THIS SECTION TAKES A LOOK AT THE MANY DIFFERENT JUMPSUITS AND OTHER STAGE ATTIRE USED BY ELVIS DURING HIS CONCERT PERFORMANCES BETWEEN 1969 AND 1977. AS YOU LOOK THROUGH THE YEARS YOU WILL SEE SOME FAMOUS SUITS AS WELL AS SOME VERY RARE ONES. WE BEGIN IN 1969 AND ELVIS' RETURN TO LAS VEGAS. ENJOY YOUR JOURNEY.
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THE SUITS BELOW WERE ALL WORN BETWEEN 1969 AND 1977. THE NAMES ARE CORRECT TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE.
1969
IN 1969 ELVIS USED 3 DIFFERENT COLOURED SUITS FOR HIS RETURN TO THE VEGAS STAGE. THEY CONSISTED OF A BLACK, BLUE AND WHITE KARATE STYLE SUIT. THESE WERE VERY PLAIN BUT OVER THE NEXT 7 YEARS THE SUITS WOULD BECOME MORE ADVENTUROUS.
1970
FIRST WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT FRINGED JUMPSUITS, THE SECOND OF WHICH HAS A LONG FRINGE, ELVIS COMPLAINED ABOUT GETTING TANGLED IN IT SO THE SUIT WAS RARELY WORN.
NEXT UP WE HAVE THE AQUA JUMPSUIT, THE CHAIN SUIT, A JUMPSUIT CALLED THE CONCHA SUIT AND THE I GOT LUCKY SUIT SO NAMED BECAUSE IT APPEARS ON THE COVER OF THE ALBUM OF THE SAME NAME.
ABOVE ARE A FEW RARE SUITS. THE FIRST TWO I HAVE NO NAMES FOR THE NEXT TWO PICS ARE OF THE RARE METAL EYE SUIT. THE NEXT IS CALLED THE WHITE PLAIN SUIT, THE LAST IS CALLED THE WHITE SUIT THESE SUITS WERE RARELY WORN BY ELVIS.
THE LAST SECTION FROM 1970 SHOWS FIRSTLY THE WELL KNOWN RED LADDER SUIT. THEN THE LIGHT BLUE SUIT, THE WHITE WITH BLUE TAPESTRY, THE WHITE WITH GREEN TAPESTRY AND THE WHITE WITH GREY TAPESTRY. THESE 4 SUITS WERE WORN AT ELVIS' 4 CONCERTS AT THE HOUSTON ASTRODOME.
1971
INTO 1971 AND THE SUITS GET MORE ELABORATE FIRST WE HAVE A CHANGE OF COLOUR HERE STARTING WITH THE BLACK FIREWORKS JUMPSUIT THEN THE BLACK MATADOR SUIT. WE THEN GET THE FIRST 2 OF 4 CISCO KID SUITS THESE HAVE GREEN AND RED COLLAR AND SHOULDERS RESPECTIVELY.
TO CONCLUDE '71 WE FIRST HAVE THE OTHER 2 CISCO KID SUITS FIRSTLY AS WITH THE PREVIOUS 2 WE GET A BLACK SUIT WITH WHITE COLLAR AND SHOULDER, THE OTHER IS A REVERSE OF THIS WHITE WITH BLACK. NEXT IS THE NOW SUIT AGAIN NAMED AS IT APPEARS ON THE COVER OF THE ELVIS NOW ALBUM. TO FINISH OFF WE HAVE THE RED LION SUIT, THE SPECTRUM SUIT AND FINALLY THE WHITE FIREWORKS SUIT.
1972
WE START OFF 1972 WITH YET ANOTHER CHANGE OF STAGE WARE. HERE WE HAVE SEVEN DIFFERENT TYPES OF TWO PIECE SUITS OR SHIRT AND TROUSERS. THESE WERE A BREAK FROM THE NOW NORMAL JUMPSUITS.
'72 WAS A BIG YEAR FOR NEW JUMPSUITS HERE WE HAVE THE ADONIS JUMPSUIT WORN AT THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN SHOWS. ALSO SEEN HERE ARE THE BLACK PYRAMID (ALSO KNOWN AS THE BLACK BUTTERFLY IM WELL INFORMED), ..thanks Taylor THE BLUE NAIL (AS SEEN IN THE FILM... ELVIS ON TOUR) AND THE BLUE SWIRL JUMPSUIT.
THIS SET STARTS WITH THE FAMOUS RED BURNING LOVE SUIT AND ALTHOUGH ELVIS IS SAID NOT TO HAVE LIKED IT TOO MUCH ..THE ELVIS ADDICK LOVES IT. ALSO HERE IS THE MADISON SUIT AGAIN WORN AT THE GARDENS SHOWS, THE ALSO WELL KNOWN OWL SUIT FROM ON TOUR AND FINALLY THE QUITE RARE PHILADELPHIA SPECTRUM SUIT.
THE THREE SUITS HERE THE PLANET JUMPSUIT, THE PORTHOLE JUMPSUIT AND ANOTHER SELDOM USED SUIT THE TIFFANY JUMPSUIT.
