“Fashions may change, heaven knows”
Rita Ora paid tribute to David Bowie at Tuesday evening’s (September 9) Fashion Rocks 2014 charity event at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
She echoed Bowie’s own October 1996 performance of Fashion at the VH-1 Fashion Awards at Madison Square Garden in NY, by performing a cracking version of the same song in similar attire.
Bowie’s original Union Jack coat (designed by Alexander McQueen in collaboration with Bowie for the Earthling album cover), was approximated for Rita’s performance, complete with distressing and burn marks.
Some took the 23-year-old Brit’s wearing of the flag as a nod toward next week’s Scottish referendum poll, though her only comment seemed to be this Instagram message to DB accompanying pictures of her in the outfit; “David Bowie. For you.”
Coincidentally, in October 2003 Bowie contributed a specially filmed version of Fashion as part of Fashion Rocks for the Prince’s Trust concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
You can view Rita’s performance here and Bowie’s 1996 VH-1 Fashion Awards rendition here.