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Britney Spears & Justin Timberlake
Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake arrived at the 2001 American Music Awards in matching double denim, including, in Timberlake’s case, a denim bucket hat.
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Susan Sarandon & Geena Davis
Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis aka Thelma and Louise. Twenty-five years after the movie was released, they remain denim icons.
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Madonna
The Material Girl rocking double denim in the 80s.
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Jane Birkin
Jane Birkin personified ’70s cool in flares, a simple t-shirt and (of course) a Birkin bag,
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Bruce Springsteen
Red, white and denim blue, it doesn’t get more American than that. Springsteen’s 1984 album cover for Born In The USA featured a pair of well-worn blue jeans and was shot by Annie Leibovitz.
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Kim Kardashian & Kanye West
The almost Mr and Mrs Kanye West (their wedding took place just 10 days after this image was taken) stepped out for some ice-cream in matching denim in Paris, causing a paparazzi frenzy.
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Kate Moss & Mark Wahlberg
Marky Mark and the face of ’90s chic, Kate Moss, made a perfect pair in this Calvin Klein campaign. The American brand had already made headlines with a denim campaign featuring Brooke Shields with the tagline, “Nothing comes between me and my Calvins.”
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Debbie Harry
Punk, glam and very, very cool, Debbie Harry circa the early ’80s was the girl everyone wanted to be, with her bleach-blond hair and her double denim.
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James Dean
Leather jacket, white T-shirt, Levis 501s. This was the ensemble that made James Dean a star, and earned him an Oscar nomination (as a quick-talking cowboy in Giant).
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Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt in jeans and a cowboy hat in Thelma & Louise is everything denim stands for: comfort, cool and washboard abs.
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Cindy Crawford
The supermodel’s famous Pepsi ad aired during the 1992 Superbowl, and featured Crawford in a white singlet, blown-out hair and teensy denim cut offs, downing a Pepsi in one go. Refreshing.
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Alexa Chung
Alexa Chung is making her case for the return of overalls, sporting a variety of different pairs over the years. We like them best a little polished: like this pair she wore with a Burberry trench coat and Chanel ballet flats.
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Farrah Fawcett
When Farrah Fawcett skateboarded after a suspect in the ’70s TV show Charlie’s Angels she was wearing a red shirt, Nike kicks and a pair of ink-blue denim flares, she rolled her way into history.
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The 15 Most Iconic Denim Moments Of All Time
The young designer attended the 2001 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in a corset and a pair of boot-cut denim jeans. The outfit made headlines and stood out in the sea of identikit minimalist frocks.