I wear a size 12 honey
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I wear a size 12 honey
On each of my three visits to the o2 Elvis exhibition i was always amazed at the size of Elvis stage boots.....i mean they look like a size 10-11 at least! My friend then came up with the theory that he wore larger boots on stage so that you could see the tips over his flared jumpsuit bottoms. I then pointed out that his racketball training shoes were also on the large side. Fast forward to yesterday when i dug out the 'Back with a bang' cd from March 1975. Elvis has a joke with the Sweets about his big feet and says that he can go sking barefooted!! He then mentions offcuff 'i wear a size 12 honey'. So did Elvis really have big feet?
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TINML
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Re: I wear a size 12 honey
Size 10 if these are legit.
http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/celebrity/545168/elvis-presley-s-actual-blue-suede-shoes-sell-for-how-much-at-auction.html
http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/celebrity/545168/elvis-presley-s-actual-blue-suede-shoes-sell-for-how-much-at-auction.html
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Re: I wear a size 12 honey
All Elvis' footwear at the exhibition looked big, including the army boots. I can believe that they were US size 11 or 12. The size he wore probably depended on the manufacturer and style.
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The Lord gave him "big sleds."
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Re: I wear a size 12 honey
When I first visited Graceland in '85, they said Elvis was a "12 D" which I think is a size 11 here in the UK, i'm a size 12 (uk) but Elvis' footwear seem bigger than mine..even at the the o2 exhibition his footwear look huge !
Bill Belew, in an interview said Elvis was a "Size 9" shoe size ! which was nonsense, of course.
Bill Belew, in an interview said Elvis was a "Size 9" shoe size ! which was nonsense, of course.
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Re: I wear a size 12 honey
Many claim Elvis had big hands.kelvin wrote:On each of my three visits to the o2 Elvis exhibition i was always amazed at the size of Elvis stage boots.....i mean they look like a size 10-11 at least! My friend then came up with the theory that he wore larger boots on stage so that you could see the tips over his flared jumpsuit bottoms. I then pointed out that his racketball training shoes were also on the large side. Fast forward to yesterday when i dug out the 'Back with a bang' cd from March 1975. Elvis has a joke with the Sweets about his big feet and says that he can go sking barefooted!! He then mentions offcuff 'i wear a size 12 honey'. So did Elvis really have big feet?
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Re: I wear a size 12 honey
Among other things!drjohncarpenter wrote:Many claim Elvis had big hands.kelvin wrote:On each of my three visits to the o2 Elvis exhibition i was always amazed at the size of Elvis stage boots.....i mean they look like a size 10-11 at least! My friend then came up with the theory that he wore larger boots on stage so that you could see the tips over his flared jumpsuit bottoms. I then pointed out that his racketball training shoes were also on the large side. Fast forward to yesterday when i dug out the 'Back with a bang' cd from March 1975. Elvis has a joke with the Sweets about his big feet and says that he can go sking barefooted!! He then mentions offcuff 'i wear a size 12 honey'. So did Elvis really have big feet?
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Re: I wear a size 12 honey
Also, keep in mind that it's common for feet to change as one grows older. I know a lot of men, including myself, who find a size bigger (and sometimes wider) is more comfortable than when we were in our 20's. It's possible that EP wore a size 10 as a young man, but went to an 11 or even a 12, as he aged or depending on the manufacturer of the footwear.
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Re: I wear a size 12 honey
kelvin wrote:Among other things!drjohncarpenter wrote:Many claim Elvis had big hands.kelvin wrote:On each of my three visits to the o2 Elvis exhibition i was always amazed at the size of Elvis stage boots.....i mean they look like a size 10-11 at least! My friend then came up with the theory that he wore larger boots on stage so that you could see the tips over his flared jumpsuit bottoms. I then pointed out that his racketball training shoes were also on the large side. Fast forward to yesterday when i dug out the 'Back with a bang' cd from March 1975. Elvis has a joke with the Sweets about his big feet and says that he can go sking barefooted!! He then mentions offcuff 'i wear a size 12 honey'. So did Elvis really have big feet?
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Re: I wear a size 12 honey
What about those two lists of Elvis' tailor measurements from Nudie Cohn...
1957 shoe size 10 and 1967 "boot" size 11D.
If you see any of Elvis' shoes in various museums they do look pretty big...
image from Echoes Of The Past ...
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1957 shoe size 10 and 1967 "boot" size 11D.
If you see any of Elvis' shoes in various museums they do look pretty big...
image from Echoes Of The Past ...
Cheers
Piers
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Re: I wear a size 12 honey
From the Vegas exhibition.
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