A 12-pound cape custom-made for Elvis Presley for the singer's famed
1973 performance Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite was up for auction.
The
full-length cape, adorned with an American eagle and stars and inlaid
with semi-precious stones, measured nearly five feet in length, but when
Presley tried it on in rehearsals, he found it too heavy to be worn
onstage for the show.
Designer Bill Belew was forced to create a lighter replacement for Presley, with the original sent back to Graceland.
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