The Best And Worst Outfits Worn By Beyonce

If ever there was a perfect visual of what it means to be dripping with diamonds, it has to be Beyoncé's look from the album cover of "Dangerously in Love." In 2003, Beyoncé rocked the music market with a successful solo album and an equally successful cover look that no one has been able to (or wants to) forget. A top that was really just a bejeweled net, dangerously low-waisted jeans, silver eye makeup — it was millennial aesthetic at its kitschy best. And, as often happens in stories that become legend, it all came together by sheer chance. 

In true D.I.Y. spirit of the Y2K era, Beyoncé's diamond top was fashioned out of a pair of pants that pop goddess Cher once wore. Her mother Tina Knowles took to Instagram, reflecting on how she commissioned jewelry designer Jose Barrera to turn Cher's embellished piece around for her daughter. But there was a bit of an unseen hitch. 

Photographer Markus Klinko recalled for Insider that his star model didn't want to wear the diamond top with the skirts her mom had in mind. "This is going to look very prom or red carpet and I don't want to do that," Beyoncé apparently said. Klinko had an easy fix: denim. The only jeans at hand were Klinko's own pair — but Beyoncé didn't mind. And so, with Klinko's pants and Cher's former pants was born a look that is as timeless as Beyoncé herself.