I designed his wardrobe for a couple of movies with Elvis' input.
As for his street clothes, in L.A. we bought clothes for him at places like
Fred Segal, when Fred was just starting out with a little store on Santa Monica
Blvd.. Now he's big and is one of THE businesses in L.A.. Also a small store
on Sunset Blvd. called DeVoss which is no longer there. There was another
famous place on Sunset and Vine called Sy Devore that many movie stars shopped
at also.
In Memphis, he bought clothes at times from Lansky Brothers.
Marty
Is this business still around?
Johnny~
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He was right. Elvis didn't wear underwear.
Sy knew that because when he sold clothes he both fitted the clothes and saw
the men change clothes to do so.
In the 40's, 50's and part of the 60's, his was THE place to buy clothes for
the movie stars.
Marty
Not that I remember.
Marty
What did you designed, Marty ? The boxing-short in 'Kid kalahad? or the
swim-short in 'fun in acapulco'
sorry Marty, i'm just kiddin' a little bit , it just came up!!
:-0)))
Rob...
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And yet, a year or so ago, we printed a full page back cover photos of Elvis
in a thin white jumpsuit and you could CLEARLY see his jockey shorts
undernearth ... unmistakably !
Or was that "Depends"?
007
*********************
Bill E. Burk
Publisher, Elvis World Magazine
That was not jockey shorts and he did not wear underwear under his street
clothes.
He wore dancer's briefs under his jumpsuits.
Marty
Angeline
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I once read that Elvis took some of his "street clothes" outfits as a tax
deduction, claiming he wore them onstage and were a necessary professional
expense.
>He was right. Elvis didn't wear underwear.<
Hemmmmmmm (clearing throat) ... Maybe he didn't when not performing because,
in the CBS Special of one of his last shows, one can see the outline of
underwear (briefs) under the jumpsuit.
Also there's the photo of a very young Elvis early in his career at home
holding a pair of briefs with mother Gladys standing next to him.
>What did you designed, Marty ? The boxing-short in 'Kid kalahad? or the
swim-short in 'fun in acapulco'
sorry Marty, i'm just kiddin' a little bit , it just came up!! :-0))) <
I'll bet "it just came up", DutchBoy.
But seriously, the reason Marty knows so much about Elvis's underwear (or,
should I say, lack thereof) is that one time he and Elvis were changing into
their swim trunks together and Marty happened to get a look at a little-seen
uncut Elvis feature that, according to many ladies, should have won Elvis an
Academy Award.
LET ME MAKE THIS PERFECTLY CLEAR ONE MORE TIME SO EVERYONE CAN UNDERSTAND.
Elvis wore stretch dancer's brief under his jumpsuits. He did that for a
couple of reasons. When he stretched or moved around the material would be
irritating if he didn't wear anything. Sometimes when he did his karate leg
stretches on stage his pants would split because they were so tight and he
might be embarrassed when they split if he was bare underneath. Because the
jumpsuits were so tight, if he didn't wear the briefs, Elvis Junior would be
accented against the suit. He wouldn't allow that just as he thought that was
the wrong thing for Tom Jones to do.
And last but not least, because the suits were so tight it made it a bit easier
for him to slide into them.
AND ONCE MORE, HE DID NOT WEAR UNDERWEAR UNDER HIS NORMAL STREET CLOTHES EVERY
DAY. HE HADN'T WORN ANY IN THE OVER 20 YEARS I KNEW HIM.
Y'all enjoy yourselves.
Marty
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Nope. As a matter of fact, although he had an accountant he had an IRS agent
do his tax forms each year.
That stupid move was done because Parker advised Elvis and his father that to
be sure he didn't get in trouble on his taxes that would be the best thing to
do. Elvis used to brag about that.
Parker would use the tax problems that former heavyweight champ Joe Louis had
in the past where he ended up broke.
Parker's main reason for that was he didn't want them investigating any
deductions Elvis made because it might be traced to him and therefore he would
be investigated and as an illegal alien he might have been exposed.
How foolish.
Marty
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Johnny~
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Concerning Tom Jones, you mean stuffing that roll of baloney in his pants?
Hey, I thought of another picture that we've all seen - the Wertheimer (sp?)
photo from '56 where he's kissing his Mom on the cheek and he got a clean
pair of undies in one hand.
There's so much work to be done on this "undie project", I may need the
assistance of all of you gals, **inspect as many pictures of Elvis' buns as
you can and let me know what you find**!!
Angeline
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Scott
Elvis actually did get some of his street clothes from I.C. Costume Co,
although you may not remember he did.
