Sundial Jumpsuit answers needed....3 button/2 button cuff controversy

[howardrobardhughes]

Could anyone PLEASE tell me when and where the two different Sundial Suits were worn??
I know there was a
3 button cuff and a
2 button cuff..
were they both worn until the end???

[buttonhead]

from silvester elvis page, and its been discuss long ago i think:



Elvis wore the "sundial" for the first time in October 1974 in Lake Tahoe. In February
1977 he took it back on the stage and used the first suit till end of April. There was 2
versions; the first one has three buttons on the sleeves, and the second one only two.
Elvis wore the "sundial suits" longer than every other suits during his concert years.

The second "Sundial" was worn by Elvis in May and June 1977. It was the last
jumpsuit he ever had worn on stage. Today you can see the suit in Graceland.

[Lonniebealestreet]

Interesting. I knew that there were two, and that one had two buttons on the sleeve and the other had three, but I didn't know that one was "retired" at the end of April. I thought they were rotated on a nightly basis. In fact, I think I read that in the Hopkins book The Final Years some years ago (not to imply I think it still must be correct). It said how one would be worn, and then rushed off to be cleaned the next day while he wore the other one.

Guess if I would look closely at photos from consecutive nights, I could answer this for myself.