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Blue Brocade
Las Vegas, Season 2 – 57 Shows – January 26th – February 23rd 1970


Blue Brocade is an aqua-colored suit decorated with 3 inches wide embroideries around the chest opening and the high collar. Pattern consisting of tiny aqua flowers and tiny leaves entwined with golden dots and lines around them. The pattern has made someone believe it's supposed to represent snakes twined around the aqua flowers, which is not the case. On each side of the sleeves, there are three aqua-colored cuff buttons.
 

The belt, tied to the left, is weaved macramé in a bow pattern with what appears to be small, blue stones making it look like small eyes in the mieddle of the pattern. Elvis wore Blue Brocade suit - Blue Tapestry, Blue Aqua or Blue Snake, as it was called as well - in Las Vegas in the second season (January - February 1970) and maybe for the last time in Houston February 28th 1970 at the 02:00 p.m. show. This wonderful suit is on display at Graceland. The white macramé belt was sold on auction October 7th 1995, and is today in private hands.
 

Known Concert Dates wearing this suit:

 

Date

Venue

Location

Showtime

Crowd

Belt

Musicians

28/01/1970

International Hotel

Las Vegas, Nevada

00h00

2,200

Original belt

 Black suits

28/02/1970

Houston Astrodome

Houston, Texas

14h00

37,773

Original belt

 

 

Sources:

Elvis Presley, Fashion for a King, by Tommy Edwardsen and Atle S. Larsen (Follow That Dream)

Elvis Presley in Concert website

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