If you're going to cross dress, you may as well take fashion advice from your other half. And so, David Bowie did. Here he is, being helped into a particularly exotic ensemble by his wife Angie, and an assistant, before a show in 1973. We don't know whether the black, fluffy thing in the middle of the shot is part of the outfit, or a stray bird that landed on the assistant's head just as the shot was taken.
This photo dates from the memorable time that Bowie was touring as Ziggy Stardust, the first of his alternate personas, and a study in fashion and androgyny that led to hits such as 'Starman' and 'Jean Genie', propelling Bowie to new heights and transforming him from a popular performer into an icon.