The King and I: How I designed a jumpsuit fit for Elvis

His tailor might have made his trousers too short, but my jumpsuits helped create an image of Elvis that has stuck in many people's mindsI fell into wardrobe design by accident. When I was a kid, I was always drawing; my mother said I could draw before I could speak. When I was 20, I went to Los Angeles to try and get work, and after living on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for a year, I eventually got a job at a costume shop. It was there that I discovered I had a flair for embroidery. Befo...

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