Elvis' first fashion mentor dies

11/16/2012 14:20 Bernard Lansky, Memphis retailers who establish a young Elvis Presley's signature style of dress pants is indicated bicolor shoes and other conspicuous disturbances in the 1950s helped to die. He was 85th Prada Cosmetic Bags Julie Lansky granddaughter clothier, said he died at his home in Memphis. Bernard Lansky and his brother Guy started a retail business in Memphis in 1946 with a loan of $ 125 from her father, Samuel. After the Second World War started the business to the army surplus for sale on Beale Street. When the supply dried up, they opened a store high fashion, where Bernard Lansky has built its reputation as a seller and a natural storyteller. Lansky Bros. finally Presley offer with pink and black T-shirts and other clothing. "That is to say, a statement that wearing the one of the most influential artists of all time," said Julie Lansky. "He knew that for every artist, she looked different." Even though his style of clothing has changed over the years - including sparkling wine combinations - Presley bought with Lansky Bros. for the rest of his life. Presley died at his Memphis home, Graceland, in 1977. Lansky chose the white suit and blue tie that Presley when he was buried. "I saw him in his first costume and his last suit him:" Lansky used to say. In the early 1950s, a boutique Lansky was known as a place where a man with a penchant for flash called the styles Lansky can find "real hard." At the time, Beale Street was a hot spot for blues, rhythm and blues and jazz, and draws a colorful parade of musicians, gamblers and prostitutes in the Mississippi Delta. Presley hanging around Beale Street began as a teenager and quickly picked up on his music. One of the most beloved stories of Elvis Lansky, as he was the future king of rock n roll '"satisfied. Presley was a teenager working as an usher in a movie theater nearby and loved showcase Lansky. "He said," When I get rich, I'll buy "," Lansky said in a standard version of the story. "I said, 'Do not buy me. Simply buy the mine. And I have never forgotten." Presley, his first album, which is all right, old Sun Studio in 1954. It was not long, rose Presley star, and he began shopping Lansky Bros. for good. Lansky brothers often opened the store at night, to the masses Presley were drawing and would be held in check Graceland for him to avoid. Lansky was dressed for the Louisiana Hayride and television spots first steps on the Tommy Dorsey and Ed Sullivan shows. Finally Lansky a favorite of the faithful, the Elvis in Memphis was flocked by the thousands of annual meetings in honor of Presley. Lansky Bros. kept drawing fans even after the move in 1981 from Beale Street entertainment district at the Peabody Hotel, Memphis Landmark Center located a few blocks away. "We got them from all over the world. First thing, when they come here, they go on Lansky" Lansky said. The fans are not the only visitors. Artists such as BB King, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, ZZ Top, Kiss, Hootie and the Blowfish, and also fell to shop and visit. Bernard and Guy Lansky broke up in the 1980s, said family members. In 1997, opened a nightclub called Area Presley Memphis Elvis Presley Lansky old store on Beale Street. It was closed in 2003 and the building was not used again. Lansky and his son Hal came up with a line of clothing style from 1950 to 2001, and one of its four stores in Peabody Lansky called 126, the house number of the old store Beale Street. The four stores are open today. Lansky continue after the age that most people work in retirement. "What am I going to retire? What should I do?" He said the age of 77, in June 2004. "I get every morning at 6 clock, seven days a week."