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#1 2014-10-30 16:39:45
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Miles Davis' Style (D)Evolution
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#2 2014-10-31 02:10:45
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Re: Miles Davis' Style (D)Evolution
I think he hits the high point when he pairs the receeding hairline with gold lame.
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#3 2014-10-31 02:45:59
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I love the interview where he is donning such a look, whilst sat chewing gum..scribbling those shitty drawings.. it's equally sad and farcical
#4 2014-10-31 02:57:22
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Yeah! That's Tutu period isn't it? I remember watching that at the time and pissing myself laughing.
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#5 2014-10-31 06:28:47
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Re: Miles Davis' Style (D)Evolution
Yeah. The "strong black woman" look.
"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
#7 2014-10-31 10:11:44
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"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
#8 2014-10-31 10:56:03
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#9 2014-10-31 10:59:41
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Miles lost his sartorial edge when he started to let his girlfriend dress him, sadly, all else is revisionist history.
A lesson to us all.
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#10 2014-10-31 11:05:49
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#13 2014-10-31 13:30:05
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Looks like '49 to me.
"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
#15 2014-10-31 13:33:01
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"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin
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#16 2014-10-31 13:33:13
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Oops, looks like Bop found the same photo while I was typing.
#19 2014-10-31 13:41:31
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It'd make sense also he was over there as late as 1957/58 for the soundtrack to Elevator to the Gallows.
Edit...yeah he recorded the OST in 57 the film was released Jan 58
#20 2014-10-31 14:01:53
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"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
#21 2014-10-31 14:08:56
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Re: Miles Davis' Style (D)Evolution
"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
#22 2014-10-31 14:11:42
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"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
#23 2014-10-31 14:14:54
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"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
#24 2014-10-31 15:22:32
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Re: Miles Davis' Style (D)Evolution
That last photo actually looks like the cover photo from Birth of the Cool. BOTC was recorded in 1949-50 but it wasn't released until 57. One of the Van Gelder photos is the cover for the "Complete" BOTC sessions, which I don't think was released until way later. Like, after Miles died. Interestingly, in that photo it looks like he's playing a Blessing trumpet... the same kind Clifford Brown played. For most of his life (including before and after when that photo was taken) he played a Martin Committee trumpet. But that's neither here nor there in a discussion about clothing.
I'd like to see a photo of his "three-piece Brooks Brothers suit." I don't know if I've ever seen a photo of Miles in a three-piece, let alone 1946 Miles in a BB three-piece. Since he mentions Brooks Brothers by name so many times I can only assume he's wearing BB in at least some of these really early photos. I haven't been able to find any old BB models that resemble his stuff though.
#25 2014-10-31 15:54:38
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They probably utilized a recent photo for the BOTC album release.
"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955