Fashion Icon 2004

Whether in Louis Vuitton at the MTV awards, as Jean Harlow for her film debut, or sporting her own diffusion fashion line, LAMB, Gwen Stefani cemented her relationship with old-school glamour and secured her role as the year's fashion muse.

Nick Knight's cover photography for her stellar solo album was the packaging of the year. Not many women can do fur stole, hotpants, crown, sceptre, ash blonde bleach and ruby red lips while flanked by a skinny Japanese lovely. Gwen could. She doesn't just know how to wear fashion, she knows how to live it.