Jones was a regular on the late-70s disco scene at the beginning of her career, hanging out at Studio 54 and other New York clubs. Her outfits during this era rarely included trousers, instead employing a leotard or bikini-dress code. Sunglasses at night were a given.Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage)

By 1983, the success of Warm Leatherette, Nightclubbing and Living My Life had made Jones a star. She began to collaborate on her image with art director Jean-Paul Goude, adopting a capital-F Fashion look. such as this laser-cut leather number for the Grammies that year, complete with her soon-to-be-trademarked accessory: a really great hat. Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage

The pairing of Keith Haring and Grace Jones would make a certain sector of Instagram employ the “mind-blown” emoji. Fast friends on the New York clubbing scene, Haring painted Jones’s body with his graphic patterns for a performance at Paradise Garage. He did the same for Vamp, a 1986 film in which Jones played a vampire called Katrina. Photo by New World/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock

Jones clearly knows how to celebrate a birthday – for her 42nd in 1990, she hired Stringfellows in New York and invited guests including Naomi Campbell. The hat game was still strong, of course, and was matched with an era-appropriate bodycon dress. Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage

It’s fair to say the 90s were quiet for Jones – but she came back with a bang – and a plastic corset – at the turn of the millennium. Discovered by a new generation on the back of the flamboyant electroclash dance scene, Jones’s live performances showed she was still queen, thanks to outfits like this, wind machines and, increasingly, hula-hooping. Photo by Giambalvo & Napolitano/Redferns

Never let it be said that Jones lets a little thing like being able to see get in the way of a look. Her live performances can be guaranteed to have a “headline” statement, from bowlers and berets to spikes and dinner plates. Or even a green cube, as worn in 2012. Note that the leotard, first seen in the 70s, remains a Jones trademark.Photo by Michael Bowles/REX/Shutterstock

Jones remains the star of her own show – and, indeed, Sophie Fiennes’, who made the film Bloodlight and Bami about the singer last year. What to wear for the premiere? An outfit that turned Jones into her own tree, suggesting any young pretenders bow down before her. Let’s hope there will be many more fashion statements during her next decade. Photo by Mike Marsland/Mike Marsland/WireImage