Freddie Mercury's jackets, 1980s

Freddie Mercury’s jackets

A black doublet-style jacket of mixed fabrics including grosgrain, velvet and moiré, the back with lace-up detail, the left shoulder with black and silver embroidered panel, the right with black velvet, jetted pockets, single tab fastening to front, lined in black satin, labelled ‘Sweetheart Ibiza’ – according to Peter Freestone, Freddie liked to wear this jacket with the exaggerated winkle picker shoes worn for in ‘I’m Going Slightly Mad’ video (see lot 279); and a cropped blouson jacket of black and white check cotton, pointed lapels, diagonal slit pockets, double button fastening to hem, unlined, labelled ‘Jas Baumler’

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