David Robert Jones, model mod.

The Thin White Duke - my favourite David fashion moment.

Bowie often played with the idea of androgyny.

The re-invention of David continued with each new album.

He's always had a penchant for patterns. And ciggies.

He often mixes patterns and prints, and has a fondness for scarves.

I love a man who changes it up but has a constant quotient for things he loves.

Bowie, at an event last year.

Drama should have been his middle name.

He has inhabited many a character throughout his career. This is eons before kids were goo-goo for Gaga.

A leg to stand on - he always took a stand on bending pre-set notions of gender. And he could work a pair of heels on stage!

While he appeared in many forms, there were links to his past - and his future.

You see this image and Modern Love automatically starts playing in your head.

Tailor-made: the music was always accessorized by the image.

Covered, for the Jean Genie sleeve, in sleeveless body paint.

Atop the coat he collaborated on with Alexander McQueen and wore for his Earthling album tour. I screamed when I saw him appear on stage in it. Yes, I was there.

65 and still radiating: David Bowie, with wife Iman, in April 2011.