Arabian Jumpsuit (First Version) (aka) Memphis Jumpsuit (1973-1974)

[barron]

I never saw a pic from the memphis suit with the cape on stage. The black remake from the film 3000 miles to memphis looked great.

if you would like to see the original cape take a look @ this websit
shopelvis.com look under books and you will see this suit on the front cover and more

[barron]

check out the shopelvis.com they will have the photo

[Tigerman1975]

Belew outdid himself on this one.

[nabelt24]

Does anyone know where the original belt is located?

[Leroy]

Good question. Would not surprise me if Gracland has it tucked away, not knowing to which suit it belongs. They don't seem to have a clue which belt goes with what suit.
At this point the 1973 "Aabian" has the belt of the 1973 "Multi Colored Rainsuit". The 1973 "Multi Colored Rainsuit" has the belt of the 1973 "Nail Studded Suit". The 1975 "Chief" has the belt of the 1974 "Egyptian", but with the original "Chief" buckle. Are you still with me ?

[merry77]

There is an interesting photo on RareElvisPresley.com.
This one:


It shows a picture of several belts.
Top left contains: embroidered eagle, multicoloured rain, royal blue fireworks, stone tiger, aloha, chief. Many of those still in posession of Graceland.
Top right Peacock (which was auctioned off), nail studded
Bottom left Arabian (first version) and Arabian (second version). The second one is definitely in posession of Graceland.
Bottom right Dragon and Wheat. Both belts definitely in posession of Graceland. Both shown in the Jumpsuit all access booklet.

So this leads me to the conclusion that the belt was definitely owned by Graceland. It has not appeared in an auction. So I would assume it is still owned by Graceland.

And I also still am astounded by the fact that the Archive department who apparently documents everything does such a lousy job connecting the correct belts to the right costumes. Unfortunately it's impossible to get through to the archive department.
Because if they documented everything then I would like to see the backsides of more capes.

[Leroy]

Nice picture and thank you for sharing. And you are so right about the Archive Department. I once got through to them because of a mistake they made about the date Elvis received the 1969 "Gold Attendance Belt" . I even had prove they were wrong, but they are hard headed. They seem to have their own time-line where it's Elvis concerned.

[medleyofcostumes]

Not to repeat myself for the nth time - that's why we need a Leroy jumpsuit book. You must be a fan to go into detail of stagewear and the painstaking effort, time, resources to get the right info. Graceland is only concerned with IMAGE and Elvis IN GENERAL. They are not experts but rather jack of all trades - they need 'specialists' in different aspects of Ep's persona and carrear.

[nabelt24]

Good question. Would not surprise me if Gracland has it tucked away, not knowing to which suit it belongs. They don't seem to have a clue which belt goes with what suit.
At this point the 1973 "Aabian" has the belt of the 1973 "Multi Colored Rainsuit". The 1973 "Multi Colored Rainsuit" has the belt of the 1973 "Nail Studded Suit". The 1975 "Chief" has the belt of the 1974 "Egyptian", but with the original "Chief" buckle. Are you still with me ?

Thanks, Leroy! Isn't it amazing that they have it so mixed up? Wish we knew the reasoning behind it all. Doesn't make much sense to me.

[Tommy]

[richardo316]

thanks for the nice pics, i like this suit

[Tommy]

thanks for the nice pics, i like this suit

You are welcome, thank you.

[Tommy]

[elvia7]

THANK YOU TOMMY!
" THANK YOU VERY MUCH" ....

[Tommy]

YOU ARE WELCOME EVI..........."THANK YOU VERY MUCH"......

[elvia7]

I noticed that in this ELVIS costume looks very beautiful.
I have proof - a book "Caught in a trap"

[Tommy]

I noticed that in this ELVIS costume looks very beautiful.
I have proof - a book "Caught in a trap"

Wonderful book..........thank you very, very much.

[richardo316]

thanks for the great pics for this suit

[Tommy]

thanks for the great pics for this suit

Thank you my friend.

[Tommy]