As national TV treasure Coronation Street prepares to celebrating its 50th anniversary with this evening's hotly-anticipated live episode (Who lives? Who dies? We just can't wait to find out), we mark the occasion with a look back at the glamorous - and often gregarious - characters that have graced Corrie's cobbled street over the years...

50 Years of Coronation Street Style Icons

Elsie Tanner

Bet Lynch

Alma Sedgewick

Deirdre Barlow

Phyllis Pearce

Gail Platt

Raquel Watts

Liz McDonald

Carla Connor

The Street's Style Icons