In tribute: A sampling of Mr Blackwell’s worst-dressed list

In 1982, the Princess of Wales topped Blackwell's worst-dressed list. He said she had gone from "a very young, independent, fresh look" to a "tacky, dowdy" style Photograph: AP

Blackwell on Barbra: "She looks like a masculine Bride of Frankenstein." And: "What can I say? Yentl 's gone mental!" Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

Blackwell liked a rhyme as much as alliteration, of Christina Aguilera he said: "A dazzling singer who puts good taste through the wardrobe wringer" Photograph: Daniele La Monaca/Reuters

Lindsay Lohan has been on the worst-dressed list each of the last four years - according to Blackwell, she went "from adorable to deplorable" Photograph: Evan Agostini/Getty

Blackwell on Meryl Streep: "She looks like a gypsy abandoned by a caravan" and "From Streep you could weep, her beauty of a career cannot be denied, but that beast of a wardrobe is pure mother of the bride" Photograph: Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters

Camilla Parker Bowles, dubbed "the duchess of dowdy", was on the list in 1995, 2001 and 2006. In 1994, when she was at No 1, Blackwell said: "She looked in a mirror and watched it crack" Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Reuters

After saying Britney Spears's "bra-topped collection of Madonna rejects are pure fashion overkill", Blackwell showed a soft spot for the pop singer last year: "For those of you who were expecting to see Britney's name adorn the 2007 list, I felt that it was in appropriate [sic] at this time to make comment, when her personal life is in such upheaval. I hope 2008 is a better year for her" Photograph: Kevin Winter/Getty

The onetime fashion designer in 1992 referred to Madonna, who frequently made the list, as "the bare-bottomed bore of babylon". In 1997 he said: "Let's be blunt, yesterday's Evita is today's Velveeta." Photograph: Jeff Christensen/Reuters

In 2006, Sharon Stone ranked seventh on the list (Britney Spears and Paris Hilton were tied for first). "An over-the-hill Cruella DeVille" was Blackwell's verdict on Stone. Photograph: EPA

Blackwell on Bjork: "She dances in the dark - and dresses there, too" Photograph: Dominic Favre/AFP

"The list is and was a satirical look at the fashion flops of the year," Richard Blackwell said in 1998. "I merely said out loud what others were whispering. ... It's not my intention to hurt the feelings of these people. It's to put down the clothing they're wearing." Photograph: Nick Ut/AP