THE FINAL TWO JUMPSUITS FROM 1972 ARE THE BLACK WAY DOWN SUIT PRESUMABLY BECAUSE IT APPEARED ON THE SINGLE COVER OF WAY DOWN AND THE WHITE PYRAMID SUIT WHICH FEATURED ON THE COVER OF THE MADISON SQUARE GARDENS ALBUM.
1973
INTO 1973 AND WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT THE FIRST SUIT...THE ALOHA SUIT (MY FAVORITE) THERE WAS INFACT 2 SUITS 2 BELTS AND 3 CAPES MAD FOR THE ALOHA FROM HAWAII CONCERT. ALSO HERE A RARE SHOT OF THE AMBER SUIT, THE BLUE TARGET AND THE LIGHT BLUE FLOWER SUITS.
WITH THIS BATCH WE FIND THE PHOENIX JUMPSUIT, THE RED FLOWER SUIT LAST WE HAVE THE SNOWFLAKES SUIT. THIS SUIT IS ANOTHER ONE RARELY WORN ON STAGE BY ELVIS.
THE LAST OF THE '73 JUMPSUITS ARE THE TODAY SUIT, WHITE NAIL SUIT, WHITE SPANISH SUIT AND TWO UNKNOWN JUMPSUITS. NOTICE ALL THE JUMPSUITS HERE IN 1973 ARE WHITE. MOST FROM NOW ONWARDS WOULD BE THE SAME EXCEPT FOR A FEW.
1974
HERE WE HAVE THE AMERICAN EAGLE SUIT, A RARE SHOT OF A SUIT CALLED THE BLACK SPANISH SUIT, THE DRAGON SUIT ANOTHER RARE SUIT ALSO CALLED THE LIGHT BLUE FLOWER SUIT (DIFFERENT FROM THE '73 SUIT OF THE SAME NAME). LASTLY THE MEMPHIS SUIT SO CALLED BECAUSE ELVIS WORE IT AT HIS MEMPHIS CONCERTS THIS YEAR.
IN THIS GROUP WE SEE THE FAIRLY RARE LIGHT BLUE PHOENIX SUIT FOLLOWED BY 2 RARE LEATHER TWO PIECE SUITS THE MERMAID AND THE RAINFALL SUITS. LASTLY THE PEACOCK JUMPSUIT.
HERE WE SEE 4 MORE SUITS FROM '74 FIRST UP THE RAINBOW SUIT, THE RAISED ON ROCK SUIT, SOME RARE PICTURES OF THE TIGER SUIT AND A RARER ONE OF THE WHITE WAY DOWN JUMPSUIT.
TO FINISH 1974 A COUPLE OF RARITIES. HERE WE HAVE THE KING OF SPADES AND THE SUNDIAL JUMPSUITS, AND ALTHOUGH THE PICS MAY BE FROM '76 AND '77 THE SUITS WERE INFACT FIRST USED IN 1974.
1975
ITS 1975 AND ELVIS USES SOME MORE TWO PIECE SUITS. HERE ARE FIVE VARIATIONS ON THE TWO PIECE THEME. SOME OF THESE ARE VERY RARE.
THE 3 SUITS HERE ARE ALL OF SIMILAR DESIGN WITH PUFFED SLEEVES THESE SUITS WERE A BREAKAWAY FROM THE USUAL JUMPSUIT DESIGN. THE FIRST IS THE BLACK AZTEC FOLLOWED BY THE DARK BLUE VERSION FINALLY WE HAVE THE GYPSY SUIT.
THE FOUR SUITS HERE ARE THE WELL KNOWN INDIAN FEATHER SUIT (BOULEVARD ALBUM COVER) THE NOT SO WELL KNOWN PENGUIN SUIT THE RAINFALL SUIT (DIFFERENT FROM '74 SUIT OF SAME NAME) AND THE WHITE V NECK SUIT.
TO END 1975 WE HAVE THREE MORE PHOENIX SUITS. THE BLACK PHOENIX , THE RED PHOENIX AND THE WHITE PHOENIX SUITS.
1976
THERE WERE ONLY FOUR NEW SUITS FOR 1976 THE FLAME SUIT, THE GOLD INCA SUIT, THE BLUE PREHISTORIC BIRD SUIT AND THE WHITE PREHISTORIC BIRD SUIT.
1977
NO NEW SUITS HERE IM AFRAID. ELVIS MAINLY USED THE KING OF SPADES JUMPSUIT AND THE SUNDIAL SUIT (WORN FOR HIS LAST CONCERT JUNE 26TH AT INDIANAPOLIS). THERE WAS HOWEVER TWO SUITS COMMISSIONED FOR THE AUGUST '77 TOUR DUE TO BEGIN ON AUG 17TH, BUT ELVIS OBVIOUSLY COULDN'T MAKE THAT TOUR. ONE OF THE SUITS REMAINED UNFINISHED BUT ELVIS WAS KEEN TO USE THE OTHER FINISHED SUIT. THERE ARE SOME PICS BELOW OF BOTH SUITS.
HERE ARE SOME OTHER JUMPSUITS BUT AS OF NOW I HAVE NO DETAILS OF IF THEY WERE EVER WORN ON STAGE BY ELVIS.
I HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR LOOK THROUGH THIS JUMPSUIT SECTION IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADD ANY INFORMATION TO THIS IT WOULD BE GREATLY RECEIVED. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL ME.
