{"id":61445,"date":"2013-01-08T19:14:25","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T00:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=61445"},"modified":"2013-01-15T10:46:35","modified_gmt":"2013-01-15T15:46:35","slug":"memphis-flash-elvis-duds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=61445","title":{"rendered":"Memphis Flash: Elvis&#8217; Duds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?attachment_id=61459\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61459\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340731132_fa9bcd8719_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"8340731132_fa9bcd8719_z\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340731132_fa9bcd8719_z.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340731132_fa9bcd8719_z-75x100.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340731132_fa9bcd8719_z-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340731132_fa9bcd8719_z-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Private Presley<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?attachment_id=61458\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61458\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340726036_7aff0b0e5d_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"8340726036_7aff0b0e5d_z\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340726036_7aff0b0e5d_z.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340726036_7aff0b0e5d_z-75x100.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340726036_7aff0b0e5d_z-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340726036_7aff0b0e5d_z-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>This belt might be my favorite Vegas clothing item.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?attachment_id=61446\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61446\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/6661463137_6ec7f8b1d2_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"6661463137_6ec7f8b1d2_o\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/6661463137_6ec7f8b1d2_o.jpg 612w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/6661463137_6ec7f8b1d2_o-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/6661463137_6ec7f8b1d2_o-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/6661463137_6ec7f8b1d2_o-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Worn at his Madison Square Garden press conference, 1972<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?attachment_id=61447\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61447\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/6661593303_b8b971c24a_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"6661593303_b8b971c24a_z\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/6661593303_b8b971c24a_z.jpg 612w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/6661593303_b8b971c24a_z-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/6661593303_b8b971c24a_z-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/6661593303_b8b971c24a_z-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>The white suit, white shoes, Elvis wore to sing &#8220;If I Can Dream&#8221; at the end of the NBC special<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?attachment_id=61454\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61454\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340711640_35f170b7b0_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"8340711640_35f170b7b0_z\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340711640_35f170b7b0_z.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340711640_35f170b7b0_z-75x100.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340711640_35f170b7b0_z-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340711640_35f170b7b0_z-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Blue and white<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?attachment_id=61449\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61449\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/6675998511_fdcdddb9d2_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"6675998511_fdcdddb9d2_z\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/6675998511_fdcdddb9d2_z.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/6675998511_fdcdddb9d2_z-75x100.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/6675998511_fdcdddb9d2_z-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/6675998511_fdcdddb9d2_z-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Preacher man. Elvis wore this red suit for the &#8220;Saved&#8221; production number in the NBC special<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?attachment_id=61450\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61450\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8339653399_9a249ef4f1_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"8339653399_9a249ef4f1_z\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8339653399_9a249ef4f1_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8339653399_9a249ef4f1_z-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8339653399_9a249ef4f1_z-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8339653399_9a249ef4f1_z-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Black and white<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?attachment_id=61462\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61462\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340735128_aa5627e331_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"8340735128_aa5627e331_z\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340735128_aa5627e331_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340735128_aa5627e331_z-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340735128_aa5627e331_z-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340735128_aa5627e331_z-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Boxing robe from &#8220;Kid Galahad&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?attachment_id=61452\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61452\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340710246_972f7246ba_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"8340710246_972f7246ba_z\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340710246_972f7246ba_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340710246_972f7246ba_z-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340710246_972f7246ba_z-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340710246_972f7246ba_z-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>The American Eagle jumpsuit, &#8220;Aloha From Hawaii&#8221;, 1973<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?attachment_id=61453\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61453\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340711178_e627ea456a_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"8340711178_e627ea456a_z\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340711178_e627ea456a_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340711178_e627ea456a_z-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340711178_e627ea456a_z-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340711178_e627ea456a_z-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Bell bottoms<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?attachment_id=61448\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61448\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/6675997601_5e742fb9d3_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"6675997601_5e742fb9d3_z\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/6675997601_5e742fb9d3_z.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/6675997601_5e742fb9d3_z-75x100.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/6675997601_5e742fb9d3_z-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/6675997601_5e742fb9d3_z-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>The black leather suit worn by Elvis in the sit-down jam sessions in the NBC special.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?attachment_id=61455\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61455\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340712438_cc4dbb5bf9_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"8340712438_cc4dbb5bf9_z\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340712438_cc4dbb5bf9_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340712438_cc4dbb5bf9_z-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340712438_cc4dbb5bf9_z-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340712438_cc4dbb5bf9_z-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Sunburst<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?attachment_id=61460\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61460\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340733798_719772604b_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"8340733798_719772604b_z\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340733798_719772604b_z.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340733798_719772604b_z-75x100.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340733798_719772604b_z-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340733798_719772604b_z-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>He wore this in &#8220;Viva Las Vegas&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?attachment_id=61451\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61451\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340709958_ca7d5b0453_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"8340709958_ca7d5b0453_z\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340709958_ca7d5b0453_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340709958_ca7d5b0453_z-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340709958_ca7d5b0453_z-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8340709958_ca7d5b0453_z-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>The American Eagle cape, worn during the &#8220;Aloha From Hawaii&#8221; concert in 1973<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?attachment_id=61461\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61461\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8345421431_ddec550909_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"8345421431_ddec550909_z\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8345421431_ddec550909_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8345421431_ddec550909_z-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8345421431_ddec550909_z-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/8345421431_ddec550909_z-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Those (male) critics who express dismay and embarrassment about the jeweled jumpsuits in the 1970s clearly don&#8217;t remember that Elvis chose to wear this at the age of 22.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Private Presley This belt might be my favorite Vegas clothing item. Worn at his Madison Square Garden press conference, 1972 The white suit, white shoes, Elvis wore to sing &#8220;If I Can Dream&#8221; at the end of the NBC special &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=61445\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[2095,2112],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61445"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61445"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61675,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61445\/revisions\/61675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}