I dug up some old interview with Bill Belew somewhere. This is what he had
to say about non-stage clothes he made for Elvis:"
Bill Belew: Of course , eventually it got to the point where I did do his
personal clothes for him. And he would call, like when he was going to his
bodyguard Sonny's wedding, he called and said he wanted a suit that was
really different. He'd just gotten his new cape and a cane that he liked a
lot, and he said:" Do a suit that has a cape. In Italy I had seen a photo of
some suit for a man that was done in fur, so I did a black broad-tail fur
suit. It's a black fur. It's very sheer and flat, so it looks like crushed
velvet but it's actually fur.And so we did the cape and lined it red. That
suit actually led to the capes being incorporated into the jumpsuits.And
occasionally also Priscilla would run across something she thought was
interesting and Elvis would call and say:"Could you come out to the house
and take a look at it and see if you can do anything with it?".
And so I would look at these things to see if we could incorporate it into
what we were doing to make it look different and new.
Question: About when was it that you started making his personal clothes?
Bill Belew: about 1971.
Question: I remember seeing a brown dress that he had that had the same
shoulder and collar as the jumpsuits.
Bill belew:Yeah, we did all those, he really liked that and I said: "It's an
identifying look for you and I think we should carry it over into the
offstage clothes as well"
He had a great build, but it was a very hard build to go out and to buy a
ready made suit for, because he had a 42 shouder and a 30 waist. So he found
that it was easier for him to have them made, I would design four or five
suits and put coordinate shirt fabrics with them, and take them to him and
he'd say something like:" Yeah, I like that one, give me two in that",
or"one in brown, two in blue" and so on.
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This proves one thing for sure.
Someone would really have to constantly keep their nose up Elvis' ass
to know for sure that the man never wore underwear for 20 years.
Did he fart on stage? Inquiring minds want to know!
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That's nice to know what Bill said. However Sonny's wedding was in 1970.
And I'm a bit bewildered since Elvis didn't normally wear suits, why he would
have them made.
But I am not disputing what Belew says.
That black suit at Sonny's wedding did look like Velvet but I do not recall
that he wore a cape. I'm wondering if Belew has it mixed up with the time he
went to see Nixon.
Marty
I'm not sure what you're talking about but if it's what I think, he's only half
right. It was uncut.
Marty
And I'll bet your salivating and frothing at the mouth fantasizing and wishing
it was you.
What a fool.
Stick to taking porno pix of little girls Lukey, I know you get off on that.
Marty
Marty
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Lukey,
I guess it's that time of year for your annual laundry day. You'd probably be
best hanging it outside to let that year's stank get out of them first.
Probably has extra stains you accumulated when you took those pics of those
little girls and after you took them.
Be sure you hang them down wind Lukey.
Marty
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Saundra,
In a way a bit amused, especially if I sense it is asked with a humorous
intent. In a way, that was the same kind of humor that Elvis and the guys had.
If I feel the person means no harm or is not a wise ass I have no problem with
it. To a point.
It's the questions where the questioner's negative or smart ass intent is
noticable or felt that I don't particularly care for.
Marty
yeah, but they were not suits, they were mix and match jackets and pants. But
he only wore that type of deal on infrequent occassions. Most times he wore
casual pants and high collared, flared sleeved shirts. When he did wear a
jacket to go out in the cold weather it usually was a casual zipper type jacket
or one that buttoned.
As I said, I'm not disputing what Belew said but I'm someone who saw him
virtually every day, especially when he was in Memphis and he normally did not
wear suits.
As a matter of fact I remember on a couple of occassions where he cleaned his
closet out of stuff he didn't wear and he threw a bunch of clothes on the floor
in a pile. He later mentioned to us that if anyone wanted any of it to go get
it before his father got them and hung them in the attic. His father saved
everything.
Richard Davis got six suits that way. Elvis had never worn the suits or maybe
once in years.
Marty
Marty
also the elephant suits were made by ic costume. he had them in various
colors. most prominently a creme one shown in his landing in 73 for the
hawaii special, a red one shown in some photos, i have a brown one i
purchased, and probably a few others.
BC
Brian,
What is an elephant suit? Never heard them described that way by Elvis or any
of us guys.
Did they come in a trunk?
Marty
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Yeah Angeline, you probably would!
Ya know, I saw that picture of you that you posted awhile ago.
I doubt that's you. I doubt someone as attractive as the lady in the picture
would have such a nasty, ugly mouth as yours.
Have a nice day,
Marty
And, yes, the picture is of me.
Angeline
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Angeline,
Trust me when I tell you. I wouldn't let you touch a damn thing on me
including a nerve. Thou thinkest too much of thyself.
Stick to playing with your idiot friends. You and your so-called humor are out
of your league here.
Your friend and mine,
Marty
Yours, mine and everyfriggin' body's buddy,
Angeline
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Scottie+++++TCB
It just goes to show you that looks aren't everything.
Which is a good thing for you, Marty. Not to mention Pauley and
Kevin.
As you know...depending on how I comb my hair in the morning, I look
like either Tom Cruise or George Clooney. Hmmm...perhaps Don Knotts
or Porter Wagoner is more like it.
