In 1997, she stepped on the music scene donning sky-scraping head-wraps and an arm full of gilded jewelry, and ever since then, multi-hyphenate artist Erykah Badu has been our muse for avant-garde fashion inspiration.

Never missing an opportunity to turn the red carpet at the Soul Train Awards into a personal runway, the former host and 15-time Soul Train Awards winner is easily one of the most stylish artists to ever take the stage.

Ahead, 10 of Erykah Badu’s most memorable moments from the Soul Train Awards that prove why the platform-wearing icon is the ultimate purveyor of style.