Cyndi Lauper says she tried to tone down her wild looks, but Lady Gaga snapped her out of it
, she also became an overnight, alternative style icon.Get push notifications with news, features and more.Known for her fire-engine red hair color, layered vintage looks and bangles and beads — lots of bangles and beads — she says she just always dressed that way, even as a teen. Later, in her early 20s, she worked at the famous New York vintage shop Screaming Mimis, where she picked up a lot of her looks.
“A lot of people thought I messed up fashion a bit, but you’ve got to mix it up,” she says. “You can’t always be conservative—especially if you’re an artist.” She adds, “That’s the story of my life. I always wanted to combine music and art.”However, there was a time after her son Declyn, now 22, was born when she tried to tone down her usual flamboyant aesthetic to look a little more like the other school moms.
“There was a long period when I just stopped,” she says. “Somebody told me, ‘Why don’t you just wear jeans and a t-shirt?’ And so in 2005, I just gave up and started doing that.” To read more about Cyndi Lauper and her Life in Pictures, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.“I felt like I wasn’t really comfortable in my own skin,” she says of her pared-down look. “Then I did this thing with, and she woke me up a little. What was great about working with her was I didn’t have to worry about looking like a freak. I am a bit of a freak!”
She went back to what she was used to. “I thought, no one is going to be looking at me. I can put colors in my hair. I’m just more comfortable like that.”
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