Anybody know who made his clothes and shoes? Who ever made them did a great job over the years I mean it was rare for his clothes not to look right so overall they did a helluva job

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Did Prince design them?

I'm not sure about the shoes, but I do know he had a whole shop dedicated to his outfits at PP...he showed a bit of it and talked about it on his Oprah interview. Those tailors knew what they were doing. I also think he was heavily involved in the design process, I've seen handwritten notes to his designer at the time...can't remember her name though...

Bankinherpocket said:

I'm not sure about the shoes, but I do know he had a whole shop dedicated to his outfits at PP...he showed a bit of it and talked about it on his Oprah interview. Those tailors knew what they were doing. I also think he was heavily involved in the design process, I've seen handwritten notes to his designer at the time...can't remember her name though...

Yeah they were really on their stuff...they really did good work on his clothes. Wish I couldve seen the shop at PP

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the hats too

nursev said:

Bankinherpocket said:

I'm not sure about the shoes, but I do know he had a whole shop dedicated to his outfits at PP...he showed a bit of it and talked about it on his Oprah interview. Those tailors knew what they were doing. I also think he was heavily involved in the design process, I've seen handwritten notes to his designer at the time...can't remember her name though...

Yeah they were really on their stuff...they really did good work on his clothes. Wish I couldve seen the shop at PP

Agreed! Would be amazing if they opened it up as a museum with all the really iconic outfits displayed...

Bankinherpocket said:

nursev said:

Yeah they were really on their stuff...they really did good work on his clothes. Wish I couldve seen the shop at PP

Agreed! Would be amazing if they opened it up as a museum with all the really iconic outfits displayed...

I would love that...I hope some of his clothes are kept cuz I know they have auctioned some of them off

Interesting how he stayed with one shoe style for the most part. I guess you go with what works.

I love the suits and getting crazier about the hats.

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I mean gorgeous work...Prince too

You know this has been posted plenty, nursey poo. There's another with pictures.

But to recap

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"My dad Cos Kyriacou is a London shoemaker and while Prince was over here on tour his wardrobe people brought some of his shoes to be repaired. They were having trouble with his regular shoemakers in California and my dad said to them "Why don't you let me make his shoes?". So they gave us his all his details and measurements and for the next nine years he became Prince's personal shoemaker, making the footwear he wore on stage.

This very morning we just found the original wooden lasts we made to those measurements. I'm holding them in my hands as I type this. If you saw Prince on stage during the 90s, they would have been used to make the very shoes you'd have seen him wear. Thought we'd lost these and I hadn't seen them in years. Just seeing and holding them again is bringing back so many memories of when I was a kid spending my evenings and weekends helping my dad out in his workshop. The pages of very detailed technical requirements and specifications, the heels having to be specially reinforced with steel to withstand all the physical punishment he'd put them through, seeing the material and designs for his stage outfits."

morningsong said:

Interesting how he stayed with one shoe style for the most part. I guess you go with what works.

I love the suits and getting crazier about the hats.

I would love to have one of his shoes for display maybe that style was comfortable?

was a link posted on twitter 2 days ago, interviewing the person who has made his shoes for over 20 years, who owns an L.A. shop custom shoe making for the stars.

prince's shoes were $2,300 a pair.

TrivialPursuit said:

You know this has been posted plenty, nursey poo. There's another with pictures.

But to recap

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"My dad Cos Kyriacou is a London shoemaker and while Prince was over here on tour his wardrobe people brought some of his shoes to be repaired. They were having trouble with his regular shoemakers in California and my dad said to them "Why don't you let me make his shoes?". So they gave us his all his details and measurements and for the next nine years he became Prince's personal shoemaker, making the footwear he wore on stage.

This very morning we just found the original wooden lasts we made to those measurements. I'm holding them in my hands as I type this. If you saw Prince on stage during the 90s, they would have been used to make the very shoes you'd have seen him wear. Thought we'd lost these and I hadn't seen them in years. Just seeing and holding them again is bringing back so many memories of when I was a kid spending my evenings and weekends helping my dad out in his workshop. The pages of very detailed technical requirements and specifications, the heels having to be specially reinforced with steel to withstand all the physical punishment he'd put them through, seeing the material and designs for his stage outfits."

I missed that thanks for posting it though. The heels had steel in them

HERE'S THE ANSWER, WHO MADE HIS SHOES:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5TDY-qSe08

feeluupp said:

was a link posted on twitter 2 days ago, interviewing the person who has made his shoes for over 20 years, who owns an L.A. shop custom shoe making for the stars.

prince's shoes were $2,300 a pair.

damn....guess Nursey wont get that shoe

feeluupp said:

HERE'S THE ANSWER, WHO MADE HIS SHOES:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5TDY-qSe08

Aww I love that great story! Love the heels...thank u

Prince's boots in the 80's were made in London by a cobbler. Can't remeber the name right now. As for the last few years, Andre#1 in Los Angeles made his boots.

Prince's clothes in the 80's were made by Marie France(83-86) then from Helen Horatio or Hiatt made his clothes(87-93) From 93 on Prince has had various designers including Versace.

Prince's hair was done by Jill Jones' uncle, Earl Jones from 1983-92/93. Sadly Earl passed away around that time and Prince's hair has never looked as good since.

That should cover all the bases.

[Edited 7/25/16 18:28pm]

joyinrepetition said:

Prince's boots in the 80's were made in London by a cobbler. Can't remeber the name right now. As for the last few years, Andre#1 in Los Angeles made his boots.

Prince's clothes in the 80's were made by Marie France(83-86) then from Helen Horatio or Hiatt made his clothes(87-93) From 93 on Prince has had various designers including Versace.

Prince's hair was done by Jill Jones' uncle, Earl Jones from 1983-92/93. Sadly Earl passed away around that time and Prince's hair has never looked as good since.

That should cover all the bases.

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I love this and it explains alot about his hair...that Guy actually took care of his hair and you could tell.

Does anywhere list Prince's shirt, pants, jacket and shoe size? Thank you so much for sharing this!

twinnies said:

Does anywhere list Prince's shirt, pants, jacket and shoe size? Thank you so much for sharing this!

I may be wrong but I thought he wore a size 7 shoe

I've often thought about those reinforced heels. If it hadn't been for the steel reinforcements, he wouldn't have been able to jump off of speakers and pianos because the heels wouldn't have been able to withstand the force. Probably would have saved him a lot of pain in the long run.

I'm not blaming the shoemakers - if they hadn't done it, someone else would have. (I'm sure Prince insisted.) I'm just saying.

nursev said:

nursev said:

sonshine said:

rogifan said:

His outfits were mostly good but then you had abominations like this:

nursev said:

twinnies said:

Does anywhere list Prince's shirt, pants, jacket and shoe size? Thank you so much for sharing this!

I may be wrong but I thought he wore a size 7 shoe

I remember Oprah asked him his waist size and he said 27. Which, looking at him, makes sense. Boy was teensy.

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CalhounSq said:

rogifan said:

His outfits were mostly good but then you had abominations like this:

I like the 2nd one, but that pink number is too much & too tacky, like a cheap casino whore (a description he may have laughed at)

CalhounSq said:

rogifan said:

His outfits were mostly good but then you had abominations like this:

I like the 2nd one, but that pink number is too much & too tacky, like a cheap casino whore (a description he may have laughed at)