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Shark Attack Dress Shirt Owned By Elton John!

elton john shark shirt photo by gail worley
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If such thing had to exist, it’s appropriate that this Shark Attack velvet dress shirt was once owned by the great Sir Elton John. Embroidered on the back with his name, Elton and the head of a fierce shark, surrounded by tropical flowers, the shirt is part of a custom suit created for John by designer Gianni Versace around 1996.
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Pink Thing of The Day: Rare Pink Hermes Kelly Doll Bag

Pink Kelly Doll Bag
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While I was at Christies Auction House a few months back to check out the George Michael Art Collection, I decided to poke around a bit to see what other goodies they had ready to go on the block. That’s where I spotted this cute little Hermes bag with a face and arms, which I discovered is called a Kelly Doll Bag. The Kelly Doll is a take on the classic Hermes Kelly bag, but with little arms, legs, and a smiling face.
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The George Michael Collection at Christie’s

George Michael Collection
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For true pop music devotees — and particularly for those who came of age in the ’70s and ’80s2016 delivered a year of The Day The Music Died-level emotional trauma on a monthly basis. Like some kind of Plague Upon the Rock Stars, 2016 wiped out an entire lifetimes’ worth of legends, including David Bowie in early January, then Keith Emerson in March, Prince in April, Leonard Cohen in November and, as the year’s final fuck you — on Christmas day no less — we lost George Michael. Continue reading The George Michael Collection at Christie’s