on The Ultimate Live Experience Tour on March 25, 1995 Paul Bergen/Redferns 15 of 26 Prince Performing on October 10, 1997 Tim Mosenfelder/ImageDirect 16 of 26 Prince Performing on the New Power Soul Tour in 1998 Paul Bergen/Redferns 17 of 26 Prince Watching the NBA All-Star Game at Madison Square Garden with Spike Lee on February 8, 1998 Tim Clary/AFP/Getty Images 18 of 26 Prince with Wife Mayte Garcia on June 9, 1999 Sinead Lynch/AFP/Getty Images 19 of 26 Prince Performing at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards on February 8, 2004 Frank Micelotta/Getty Images 20 of 26 Prince Presenting an Award to Renée Zellweger at the 31st Annual People's Choice Awards on January 9, 2005 Kevin Winter/Getty Images 21 of 26 Prince Performing on Good Morning America's Summer Concert Series in New York City on June 16, 2006 GNA/Redferns 22 of 26 Prince Performing at Super Bowl XLI on February 4, 2007 Theo Wargo/WireImage 23 of 26 Prince Performing at the 2012 iHeartRadio Music Festival on September 22, 2012 Christopher Polk/Getty Images 24 of 26 Prince Performing at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards on May 19, 2013 Ethan Miller/Getty Images 25 of 26 Prince Speaking at the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 8, 2015 Kevin Winter/WireImage 26 of 26 Prince Speaking at the American Music Awards on November 22, 2015 Kevin Mazur/AMA2015/WireImage