Welcome to Traditional stories Only, a look back at the best
beauty moments from our favorite celebrity icons. Margaux chatted with her
Armenian icon, Cher, who takes us through her archive of hair and makeup
transformations over the years. Here are the stories behind her glam, starting
with a television spot in the '60s right up to the bright blonde curls she wore
just last year.
Cher is often imitated, never duplicated. Kim Kardashian,
Tracee Ellis Ross, Dua Lipa, and Normai are just a few of the celebrities who
have found inspiration in the endless fashion and beauty archives of the
singer, actress, and entrepreneur. technologywebdesign
But the thing that makes the singer the most beautiful is a
childhood lesson she learned from her mother. "My mom had all these
sayings she would always bring up," Cher says. "When I was little she
would always remind me: 'People are people. You should never look at them
differently or judge them.' My mother always had friends who were different
than her, but they were always treated with respect."
Throughout her career, both on and off the stage, Cher has
channeled these life sentiments—even in her latest work. The singer is kicking
off the new year as the face of M.A.C's Challenge Accepted campaign alongside
Saweetie, where she recreated the look she wore on the cover of Time in 1975.
We talk about some of her other iconic looks, below.
Sonny & Cher Television Performance, 1976
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"This is what my hair looks like naturally. Black and
straight. I've had bangs on and off my entire life, but at this time I didn't
have enough money to get my hair cut, so I was doing it myself. I had these
little pieces on the side of the bangs, sort of like sideburns gone awry, too.
They weren't always ready for primetime, but that didn't really make a
difference because they grew so quickly.
My mother is 95, and she's got hair you would kill for. My
sister, too. This kind of hair just runs in our family."
Portrait, 1974
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"This beauty look was pretty extreme for television
[Cher was on The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour from 1971 to 1974], but it wasn't
as far as I was concerned. I have always loved long eyelashes, and there was
this woman Christina who would cut them by hand and make them custom for me.
These are my brows in their natural form. They were thickish
at the time, but I always liked them that way. Bob [Mackie, the fashion
designer] gave me this book filled with photos of old beauty and fashion idols
like Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich—they had no eyebrows. I wanted to look
like them, so I took a lot of my eyebrows off. Bob was horrified. But they grew
back to their thickish, natural form. I've liked them that way ever
since."
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