THE LOOK talkin’ ’bout Elvis on Radio 2

Check out my contributions to Paul Gambaccini’s BBC Radio 2 documentary Elvis The Brand; the first part was broadcast last night (and is available for the next six days here). The second part goes out tonight at 23.30 GMT.

//Elvis and Bernard Lansky, 126 Beale Street, Memphis, 1956. Photo (c) lanskybros.com//

The programme is part of the BBC’s week-long celebration of what would have been Elvis’ 75th birthday on Thursday (January 8).

 

In the documentary I cover The King’s style from 1952, when he first pressed his nose up against the Lanskys‘ shop window at 126 Beale Street in Memphis, through Nudie Cohn’s gold lame suit to the flamboyance of the Bill Belew outfit for the 68 Comeback special and Bob Mackie’s crazed costumery of the final Vegas years.

 

This is detailed in Chapter 1 of THE LOOK, which features an exclusive interview with clothier to The King Bernard Lansky.

Give Elvis The Brand a listen – and remember to wear your rockin’ shoes!