Elvis jumpsuits: The King's tailor

In business since 1980, the costume manufacturer B&K from Charlestown in the US state of Indiana creates Elvis Presley's original design jumpsuits for Elvis tribute artists, fans and collectors. B&K is the only company licensed to do so by the former designers of Presley's original costumes, Bill Belew and Gene Doucette.

One legend runs that Elvis adopted the jumpsuit after he split his pants on stage. Whatever the reason, however, it became an iconic garment. B&K has a 14-to-16-week turnaround for orders. They also do country and western music apparel, but Elvis' jumpsuits are still what people want most.

Some impersonators claim that every time they slip on a replica of one of Elvis' jumpsuits, the King indeed is very much alive. Whether the garments are flattering to every figure is something for everyone to decide for themselves.

The owner of B&K, Butch Polston, punches rhinestones into a belt. Polston himself has never possessed one of the King's costumes. But one can always keep dreaming ...

Polston's wife Kim fits Elvis tribute artist Dave Stovall for a new jumpsuit. Butch Polston has been an Elvis fan all his life. When the music legend died in 1977, Polston tried to collect memorabilia and found out that the prices for costumes were too high to afford ...

... so he started his own business, creating mainly costumes that Presley wore in his "jumpsuit era." Long live the King!