He sure looked good in this suite during the summer months of '74(y)Quote:
Originally Posted by daddio26
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He sure looked good in this suite during the summer months of '74(y)Quote:
Originally Posted by daddio26
yep this is one of my favs but it looked good in all colours thanks for posting the pics i love the belt in the first pics posted by jumpsuit junkie this went with the suit the best
I do like all these Phoenix suits. I think my favorite is the dark blue...called the Silver Phoenix? Next would be the one with black, red, then light blue.
Diane
Love this one too! I just always thought that the design on the chest area gave Elvis' chest a much broader look. He looked very regal in this suit.
One of my favourite suits . Can not understand why he didnt wear it more as he looked great in it . I think he looks the best in this out of the 3 phoenix suits
Love this suit. Here's some more photo's of it(y)
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4513/64il9.jpg
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/305/60fj5.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1943/61ky1.jpg
i really like the phoenix jumpsuits also didnt realize till last year that they had sequence on them
good pic of elvisQuote:
Originally Posted by Elena/The Russian EP Fan Club
I love all the versions of the Phoenix suits :DQuote:
Originally Posted by tony70
i love all elvis's jumpsuits.
That is not the "Blue Phoenix" jumpsuit with sequence its the "King of Spades"Quote:
Originally Posted by tony70
The navy blue version was better than this.
It's not even the "King of Spades", but the 1974 "Arabian". But I think Tony didn't post this picture for this thread. It seems to be his signature picture. A little bit large tho.Quote:
Originally Posted by KPM
And for Tony: All jumpsuits have sequences on them.
This is my favourite of all the pheonix jumpsuits . A classic
Beautiful jumpsuit and beautiful Elvis (y)
Good jumpsuit
i have always liked all of the phoenix jumpsuits,just great looking suits!!(y):king:
We now know that the ORIGINAL design was of a Zebra....and Elvis said, "funny feet on the eagle"...looking at the sketch upside down.
But my question is about the time frame the suits were made.
I got a Movie Magazine on vacation (in Fla.) in 1974. On the cover and inside were the same photos that kennyelvis posted on this thread.
The NEXT time I saw this design was a YEAR later when Elvis stepped on stage at the Charleston Civic Center in W. Va. (afternoon show) and he was wearing the dark blue/silver version. At that moment I realized the design was the same as the light blue one I had in that magazine (from a year ago). Upon getting the Charleston Gazette I found that he had a RED one also worn the night before...(later in STRICTLY ELVIS saw the black version).
My question (to Leroy) is; were all the suits made in 1974 or was the light blue one made first....THEN Elvis asked for 3 more for the 1975 tours?
PS...a note about the sequins on these suits. The thing that was mesmerizing when Elvis stepped on stage was the fact that these suits SPARKLED in RAINBOW colors....I remember as the spot lights hit him and the flash bulbs went off he was a shimmer of color - green, pink, blue, red it was quite stunning....and I have never seen a photo that captured this.
The "Black Phoenix", the "Red Phoenix" and the "Turqoise Phoenix" were commisioned in 1974. Only the "Turqoise Phoenix" was actually manufactured and delivered to Elvis the same year. This had to do with an argument between Gene Doucette (who actually was responsible for the design) and Bill Belew (who send the blank suits to Gene). Gene had enough of not getting the recognition he deserved after designing so many higly praised costumes, and decided to stop. Bill got all the credit, the houses, the cars, the jewelry, the champagne..... All because Elvis never knew that it was Gene who designed his wardrobe and not Bill. It was this arrangement that highly frustrated Gene. Therefor only one bird/zebra design was delivered.
I have always been under the impression that the "Black Phoenix" was the first design because originally it was to be a zebra, and those animals are black and white. But after the desicion of letting it be birds after all I guess the color didn't matter anymore.
I hope this information kinda answered your question.....
YEAH!!!
I managed to buy a buckle with the exact same image as the belt buckles used on Elvis' belt today.
It will come to me from my favourite belt buckle seller. I now have about a dozen belt buckles similar to the ones that were used on Elvis' belts.
It is actually a pheasant in flight.