Freddie Mercury's 'Headlong' video-worn waistcoat, shirts and ties, 1991

Freddie Mercury's 'Headlong' video-worn waistcoat, shirts and ties, 1991

A blue cotton waistcoat printed with white polka dots and black Japanese characters, with four slit pockets to front, lined in black and white pinstripe material, and blue satin back with adjustable strap with white metal buckle, unlabelled; with

An electric blue cotton shirt, with two breast pockets, labelled ‘New Mail’

A sky-blue cotton shirt with black buttons labelled ‘Next’

A blue and white polka dot silk tie and a white silk self-patterned tie, labelled ‘Tie Rack’ – all seen in the ‘Headlong’ video;

With a pair of midnight blue viscose trousers, with turn-ups and pleated front, labelled ‘Vice’; and a pair of black cotton slip-on shoes with insoles printed ‘De Fonseca’, size 8 (unworn, latter two items not worn in video)

The 'Headlong’ video is a montage of two separate shoots: the first sequence shot at Metropolis Studios in November 1990, features the band playing around in the studio where Freddie is seen wearing this waistcoat, electric-blue shirt and similar white tie and on the same shoot he changes into the sky-blue shirt and blue and white polka dot tie; the second sequence, filmed in February 1991, features Queen ‘performing’ the song in a studio for which Freddie wears a yellow ‘Champs’ sweatshirt and black jeans, see lot 277

(qty 7)

LITERATURE

Queen: The Complete Illustrated Lyrics, Backbeat Books, 2012, p.297 (illus.)

Somebody To Love: The Life, Death And Legacy Of Freddie Mercury, Matt Richards & Mark Langthorne, Blink Publishing, 2017 paperback edition, p.351.

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