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Home • Fashion

Lauryn Hill's Stylish Stage Moments

Happy 39th Birthday to one of the most fashionable female MC's!
By Celia L. Smith · Updated October 27, 2020
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Doo Wop

Lauryn’s Miseducation days schooled us on love, life and fashion –– performing the album’s numerous hits in this cheerleader-meets-jock varsity jacket, skirt and pig tails.

Lauryn Hill's Stylish Stage Moments
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Killing Them Softly

Hills retro references always make us swoon! This mushroom ‘do, bell-sleeve bow blouse and high-waist trousers boasts quite a few fashion references including style icon Diana Ross’

Lauryn Hill's Stylish Stage Moments
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That Thing
Eclectic mixing has always been her style. Here, a turban and embroidered jacket pulls together old-world style.
Lauryn Hill's Stylish Stage Moments
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Watch Out!
This is an epic fur combo if we ever did see one! From her shoulder length earrings, monkey hair coat, and fur-trimmed top, more is more for singer.
Lauryn Hill's Stylish Stage Moments
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Nothing Even Matters
Hill is never one to follow trends or fashion fads, she strums to the tunes of her own guitar in a larger than life afro, peasant blouse and silk skirt channeling 70s chic.
Lauryn Hill's Stylish Stage Moments
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Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You
Lauryn Hill has always added a tomboy twist to her looks, these days it’s transitioned into sophisticated menswear touches.
Lauryn Hill's Stylish Stage Moments
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Lady Sings The Blues
Even when she’s blue, she’s still styled to the “T”. This periwinkle swing coat and etoile skirt is a spring look we’d steal.
Lauryn Hill's Stylish Stage Moments
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Sweetest Thing
Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill's Stylish Stage Moments
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Deeply Layered

When it comes to fashion, always expect the unexpected from Lauryn Hill and in most cases, she pulls it off in her own perfect way.

Lauryn Hill's Stylish Stage Moments
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Everything is Everything
The singer’s got a way with styling and this striped blazer, wide-leg trousers, sky-high Giuseppe Zanotti platforms and gaudy gold accessories all mixed together, proves our point.
Lauryn Hill's Stylish Stage Moments
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Superstar
Her voice is nostalgic and so is her style (hence this foxy 70s style fur), so much that she’s admired by generations both old and young.
Lauryn Hill's Stylish Stage Moments