It was a moment that could only happen in the movies or Milan.
Turner,who died on Wednesday aged 83,was loved by the fashion community,having attended the Emporio Armani show earlier that day,where she received the same applause.
That love was expressed through aVogue cover for the magazine’s German edition in 2013,when she was 73 years old,at the time the oldest woman to appear on the front of the title,and the countless runway collections inspired by her energy and aesthetic.
The same year Turner attended Emporio Armani’s show,designer Massimiliano Giornetti dedicated his collection at Salvatore Ferragamo to the singer,with a soundtrack of her signature black stilettos clacking against the pavement,providing the sonic backdrop to leather trenches and slinky dresses.
When searching for photographs that capture the spirit of the seventies,eighties and nineties,Turner’s catalogue is a safe shortcut.
During the seventies and her troubled marriage to Ike Turner,she wore floor-scraping furs and fitted gowns,with her hair smooth and flattened,yet to rise triumphantly into its spiked eighties glory.