Рассказ американского фаната который побывал на открытии распродажи(на английском) + фото с магазинчика вещичек Элтона

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Fan report and photos by Mark Giles.
I was fortunate to attend the "preview" opening of "Out the Closet 2009" in Covent Garden, London, on December 11, 2009. Unlike the other "shops" a three hour preview window was given to the first 250 people on the Friday afternoon, before the shop opens to everyone on
December 12, 2009.




I need not have worried though, as when I arrived there was only a handful of people waiting at the door at 1pm and no more than 50 by the time the doors opened at 4pm.

Elton and David both greeted the press, arriving at around 3.30pm, but unlike other years they entered the building in a side door, and the press were then allowed inside the building for photographs etc, disappointing the
queue of people, who at the very best got a fleeting glimpse of Elton through the glass in the door.

When the doors opened at around 4pm, Elton had gone but David remained for a while, greeting people and answering questions about the various clothes etc. He thanked me for supporting the cause.

Inside the front door there were half a dozen of Elton's stage costumes (but none for sale) including the black & white suit worn by Elton at Wembley Stadium in 1984. The sale items were expensive (a Watford FC shirt was priced at Ј125). Items included caps at Ј20, belts (some Versace) at Ј50, trainers plimsolls for Ј50, shoes Ј99-Ј180, shirts at Ј125-Ј300 (Versace), jumpers from Ј50, scarves from Ј50, suits starting at Ј300, sports shirts Ј125 incl. Fred Perry shirts, trousers and some expensive bags. Sunglasses started at Ј125, and there were some watches too at Ј100. There were no ties, socks, Xmas cards, CDs, videos etc. that had been seen in other years.



In short, it was a clothes sale without the memorabilia that you might have expected. They were selling a few Elton John candles at Ј20, and had copies of the book "Dear Me .. A Letter to my sixteen year old self" at Ј10.

The shop will be re-stocked every day until the clothes run out, but it will close on December 20, 2009 at the latest.