Freddie Mercury's short fitted collarless jacket of ruby red silk velvet
And a pair of bespoke flares of claret coloured satin, 1974
the collarless jacket of ruby red silk velvet quilted overall with fine gold-coloured thread stitched in a pattern of interlinking flowerheads, with lightly padded shoulders and zip-fastening front embellished with a row of twinkling diamanté either side of central opening, lined inside with rich red ‘silk’, unlabelled; the pair of bespoke flares of claret coloured satin, fastening at the waist with three black buttons, the interior waistband lined in black cotton, unlabelled
