Madonna: 50 Looks We Can't Forget

As the Material Girl celebrates a half-century, trace her every fashion reinvention. By Aaron Parsley and Cara Lynn Shultz

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Updated: Thursday Aug 14, 2008 | 06:00 AM EDT

BIG SCREEN AMBITION

The movie was Desperately Seeking Susan, but after Madonna made her screen debut in the 1985 caper as a "free-spirited, adventurous femme fatale," it was her gilded jacket that was in demand.