Dennis
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> He was right. Elvis didn't wear underwear.
>
> Sy knew that because when he sold clothes he both fitted the clothes and
saw
> the men change clothes to do so.
>
> In the 40's, 50's and part of the 60's, his was THE place to buy clothes
for
> the movie stars.
>
> Marty
>
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>
> Also there's the photo of a very young Elvis early in his career at home
> holding a pair of briefs with mother Gladys standing next to him.
>
Angeline
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I happen to own one such snippet of fabric. I've always assumed that the
Colonel probably thought up the idea as a way to get some more mileage out of
clothes that Elvis may have worn only once (such as while shooting films) or
that were so out of style that Elvis wouldn't ever be wearing them again in any
event.
Maybe Marty has info on this clever and profitable "recycling" scheme used by
RCA?
I see you were smart enough not to show your big fat ass in it. lol
Scott
Angeline
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Appreciate it, Meop - so many to filter, so little time.
Angeline
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Yeah, and just like the he did with the pictures that RCA got for the album
covers, the Colonel sold it to them.
Marty
Dennis,
Maybe Tom Arnold and George Kennedy.
Marty
> Boy, Angeline, you can really be a slavedriver! Well, okay, if I have to.
> Peach, Dix? Can you give us a hand?
> Saundra
>
> "Angeline" <an...@hiwaay.net> wrote in message
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>> HAHAHA!! I do plan to do in-depth research on this subject... oh, it will
> be
>> just *awful*!!! : )
>>
>> Hey, I thought of another picture that we've all seen - the Wertheimer
> (sp?)
>> photo from '56 where he's kissing his Mom on the cheek and he got a clean
>> pair of undies in one hand.
>> There's so much work to be done on this "undie project", I may need the
>> assistance of all of you gals, **inspect as many pictures of Elvis' buns
> as
>> you can and let me know what you find**!!
>>
>> Angeline
>>
>>
>> "SF" <ga...@frontier.net> wrote in message
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>>> Wow, thanks for the alert, Dix. Hey Angeline, the Elvis Pic Queen, I'm
>>> afraid you may have to do more research. These pics dispell the myth
> that
>> he
>>> wore none. Yet any mention in books that I can remember insist that he
>>> indeed went, um, free......please keep us informed on any further
> studies
>>> you might do on the subject.
>>>>>>>> He was right. Elvis didn't wear underwear. >>
>>>>>>
> i don´t want to start rumours about me ...but i like the pictures too ... no
> jokes please...
>
>
>
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In the end ... what more could anyone ask for.
God bless that 42 year old kid and everyone who loves him!
God Bless Us Everyone!
Craig Newell 1:21 PM 4/29/2001
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It was just another gimmick to sell the same old songs again. I bought the
set
because there were lots of songs on it that were not available in real mono
anymore.
I could not care less if there was a piece of Elvis' clothing included! Even
if they would give away a complete Elvis suit I would not buy the LP if I
did have all the songs! But I do like promo t-shirts!
regards,
Luuk Bonthond
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> i often ask myself if it愀 real....
Oh, and to Scott, if you feel I am such an idiot, why do you invent brand
new e-mail addresses and forward your own posts just to get around my "block
moron sender"? Seems an awful lot of trouble to go to for someone you feel
is so beneath you intellectually, socially and in whatever other way you
have yourself believing.
Seems like someone that travels in the social circles that you claim would
have much better things to do... HAHAHA!!!! Loser.
Angeline
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If there ever comes a day I feel I need to take any orders you give me
Saundra, I'll let you know.
As for your claim, I'm not going to waste time calling you a liar. I
guess it's just a big coincidence that it's always you who does it. In fact,
even when I posted my first post about Angeline's 'drew' comment, I said to
a friend of mine that was here with me,..."There's a woman on this NG who
will respond to this named Saundra, and then Angeline will insult me thru
her response." Not psychic vibes, mind you, just something that I've learned
through experience.
Whether it's happening due to any arrangement,...only you and Angeline
would know that, I guess. I certainly didn't expect you to say it was.
Do I have a problem with it? Hell no! I've come to rely on it.
By the way, I have a friend named Sam Folger,...he's gonna be crushed
when I tell him his initials belong to you.
Scott
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I do thank you for speaking up and risking the ire of this demented person.
If you want to respond to him in the future please simply highlight his
words and then punch the "backspace" key so they won't show up on your post.
I don't care to read it - that's why I filtered him. Then when I do see
something he's written that mentions me I feel I need to respond... don't
know why - must be the way I was wired. HAHAHA!!
Angeline
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Guys, I thought this post was about ELVIS'
undies, not yourselves.
Take care
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They are cut like Jockey shorts but are made of a slick stretch amterial.
That's the best description I can give.
Marty