Jumpsuit Pictures

The jumpsuit designs and would grow more elaborate as the years went by. They were designed by Bill Belew
and made in Hollywood. Sometimes Elvis would suggest various design ideas.
Many of the jumpsuits have been named by the fans,depending on the design of the suit.

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Elvis would wear a few jumpsuits
with the phoenix bird design.
Here Elvis walks on stage to be
greeted with the usual
barrage of camera flashes

He's a total change for Elvis - a two piece leather outfit. A very rare shot of Elvis wearing this unusual stage suit.

After the 1968 TV Special, Elvis thought leather was too hot for the stage, so it's unusual to see him wearing leather again.

Interestingly, Elvis would wear this outfit off stage as well and was seen wearing the outfit when he went to see Tom Jones at Ceasers Palace in the same year.

Elvis wearing the Owl Suit. His
belt had an owl on the buckle.

Elvis wore the same suit during
"Elvis on Tour" and can be seen on
film commenting about the owl. (The suit
appears a lighter blue on this photo)

November 1971. Elvis didn't wear
many black suits, as they didn't
light well on stage. A red version of the
suit can be seen during the 1972 film
"Elvis On Tour."

One of the jumpsuits Elvis
would continue to wear in 1977.
This would be the last jumpsuit
he wore for his last concert in
June 26th 1977.

This photo is from May 1977. Later
the suit can be seen with only two
buttons during his last tour.

1973 Amber Suit
Elvis ends his show, as the gold curtains are raised. Elvis had a variety of scarves which came in a number of colours. The scarves became part of an Elvis concert, as Elvis would give them out to the fans

 

1972 Planet Suit
So-called because of the planet type brass design and swirly star studs

1972 Porthole Suit

1973 Light Blue Flower Suit

1974 White Way Down Suit
The black suit with the same design was used on the front record cover
of Elvis's 1977 release "Way Down."
I'm uncertain as to the name used before the single was released!

 

1975 Two-Piece Suit
It was nice to see a diversion from the usual jumpsuit design as
Elvis experimented with some two-piece outfits

 

1975 Black Phoenix Suit
The striking design of the Black Phoenix

 

1975 Gypsy Suit
Not a very flattering suit in my opinion; but certainly different!

 

1975 Penguin Suit
Here's another two piece outfit Elvis would wear off stage too.
The fans, as usual, coming up with the very apt name!

 

1975 White Phoenix Suit
A shot from behind, highlighting the white phoenix embroidery

1974 Dragon Suit
Here's Elvis arriving on stage, unusually wearing his sunglasses

1972 Burning Love Suit

This suit was named because Elvis sang "Burning Love" for the first time on stage, during the 1972 movie, Elvis On Tour while wearing the suit 

1977 Mexican Sundial Suit

A great shot of Elvis performing "Hurt" during his last ever concert on June 26th 1977 at Indianapolis

1974 Dragon Jumpsuit
The dragon jumpsuit had a striking dragon design. Usually the suits had rhinestones making up the artwork, but some, like this one were embroidered with various designs. The belts were very much part of the suits and Elvis would sometimes use various belts from other jumpsuits if he liked them, even if they weren't designed for the particular jumpsuit. This suit features the original belt. 

Elvis would put his thumbs in the gold chains which hung from the belts. During one concert Elvis wore a belt without any chains. He was about to hook his thumbs in them and realized there were no chains - he then sang a line of "Take these chains from my heart..."