Happy birthday, Oprah Winfrey! Today, the groundbreaking talk show host, magazine editor and producer celebrates her 70th birthday. Following the debut of her Emmy-winning talk show in 1986, Winfrey spun her hosting career into a series of successful endeavors in television, film and editorial, earning her the nickname “Queen of All Media.”
Through the years, Winfrey’s style has been defined by designers like Carolina Herrera, Vera Wang and Ralph Lauren — the latter of whom she interviewed during the final season of “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”
Ahead, WWD looks through the archives to relive Winfrey’s legendary career.
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Celebrating Oprah Winfrey’s 70th Birthday: Her Life and Style Through the Years
Oprah Winfrey arrives for the premiere of her production of Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” in 1998.
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Celebrating Oprah Winfrey’s 70th Birthday: Her Life and Style Through the Years
Oprah Winfrey launches O Magazine in New York in 2000.
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Celebrating Oprah Winfrey’s 70th Birthday: Her Life and Style Through the Years
Oprah Winfrey attends the 2001 Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.
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Celebrating Oprah Winfrey’s 70th Birthday: Her Life and Style Through the Years
Oprah Winfrey and Nicole Kidman attend Vanity Fair’s 2004 Oscars party in Los Angeles.
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Celebrating Oprah Winfrey’s 70th Birthday: Her Life and Style Through the Years
Halle Berry and Oprah Winfrey attend the 2005 Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Berry is wearing Atelier Versace and Winfrey is wearing Vera Wang.
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Celebrating Oprah Winfrey’s 70th Birthday: Her Life and Style Through the Years
Oprah Winfrey attends the New York Public Library’s 2006 Literary Lions gala.
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Celebrating Oprah Winfrey’s 70th Birthday: Her Life and Style Through the Years
Oprah Winfrey attends Vanity Fair’s 2007 Oscars party in Los Angeles.
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Celebrating Oprah Winfrey’s 70th Birthday: Her Life and Style Through the Years
Ralph Lauren and Oprah Winfrey arrive at the 2007 Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards at the New York Public Library.
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Celebrating Oprah Winfrey’s 70th Birthday: Her Life and Style Through the Years
Oprah Winfrey attends the Alvin Ailey 50th Anniversary party at New York City Center in 2008.
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Celebrating Oprah Winfrey’s 70th Birthday: Her Life and Style Through the Years
Karl Lagerfeld and Oprah Winfrey attend the 2010 Met Gala.
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Celebrating Oprah Winfrey’s 70th Birthday: Her Life and Style Through the Years
Gayle King and Oprah Winfrey attend the New York Women in Communications 2010 Matrix Awards at the Waldorf-Astoria.
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Celebrating Oprah Winfrey’s 70th Birthday: Her Life and Style Through the Years
Oprah Winfrey hosts An Evening With Ralph Lauren in New York in 2011.
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Celebrating Oprah Winfrey’s 70th Birthday: Her Life and Style Through the Years
Oprah Winfrey attends the 2014 Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles.
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Celebrating Oprah Winfrey’s 70th Birthday: Her Life and Style Through the Years
Oprah Winfrey attends the CFDA Fashion Awards in New York in 2018.