Freddie Mercury’s worn parakeet patterned t-shirt and other off-stage wear

A white t-shirt, the front printed in green, red, blue and yellow with three parakeets on a perch in front of a row of palm trees, above blue lettering ‘Rio de Janeiro / Brazil’, labelled inside ‘A. VARGAS’ – Freddie is photographed wearing an identical parakeet patterned t-shirt off-stage in Rio, Brazil where Queen performed on two occasions in January, 1984, whilst being interviewed for press and during promotional shoots during The Works Tour; with

- nine other t-shirts and vests comprising: two striped cut-out vests, one royal blue and black stripes, the other emerald green and black stripes, both unlabelled; a plain white t-shirt with peach trim to neck and arms labelled ‘Hanes’; a grey, green and blue striped t-shirt labelled ‘RAM’; a plain turquoise t-shirt labelled ‘Anvil Brand’; a blue, yellow and white top with diagonal zip-fastening to neck, labelled ‘Paul Vivaldi’; a white t-shirt with yellow and blue stripes, unlabelled; a white t-shirt hand-painted on the back with flowers, signed ‘Rudi’; and a plain white vest with cut-out back (looks unworn); and a white cotton t-shirt labelled ‘St. Michael’, hand-painted on the back by artist Rudi Patterson with a design of exotic flowers and foliage in reds, orange, yellow and greens, signed ‘Rudi’ – Freddie, a great fan of Patterson’s work commissioned this t-shirt from the artist directly

Just a part of this lot is available for the exhibition.

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