OMG! We saw 'Rocketman' last night and it blew us away!
The portrayal of the transformation of Reg Dwight to Elton John is incredible as are the highs (which is the appropriate word given all the coke he snorted!) and the lows he met along the way.
What we loved especially was how his unique fashion sense developed, from the fair isle jumpers and shorts he wore as a kid in the early 1950s to the rockabilly quiff and drainpipe jeans in his teens, on to cord paisley shirts and cravats in the early 1960s then the dunagrees and platforms he adopted at the same time as his new stage name and and finally climaxing...steady now...with the fantastically outrageous costumes he donned when he became arguably one of music's biggest and most flamboyant (which took some doing in the 70s) stars.
As he tamed his demons (drink, drugs, sex and shopping...sounds like a pretty perfect weekend to us) he toned down the outfits too and took to wearing Versace then lounge wear (probably not from Primark though we're guessing).
All in all the film beautifully showcased the changing face of fashion and Elton himself, underlining just why we love vintage fashion so much!
Go and see it now!
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