When David Bowie unveiled Ziggy Stardust in the early 1970s, he didn’t just release an album—he created a character that rewrote the rules of rock, gender, and performance. Ziggy was an androgynous alien rock star, part sci-fi fantasy, part pop messiah, whose flame-red hair, lightning makeup, and skin-tight jumpsuits brought queer possibility and theatricality onto mainstream stages around the world.
