Ending 15th Jul, 2024 12:00

Various Artists Timed Auction

 
  Lot 111
 

George Michael 1984 Careless Whisper Performance Worn Shirt (Spain)

A white shirt worn by George Michael during a performance of 'Careless Whisper' on Top of The Pops in 1984. A video of the performance can be seen here.The shirt was manufactured by Victor Shirts, Ibiza, a well know fashionable shirt maker which opened its doors in 1983, the company sold shirts to the stars in the 1980s. George Michael had a love of Ibiza since his group Wham filmed the 1983 video to ‘Club Tropicana’ on the party island.

No size label is present in the shirt. It measures 59cm (23.2 inches) armpit to armpit and 84.5cm (33.2 inches) from the back of the neck to the hem. The condition is excellent.

Provenance: accompanied by a letter from the daughter of the original recipient which reads: ‘George Michael’s Shirt Top of The Pops. This document shall serve as a letter of authenticity for the aforementioned item. Front pleated, open neck, white cotton shirt, manufactured by Victor. This is George Michael’s shirt that he wore on Top of The Pops in 1984 to sing ‘Careless Whisper’. Given to me by my auntie Venia in 1998 when she was suffering from terminal breast cancer. She was a freelance journalist who in the course of her work had acquired it from George Michael.'


 

 

 

 

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