Jumpsuit Names

[elvispresleytheking]

Do you have names that you associate with different suits, that aren't design or fan names? Mine are:

1970-
Frog suit (Wing suit, for the webbed design)
1972-
Meteor Suit (Owl, as it looks like shooting stars against a dark background a.k.a. space)
1974-
Tiger Man (Mad Tiger, I call it that for the song)
1975-
Pajama Suit (V-Neck, I mean, seriously, what else does this look like?)

[epmoodyblue]

Do you have names that you associate with different suits, that aren't design or fan names? Mine are:

1970-
Frog suit (Wing suit, for the webbed design)
1972-
Meteor Suit (Owl, as it looks like shooting stars against a dark background a.k.a. space)
1974-
Tiger Man (Mad Tiger, I call it that for the song)
1975-
Pajama Suit (V-Neck, I mean, seriously, what else does this look like?)

Pajama Suit....the suit i hate the most worn in late 75 and in 76 also.....i would call it the CLOWN SUIT....no offence to elvis hes a king ....just hate the v neck..dunno why he agreed to weear this ..will never figure it out

[elvispresleytheking]

Pajama Suit....the suit i hate the most worn in late 75 and in 76 also.....i wouls call it the CLOWN SUIT....no offence to elvis hes a king ....just hate the v neck..dunno why he agreed to weear this ..will never figure it out

Clown suit, lol all it's missing is a red, frilly collar, with a matching wig and red nose.

[epmoodyblue]

Clown suit, lol all it's missing is a red, frilly collar, with a matching wig and red nose.

..agree..well lets calm down and respect our king....actually there are some nice shots of him in this clown outfit where he looks pretty neat..bloomington may 76...but i still hate the suit sorry elvis forgive me

[elvispresleytheking]

..agree..well lets calm down and respect our king....actually there are some nice shots of him in this clown outfit where he looks pretty neat..bloomington may 76...but i still hate the suit sorry elvis forgive me

He looked great, it was just the suit. I blame Bill Belew, not Elvis.

[LtCarman]

Pajama Suit....the suit i hate the most worn in late 75 and in 76 also.....i would call it the CLOWN SUIT....no offence to elvis hes a king ....just hate the v neck..dunno why he agreed to weear this ..will never figure it out

In my opinion, it wasn't as bad as the Colorful Flame Suit or the Blue Egyptian Bird. I actually like the V-neck suit.

[epmoodyblue]

In my opinion, it wasn't as bad as the Colorful Flame Suit or the Blue Egyptian Bird. I actually like the V-neck suit.

i like the flame jumper....like i said there are some pics of him in the v neck i really like..im gonna have to go to memphis to see it in person to make afinal judgement on it....and if in person it looks good then i will go to meditation garden and say sorry to elvis..i was wrong

[elvispresleytheking]

In my opinion, it wasn't as bad as the Colorful Flame Suit or the Blue Egyptian Bird. I actually like the V-neck suit.

THe blue Egyptian bird was bad, I liked the white slightly better. The flame would've been cool in 73... with a cape... and studded, okay, I am getting too much into the Stone Flame or Red flower suit now.

[Tony Trout]

I blame Bill Belew, not Elvis.

Actually the person to fault would be Gene Doucette - not Bill Belew. Bill stopped the hands on and day-to-day working with the jumpsuits in 1971 because he was too busy with other projects to have enough time to help work on them with Gene Doucette so he handed that job completely over to Gene.

[ehollier]

Actually the person to fault would be Gene Doucette - not Bill Belew. Bill stopped the hands on and day-to-day working with the jumpsuits in 1971 because he was too busy with other projects to have enough time to help work on them with Gene Doucette so he handed that job completely over to Gene.

I've always wondered if the whole jumpsuit argument was just a 'hindsight is always 20/20' thing, that maybe those who were designing, making and supplying the memorial jumpsuits - the good as well as the bad -- just couldn't see that they would help to contribute to his caricature image that sometimes seems will forever be associated with Elvis. How anyone could NOT see that by 1976, the jumpsuits were not as stunning or flattering is just beyond me.

[epmoodyblue]

Actually the person to fault would be Gene Doucette - not Bill Belew. Bill stopped the hands on and day-to-day working with the jumpsuits in 1971 because he was too busy with other projects to have enough time to help work on them with Gene Doucette so he handed that job completely over to Gene.

thanks for info ..i didint know that .Gene Doucette took over...and what was she thinking when she designed the v-neck thingy,,,,what was on her mind when she began to design this outfit,,,..prob got mixed up confused.. ,,,mabye she thought she was making a suit for a clown convention...later found out it was really for elvis..it was too late to turn back by then..elvis put the outfit on and hit the vegas stage in it

[epmoodyblue]

Actually the person to fault would be Gene Doucette - not Bill Belew. Bill stopped the hands on and day-to-day working with the jumpsuits in 1971 because he was too busy with other projects to have enough time to help work on them with Gene Doucette so he handed that job completely over to Gene.

thanks for info ..i didint know that .Gene Doucette took over...and what was she thinking when she designed the v-neck thingy,,,,what was on her mind when she began to design this outfit,,,..prob got mixed up confused.. ,,,mabye she thought she was making a suit for a clown convention...later found out it was really for elvis.. when she realized this mistake ..it was too late to turn back by then .,,suit was already shipped to elvis....elvis put the outfit on and hit the vegas stage in it

[Lisarose]

Pajama Suit....the suit i hate the most worn in late 75 and in 76 also.....i would call it the CLOWN SUIT....no offence to elvis hes a king ....just hate the v neck..dunno why he agreed to weear this ..will never figure it out

Not one of the more attractive suits. The sleeves, the neckline - and he did try to disguise it with those great scarves that Roseanne kept yanking off. . .

[utmom2008]

i didint know that .Gene Doucette took over...and what was she thinking when she designed the v-neck thingy

Wasn't Gene Doucette a man?

Not one of the more attractive suits. The sleeves, the neckline - and he did try to disguise it with those great scarves that Roseanne kept yanking off. . .

You got that right!!

[elvispresleytheking]

Wasn't Gene Doucette a man?


You got that right!!

Yes, he was.

[Tony Trout]

Wasn't Gene Doucette a man?

Yes, he was.

Yes, Gene is a male. Why are we referring to him in the past tense by using 'was'? He's still alive, actually.

[ehollier]

I wonder if Elvis would have considered all of these names for his jumpsuits totally nuts??????? I just don't imagine that during the 70's, he referred to this stagewear by the names "Blue Nail Suit", "White Concha", "Flame Suit" or "Blue Egyptian Bird suit".....the list is endless......

[LtCarman]

I wonder if Elvis would have considered all of these names for his jumpsuits totally nuts??????? I just don't imagine that during the 70's, he referred to this stagewear by the names "Blue Nail Suit", "White Concha", "Flame Suit" or "Blue Egyptian Bird suit".....the list is endless......

I'm willing to bet that he just called them based on their appearance. For example, instead of calling the "Red Matador Suit" by its name, he would refer to it as "the red suit."

[elvispresleytheking]

How about just "gimme a suit that'll look good for tonight!"