Portrait of Lenny Kravitz (1989)Photo: Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect

Lenny Kravitz’s fashion icon status is getting the recognition it deserves. On Nov. 7, the Council of Fashion Designers of America will honor the Let Love Rule artist with the esteemed Fashion Icon Award at the 2022 ceremony. He’s joining a long line of style stars including past winners, Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, Zendaya, Pharrell Williams and more.

Since he burst onto the music scene in 1989, the Grammy winner has garnered a reputation for his funky, eclectic style identity. With his unbuttoned, plunging tops, skin-tight bell-bottom trousers, metallic jumpsuits, bug-eyed sunglasses, and fringe and feathers galore, Kravitz incorporated glam rock aesthetics with a bohemian flair. The Saint Laurent ambassador was even cast as the fashion designer Cinna in the Hunger Games franchise.

Kravitz’s androgynous, stage-worthy ensembles have placed him among the highest echelons of rock star style, among the likes of David Bowie, Prince, Jimi Hendrix and Mick Jagger.

Below, GRAZIA USA gathered Kravitz’s most outstanding looks ahead of his CFDA Awards honor.

Early 1990s

Portrait of Lenny Kravitz photographed in the early 1990’s. (Photo by AJ Barratt/Avalon/Getty Images)

A masterclass in layering, Kravitz’s feathered boa would go on to be a signature style staple for the “Fly Away” singer.

1991

Leonard Albert Kravitz, known as Lenny Kravitz photographed near his home September 16, 1991 in Malibu, California (Photo by Paul Harris/Getty Images)

Posing in the California wilderness, Kravitz shined in a copper metallic matching set, comprising of a button-down vest and form-fitting trousers — a silhouette he still rocks today.

1991

Leonard Albert Kravitz, known as Lenny Kravitz photographed near his home September 16, 1991 in Malibu, California (Photo by Paul Harris/Getty Images)

The “American Woman” artist wore a black crochet tank and fitted leather pants for a stroll on the beach.

1993

Musician Lenny Kravitz at the MTV Video Music Awards on September 2, 1993 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frank Trapper/Corbis via Getty Images)

Kravitz shined at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards in a shimmering metallic silver zip-up vest with a fuzzy collar and matching skin-tight silver pants. The star teamed his look with platform boots, matching rhinestone encrusted cuffs on each wrist, a bejeweled choker and goggle-style sunglasses.

1997

Lenny Kravitz at the 39th Annual GRAMMY Awards in 1997 (Photo by KMazur/WireImage)

The “Are You Gonna Go My Way” musician wore printed pants and a long black trench to the 1997 Grammy Awards ceremony, teamed with layered silver necklaces and sunglasses. But the heart of his ensemble was his fuzzy yellow bucket hat.

1998

Lenny Kravitz at the 7th on 6th Fashion Show on March 31, 1998 (Photo by Ron Galella via Getty Images)

Kravitz attended the 7th on 6th fashion show in New York City in 1998 wearing a brown leather and fur jacket, unbuttoned sans shirt with vinyl red trousers and white-framed bug-eyed sunglasses.

1999

Lenny Kravitz at the Tommy Hilfiger Fall 1999 Fashion Show at the Roseland in New York, New York on February 18, 1999. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage)

The artist wore a metallic silver matching set from Anna Sui’s Spring/Summer 1999 collection with a pink floral Gucci Spring/Summer 1999 tank top by Tom Ford underneath at the Tommy Hilfiger Fall/Winter 1999 runway show in New York.

1999

Musician Lenny Kravitz poses for photographers as he arrives at the fourth annual GQ’s 1999 Men of the Year Awards where he performed 21 October 1999 in New York. (STAN HONDA/AFP via Getty Images)

Kravitz attended an awards ceremony in 1999, wearing his favorite bug-eyed sunnies, a floral printed shearling-trimmed jacket with distressed, studded denim jeans.

2001

Lenny Kravitz during The Jewish National Fund’s Tree of Life Gala Honoring David and Chaya Saity at New York City in New York City, New York on June 03, 2001. (Photo by James Devaney/WireImage)

The singer-songwriter stepped out in a Gucci printed silk kimono, teamed with flared blue jeans in 2001. The artist finished off his look with a beaded statement necklace and black sunglasses.

2018

Lenny Kravitz at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on October 9, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Getty)

Kravitz attended the American Music Awards in a chainmail tank top under a distressed leather vest and matching slacks with a feathered statement necklace.

2022

US singer-songwriter Lenny Kravitz arrives for the 64th Annual Grammy Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 3, 2022.  (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Kravitz attended the 2022 Grammy Awards wearing a sheer, silver custom chainmail rhodium metal top by Ukrainian American designer Natalia Fedner, black leather pants and knee-high black leather high-heeled boots by Jordan Adoni in collaboration with West Hollywood’s Church Boutique, with layered silver necklaces and bug-eyed steam punk-esque goggle sunglasses to complete the look.

2022

Lenny Kravitz attends The 2022 Met Gala Celebrating “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 02, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images)

Leave it to Lenny to bring his rocker roots to the Met Gala, in his Chrome Hearts getup featuring a sheer lace long-sleeve top with black cape, worn with high-waisted leather pants and his go-to boots by Modern Vice.