Beyond assuming a single iconic persona in the manner of Mick Jagger or Jimi Hendrix,Bowie once described himself as an artist "who tries to capture the rate of change," utilizing shifts in hair and make up with unprecedented speed; by eschewing his boy-next-door image for 1972's larger-than-life androgyne Ziggy Statdust, with his Suzy Fussey-cut-and-colored flaming red hair, sculptural Kansai Yamamoto costumes, and Pierre La Roche-designed celestial make up, he catapulted into stardom.