Freddie Mercury's glittering stage-worn scarlet sequinned short-legged one-piece stage suit, 1978

worn on the News Of The World Tour, May 1978

the scarlet sequin encrusted long sleeved short-legged one piece stage suit slashed to the waist, the neckline, hems of the brief shorts and cuffs hand-stitched inside with a band of black elastic, the sequins applied to a ground of red stretch cotton, unlabelled; accompanied by the original sales invoice from the maker, Natasha Kornilof (or Korniloff), stamped in black at the top with maker’s details: ‘Natasha Kornilof, … Greenwich, SE10’ and inscribed in black ballpoint pen with the date: ‘3 May ‘78’, for making three stage costumes including ‘one red short leg sequin tights - £70’ and corresponding envelope

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