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Posted by: susan Aug 31 2005, 11:11 AM

somebody having an idea?

Posted by: elvisfan57 Aug 31 2005, 12:43 PM

cant help you there susan. but it's a nice shirt though

Posted by: Steve Sep 1 2005, 04:47 PM

Can't help you with the originalitie of the Shirt,

But it looks very very fine........I wold waer this.

Where did you get it from maybe that can help us to say it's been from "E" or not.

Posted by: Leroy Sep 1 2005, 06:50 PM

It's an original IC shirt so that means it has been manufactured by the same company who manufactured Elvis wardrobe. But it does not automaticly means it's worn by Elvis or even comes from his closet. It's highly possible that the shirt once belonged to someone from Elvis' inner circle or that a fan had a little more money to spend than most of us and ordered a shirt from IC. They did not exclusively work for Elvis. If you take a close look you will discover that the shirt has no Edwardian collar which was a trademark for all Elvis' shirts and jackets.

Posted by: Steve Sep 1 2005, 09:20 PM

QUOTE (Leroy @ Sep 1 2005, 07:50 PM)

If you take a close look you will discover that the shirt has no Edwardian collar which was a trademark for all Elvis' shirts and jackets.

What's a Edwardian Collar, I know What a collar is but what's Edwardian?

Posted by: Gordon Sep 1 2005, 09:43 PM

i guess it's the High collar which was characteristic of all of Elvis' shirts in the 70's...am I right Leroy?

and this raises a question....can we call the jumpsuit collars 'Edwardian'?

Posted by: Leroy Sep 2 2005, 07:50 AM

Guys, I made a terrible mistake by using the term "Edwardian Collar". It does excist but not on Elvis wardrobe.
The right name should be "Napoleonic Collar" and was introduced by Napoleon. It was also a fashion in the Southern parts of the USA during the period of the Civil War.

All jumpsuits, except one, have Napoleonic collars. The exception is the "White Cossack Top Jumpsuit" from 1970.

Posted by: susan Sep 2 2005, 11:29 AM

QUOTE (Leroy @ Sep 2 2005, 08:50 AM)

Guys, I made a terrible mistake by using the term "Edwardian Collar". It does excist but not on Elvis wardrobe.
The right name should be "Napoleonic Collar" and was introduced by Napoleon. It was also a fashion in the Southern parts of the USA during the period of the Civil War.

All jumpsuits, except one, have Napoleonic collars. The exception is the "White Cossack Top Jumpsuit" from 1970.

i thought so, too about the collar but when watching the rehearsal`s of TTWII the shirt he is wearing there is also not having a high collar.

Posted by: Leroy Sep 2 2005, 05:11 PM

That's right Susan. It's my believe that up until the August 1970 the shirts were just with a regular collar (as were the four or five shirts he wore during the rehearsals)
One of the first one with a Napoleonic Collar was the flower shirt he used during the rehearsals on August 4. After that every new shirt had a Napoleonic collar. And it was not until 1972 he started to wear shirts with a Paisley motive.

Posted by: Steve Sep 3 2005, 09:27 AM

Thanks for clearing this up Leroy!!

Hey If I find this shirt, I would buy it and wear the gotdamm thing.....
This looks just wonderful....

Great Shirt you have there susan, take good care of it....

Posted by: susan Sep 3 2005, 03:09 PM

@ Leroy

if you look at the shirt he wore at the july rehearsals you can see that this shirt seems to be a paisly shirt, too

@ steve

Thank you very very much but as long as i don`t know if it`s an original i`m not having so much with it.

Posted by: elvis7791 Oct 13 2005, 04:07 PM

SORRY !!!HAVE NO IDEA AND MARKS THAT IT'S FROM EP...I REMEMBER THAT EP HAS ONE ...IT APPEARS ON TTWIT WHEN HE SINGS CATTLE CALL AND LAUGH???

Posted by: jay Oct 14 2005, 10:08 PM

thats my kind of shirt

Posted by: Steve Nov 4 2005, 11:49 AM

If this on the photo is your'se you must know it a real shirt,

"It is a Paisley shirt from 1970 that was worn by Elvis. It was custom made for him by I.C. Costume Company in Hollywood (see label !) and it is also signed on right front (Thank you very much - Best Wishes - Elvis Presley)."

found this on the net, with just the same photo's you have,
But this is from Jürgen's collection.

So...........

Posted by: Leroy Nov 5 2005, 12:45 PM

I met Susan on October 23rd at the Elvis Meeting in Rotterdam where she showed the shirt to Butch Polston. It's not certain Elvis ever wore this shirt but it is an original IC Costumes shirt. Butch recognized the fabric and could even tell what kind of sewing machine was used by the stitches it made. The shirt was probably a part of his private wardrobe.

Posted by: ChrisG- the younger Aug 14 2007, 05:29 PM

QUOTE (Steve @ Nov 4 2005, 12:49 PM)