Society has a lot of rules, regulations, and expectations for how you ‘should’ behave. Don’t be rude. Be demure. Be a good student. Go to college. Be skinny but not too skinny. Work at a good company.

From disco-era decadence to the blinged-out excess of the early 2000s, celebrities have always found ways to flaunt their fortunes in distinctive style. These photographs capture the glamour, ...