Reply With QuoteIt's a pity people are still calling these suits "Penguin Suits". It's a nickname. Officially they are called "Two-toned Street Suits". They were designed to make Elvis appear slimmer.
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I have to agree with elvispresleyfan1935:
This suite might have looked bad but the White 2 Piece Suite Elvis wore in April of 1975 and maybe March Elvis looked great in it.
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It's a pity people are still calling these suits "Penguin Suits". It's a nickname. Officially they are called "Two-toned Street Suits". They were designed to make Elvis appear slimmer.
These two-toned suits were not my personal favorites but I feel he carried them off well as he did everything else. He wore several articles of clothing that no one else could have gotten away with.
i really liked these suits i know he had 2 brown, and tan , white black and blue , i was also interested , i read in time magazine some years back that gene made a red one also[never seen the red one] , the reason everyone calls this the penguin suit is because that's what most fans called it back then, shaver was the first to show photos that judy palmer took of E.P. wearing it, just like the panda suit[as fans first reffered to this suit, the one he wore in chicago, and kansas, with paisley shirt] the real name for that suit was called b/w casual, and there were others like the red blue colour scheme.green and white colour scheme, E.P. had quite a few over the years especially staring in late 71.
I'm not a big fan of this suit but have some nice photo's
Matt
Originally Posted by memphis 77
yeah i'm not a fan of this suit,but i think it's not really a bad suit
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I think he had better suits then this one
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I agree with you on this suite, it does not do elvis justice at all.
elvislady
A photo from Aug 1975.
Beautiful photos Matt, looks like a nice suit when you see it in a good quality photo
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This is something that only Elvis could pull off, its a good looking suit.
"When I was a child, ladies and gentlemen, I was a dreamer. I read comic books, and I was a hero in the movie. So every dream that I ever dreamed has come true a hundred times. I learned very early in life that without a song, the day would never end; without a song, a man ain't got a friend; without a song, the road would never bend; without a song. So I keep singing a song." - Elvis Presley
I think over time this suit has grown on me..... but it's still horribleBeautiful photos Matt, looks like a nice suit when you see it in a good quality photo
Agreed, its not your everyday suit
From what I've read, Elvis was not too keen/fit to go on stage on the 19th August 1975. So he could have opted to stay with his normal street clothes that night! Perhaps that's why the suit, as far as I know, was worn only that night.
I don't like this suit at all. Sorry.
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It was often wore in 1976 ofstage also.
There are different version made of it too..here's the blue version of it I beleive.
And one of the Black Two Tone Street suite photo used on the album cover "The Request Box" Shows from August 1975
"How do I get placed in situations like this? Ah hell, I guess it's all part of showbusiness "~ Elvis in his limo on his way to perform in Omaha, NE on June 19th 1977
well this suit isnot one of my favs to sum it up in one word it would be wrong
i like that blue one though in that pic posted by bradm this is a very unflattering suit no mattter how many pics i see it wont grow on me but hey it was the 70's
Too be honest, theirs really not one thing i've seen Elvis wear that I didn't think he looked good in.
Elvis was just so dang cool, he could look good in no matter what he wore. Including the two tone street suite, and the N Neck jumpsuite that often get ridiculed by fans...
"How do I get placed in situations like this? Ah hell, I guess it's all part of showbusiness "~ Elvis in his limo on his way to perform in Omaha, NE on June 19th 1977
I'm just not a fan of this suit. . .
I never cared for the suit that much.......I think it's ok....but I prefer the other two piece suits
over this one.
Thank you very much for the information about this jumpsuit.
Certainly is not the most beautiful jumpsuit worn by Elvis, and I can not say I like it at all. I Love Elvis' Jumpsuits. Most of them are a true work of art. Little kisses.
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