Miss Piggy's Style Evolution from the 1970s to Now

Miss Piggy is poised to make her silver screen comeback this November in the latest (and long overdue) Muppet movie. Some big fashion names are attached to the film, too (in which she plays a Vogue Paris editrix)--Zac Posen and Louboutin made her costumes. Like any good star plugging a new film, she's been all over the place lately. She appeared at Opening Ceremony in NYC during Fashion's Night Out. Last week Lifetime announced she'd be a judge on Project Runway All Stars, and a few days ago there was an unconfirmed rumor sweeping the internet that she was the new face of MAC. Miss Piggy has always owned her sometimes over-the-top style and her zaftig proportions since she first hit the scene in the mid-1970s. And she looks pretty damn good for a lady who's been in showbiz for 40 years. (Though it's fairly obvious that she's had a nip and tuck here and there). Miss Piggy loves fashion, and she's gone through the same bad trends we have. She's done Farrah Fawcett hair, perms, the Rachel, and even gone brunette. Click through to see how Miss Piggy's style has evolved through the years. Just don't make fun of her--she's been known to hurl frogs through a window.
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Miss Piggy is poised to make her silver screen comeback this November in the latest (and long overdue) Muppet movie. Some big fashion names are attached to the film (in which she plays a Vogue Paris editrix)--

1975: In the Muppet Show pilot. Her eyes were so beady!

1977: A bit more refined on season 2 of The Muppets, and with eyelids, thank goodness.

Late 1970s: In her break-out role in Pigs in Space

1980: From her 1980 calendar. Was anyone outraged by

1981: These are from Miss Piggy's 1981 calendar, full of fantasy magazine shoots. (She also covered Popular Mechanics.)

1984: Everyone had perms and a power suit in the 80s. Everyone. Here she is in The Muppets Take Manhattan.

1989: Going short and sleek with a fringe at the Emmy's.

1993:Big hair again (and suspenders) on a Larry King appearance.

1996: Yes, it's the Rachel. Everyone had the Rachel. (Well, everyone except Rosie O'Donnell.)

1997: This hair looks suspiciously like a knock-off of Meg Ryan's famous Sally Hershberger chop. But with more hairspray. And lots of purple.

2004: At the Emmy's, where the Sopranos and Arrested Development were the big winners.

2005: At the premiere of The Muppets: Wizard of Oz, she goes for the "I'm-a-very-serious-actress" brunette 'do.

2005: Way before Olivia Palermo was going to fashion shows, Piggy hit the Heatherette show in NYC (left) followed by the Julien Macdonald show in London.

2006: Bidding adieu to Katie Couric in leopard and pearls on The Today Show.

2009: Classy lady in straight-from-the-runway Marc Jacobs (that's his fall 2009 collection).

2011: Wearing Zac Posen and a blatant Anna Wintour 'do.

2011: This may or may not be an image from her MAC campaign

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