$81,250
A red and white cotton twill military-inspired jacket designed by Diana Moseley and worn by Freddie Mercury on Queen’s 1986 Magic Tour. This was Queen’s biggest tour and Mercury’s final tour with Queen. From this tour, Queen has since released Live at Wembley '86 , Live Magic , and Live in Budapest (later re-released as and retitled as Hungarian Rhapsody : Queen Live in Budapest ’86 . The “Rock Solider” jacket is embellished with straps and buckles, eyelets, gold bullion trim, and epaulettes that were used to attach Mercury's white silk stage cape. Moseley and Mercury worked closely during the design process of his tour costumes. Mercury drew the inspiration concept from Spanish opera military costumes and a costume Moseley designed for him in the 1985 music video for “I Was Born to Love You.” Moseley utilized the military inspiration and combined it with a more casual Levi's jacket style to keep Mercury accessible to his audience and not present his as an overstylized icon. He originally chose a color palette of yellow and red based on the Spanish Catalan flag and his love of Barcelona. Moseley combined this with white since white works well in both natural daylight and with stage lighting. It also increased visibility on stage at the large stadium venues. The jacket was gifted from Queen’s management to renowned sculptor Irena Sedlecka, who created the 10-foot statue of Mercury wearing the costume that was unveiled in Montreux, Switzerland in November 1996. A
Auctioneer:
Juliens Auctions
Date:
2016-05-21
