Your Style: Elton John's fashion through the years – in pictures

This was a costume made by Mackie for a Central Park gig in 1980 – half a million people attended. “There were two problems with it,” says John in his book. “First, I couldn’t walk in it – it had huge duck feet, like diver’s flippers. Second, I couldn’t sit down in it either – it had an enormous padded bum that meant the best I could do was perch on the piano stool. I tried to play Your Song, but I couldn’t stop laughing.”

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