Johnny Depp isn’t picking up his CFDA Fashion Icon Award tonight; like International Award honoree Rei Kawakubo, he’s assigned John Waters (fresh from his cross-country hitchhiking trip) to both present and accept his award on his behalf. To help soothe our stinging disappointment, we’ve assembled a slideshow of Depp’s greatest fashion moments over the years — a daunting but ultimately rewarding task. See his fashion evolve from stone-washed denim in the eighties and mustard-colored suits and grungy leather (and Winona Rider and Kate Moss!) in the nineties to his present day love affair with pocket chains, hats of all kinds, and transition-lens glasses.
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May 1984Photo: Richard Blanshard/2012 Richard Blanshard
January 1987Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/2012 Getty Images
June 1987Photo: Ron Galella, Ltd./1987 Ron Galella, Ltd.
December 1987Photo: Ron Galella, Ltd./1987 Ron Galella, Ltd.
January 1988Photo: Darlene Hammond/2003 Getty Images
May 1988Photo: Ron Galella, Ltd./1988 Ron Galella, Ltd.
May 1988Photo: Ron Galella, Ltd./1988 Ron Galella, Ltd.
June 1988Photo: Barry King
July 1988Photo: Ron Galella, Ltd./1988 Ron Galella, Ltd.
August 1988Photo: Barry King
July 1990Photo: Ke.Mazur
September 1990Photo: Barry King
December 1990Photo: Copyright ? 20th Century Fox Licensing/Merchandising / Everett Collection
January 1991Photo: Ron Galella, Ltd./1991 Ron Galella, Ltd.
April 1992Photo: Ron Galella, Ltd./1992 Ron Galella, Ltd.
April 1993Photo: Ron Galella, Ltd./1993 Ron Galella, Ltd.
April 1993Photo: Ron Galella, Ltd./1993 Ron Galella, Ltd.
January 1994Photo: Catherine McGann/2009 Catherine McGann
February 1994Photo: Ron Galella, Ltd./1994 Ron Galella, Ltd.
January 1995Photo: Ron Galella, Ltd./1995 Ron Galella, Ltd.
May 1998Photo: Rose Hartman
November 1999Photo: Ron Galella, Ltd./1999 Ron Galella, Ltd.
January 2000
September 2001Photo: Tony Barson
October 2001Photo: SGranitz
July 2002Photo: Dave Benett
August 2003Photo: J. Vespa
October 2004Photo: Fred Duval
February 2005Photo: Jeffrey Mayer/Jeffrey Mayer 2005 All Rights Reserved
September 2005Photo: JIL Studio
November 2005Photo: Mike Guastella
January 2006Photo: George Pimentel
April 2006
July 2006Photo: Fred Duval
September 2007
December 2007Photo: Jason Merritt/2007 Jason Merritt
January 2008Photo: Junko Kimura/2008 Getty Images
November 2009Photo: Michael Loccisano/2009 Getty Images
December 2009Photo: Gustavo Caballero/2009 Gustavo Caballero
December 2010Photo: Ernesto Ruscio/2010 Ernesto Ruscio
December 2010Photo: Stephen Lovekin/2010 Getty Images
May 2011Photo: Fred Duval/2011 Fred Duval
May 2011Photo: Jean Baptiste Lacroix/2011 Jean Baptiste Lacroix
October 2011Photo: Jason Merritt/2011 Getty Images
October 2011Photo: Mike Coppola/2011 Getty Images
November 2011Photo: Marc Piasecki/2011 Marc Piasecki