Stevie Nicks Was the Original Boho Muse

Harry Styles once described legendary Fleetwood Mac frontwoman Stevie Nicks—who famously performed with the singer in 2020—as “a magical gypsy godmother,” and he’s bang on the money. Free-spirited and fiercely bohemian, Nicks is a fashion icon of the hippie generation.

After joining Fleetwood Mac in 1974, the carefree singer employed the help of Margi Kent to help compile her 1975 tour wardrobe: all sweeping dresses with flared sleeves and ponchos accessorised with that famous beribboned tambourine. Her brief to Kent was, she told British Vogue, as follows: “[A drawing of a girl] wearing a little riding jacket nipped in at the waist, and a filmy handkerchief skirt that was kind of ragged at the bottom.” Nicks had been working as a waitress and a cleaner five months prior, but had a clear vision in her mind: “I want beautiful handmade suede platform boots that are high, but not bulky. And I want a top hat, which I will find out on the road myself.”

Numerous designers have paid homage to this unique look, namely Clare Waight Keller, Michael Kors, and Hedi Slimane. Back in 1997, Anna Sui even dedicated her whole fall show to Nicks. And more recently, the essence of the singer’s style was brought to the small screen via Prime Video’s Daisy Jones & The Six—an adaptation of the bestselling book by Taylor Jenkins Reid, which was originally inspired by Rumours-era Fleetwood Mac.

Unsurprisingly, the septuagenarian’s outstanding beauty hasn’t dimmed—her tousled locks appear practically untouched and her wardrobe remains just as bohemian. As Stevie Nicks headlines BST’s concert series in Hyde Park, Vogue documents her wonder years.