David Bowie has been voted the best-dressed Briton in history in a recent poll by BBC History Magazine, winning the title with 48.5 per cent of the votes. Bowie was one of 10 individuals nominated by leading academics and fashion experts in the October issue of BBC History Magazine for their sartorial style and impact on British fashion history.
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1. David Bowie - 48.5 per cent
Championed by Wayne Hemingway, designer.
2. Elizabeth I - 13.6 per cent
Championed by Ulinka Rublack, author of Dressing Up: Cultural Identity in Renaissance Europe.
3. Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire - 9.5 per cent
Championed by Katy Werlin, fashion and textile historian specialising in the early modern period.
4. George 'Beau' Brummell - 8.4 per cent
Championed by Rachel Dickens, deputy art editor of BBC History Magazine.
5. Queen Alexandra - 7.1 per cent
Championed by Kate Strasdin, assistant curator at the Totnes Fashion and Textile Museum, Devon, and associate lecturer at Falmouth University.
6. Anne Messel - 5.3 per cent
Championed by Amy de la Haye, professor of dress history and curatorship at London College of Fashion.
7. Henry III - 2.5 per cent
Championed by Dr Benjamin Wild, historian of men's fashion and guest lecturer at the Cond
