In the 1950s Elvis wore typically African-American clothes. He purchased clothes at Lansky's on Beale Street, Memphis, which catered to predominantly black customers. On stage he often wore zoot suits or pegged pants with pink darts which were solely part of "black" style. (ER, 98). Despite the success of his music, the conservative society of the 1950s did not approve of the gender-bending, race-integrating star. They saw him not only as a mix between white and black, but between male and female. His dancing, pink clothes, baggy pants, and makeup all provided critics with "evidence" for Elvis' destruction of the morals of America's youth through his overt sexual behavior and image.
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Date: 2004-08-06 05:30 pm (UTC)from here
Awww, man! That place is alla way up in Maine!