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Lot #41. Sir Elton John | Richard James Orange Suit
13007 S. Western Avenue, Gardena, California 90249
Phone 310-836-1818 | Fax 310-742-0155
May 16, 2025
A two-piece tuxedo belonging to Arnold Schwarzenegger and worn at the 1992 Golden Globes, where his film Terminator ll was honored with a nomination for best film. The movie received four Globe nominations that year and won Best Sound Effects and Best Supporting Actress for Linda Hamilton. The film would go on to win a BAFTA and an Academy Award that year.
Classic double-breasted satin shawl collar jacket with welted pockets and no vents. Satin-covered buttons and black jacquard lining finish the look. Labeled Giacomo Trabalza with handwritten tag at interior right-hand pocket with Schwarzenegger's name printed in blue ink and dated 11/23/90. The tailor, Mr. Giacoma Trabalza, was one of the last old-school Hollywood bench tailors with a shop on La Cienaga by Melrose. He dressed heads of studios and A List stars from when he began in his trade at 14 until he passed away in 2009.
From a private collection. It is in overall excellent condition. Please contact us for a full condition report.
Jacket Pants
Shoulder:21" Waist:38"
Sleeve:25.5" Inseam:32"
Chest:48" Outseam:44"
Waist:44"
Length:32
Dimensions: Jacket Pants Shoulder:21" Waist:38" Sleeve:25.5" Inseam:32" Chest:48" Outseam:44" Waist:44" Length:32
Category: Arnold Schwarzenegger
A custom-made brown and blue striped wool two-piece suit by DiMitri Couture for Wilkes Bashford San Francisco, owned and worn by Steve Jobs. Jobs was photographed wearing the suit to his good friend Ben Rosen's 1980 retirement party from Morgan Stanley, in Palo Alto, California. Rosen would end up being the Chairman of Compaq Computer Co. for many years. He shared the photo in a 2011 Huffington Post article, "Memories of Steve."
Please click here for the article with Jobs wearing the DiMitri Couture wool suit.
Steve Jobs was known to wear suits earlier in his career. Still, he is best known for his utilitarian uniform of Issey Miyake turtlenecks, jeans, and New Balance sneakers, making examples of his formal pieces scarce.
The jacket features two front pockets, one breast pocket, three interior pockets, brown marbled buttons, and a beige silk interior lining, paired with matching dress pants.
From a private collection. Overall excellent condition. Please contact for a condition report.
Jacket
Size: 40R
Shoulder: 18"
Sleeve: 25.5"
Chest: 41"
Waist: 37"
Length: 30"
Pants
Size: 33R
Waist: 32"
Inseam: 32.5"
Outseam: 43.5"
Dimensions: Jacket Pants Shoulder:18" Waist:32" Sleeve: 25.5" Inseam:32.5" Chest:41: Outseam:43.5" Waist:37" Length:30"
Category: Steve Jobs
Provenance: From a private collection.
Chalmers of Oban Balmoral tartan kilt ensemble of Argyle, Scotland from the wardrobe of the Duke of Windsor dating from the mid 1930s and originally sold through Sotheby's historic sale of the estate of the Duke an Duchess of Windsor in 1997.
Medium-weight fine wool woven in grey, black, and red and lined in silk, accompanied by a grey fine wool tweed double-breasted doublet meant to be worn as Highland dress evening wear. Jacket requires stud closures. Handwritten tailor's tag in jacket reads "The Duke of Windsor 12/5/1938 172613". The label in the kilt is Chalmers of Oban, and the attached handwritten tag reads WIN/DR/E/25. Chalmers often tailored kilts for the Duke, such as this example, which is a Balmoral tartan. The Balmoral tartan was designed by Prince Albert in 1853 and named after Balmoral Castle, and traditionally is only worn by the royal family or with the ruling monarch's permission.
The pattern's colors were chosen to represent the colors of granite in the Aberdeenshire region, where Balmoral Castle is located. This tartan has been worn by every monarch since Queen Victoria. This pattern is not for sale or general use, with the exception of the Sovereign's piper.
Vogue columnist and contemporary of the Duke, Nicholas Lawford, said of the man, "In a world where men tend to look more and more alike, he seems more than ever to be endowed with the capacity to look like no other".
From a private collection. Please contact for a full condition report.
jacket- kilt-
Shoulder:17" waist:30"
Sleeve:22.5" length:22"
Chest:38"
Length:18"
Dimensions: jacket- kilt- Shoulder:17" waist:30" Sleeve:22.5" length:22" Chest:38" Length:18"
Category: Duke of Windsor
Provenance: Partial Lot #2889 "The Duke & Duchess of Windsor," Sotheby's [Sale 7000] September 11-19, 1997.
A John Galliano 1985 tailcoat belonging to Sir Elton John. John Galliano wool tailcoat designed for his spring/summer 1985 collection "Afghanistan repudiates Western ideals.” This collection was Galliano’s first collection after graduating from Central Saint Martins where he referenced outstretched sleeves and gathered broad shoulders from his graduate runway show. The collection was influenced by the newspaper Punch caricature and the social politics of Western, Hindu, and Muslim cultures coinciding. Galliano who lived in the East End of London at the time designing the collection, blended the 1920’s cultural social commentary with the culture he was surrounded by in the mid-eighties.
The tailcoat is composed of a brown striped wool and Lancashire printed cotton that is rolled and has a rust-colored tartan overlay; the interior is fully lined with a cotton striped Madras pattern. Structurally, the coat is single-breasted with an asymmetric notch lapel, sloped, gathered, exaggerated shoulders, and a long rectangular tail. The printed cotton is featured at the inner and under arms, sides, and at the shoulders and yoke of jacket.
The label at the interior reads “John Galliano 1 MADE IN BRITAN.”
Provenance: Lot 1408, “The Elton John Collection,” Sotheby’s London, September 8th-9th, 1988.
From a private collection. In overall excellent condition - please contact for full condition report.
Shoulder:21"
Sleeve:45"
Chest:46"
Waist:32"
Length:approx. 46"
Dimensions: Shoulder:21" Sleeve:45" Chest:46" Waist:32" Length:approx. 46"
Category: Sir Elton John, John Galliano
Provenance: Lot #1408, "The Elton John Collection," Sotheby's London, September 8th-9th, 1988.
A black homburg hat made by Cavanagh Hats, with a Western Costume Company stamp and "Mr. Pacino" handwritten on the inside of the inner brown leather band.
This hat is similar in style to the hat Al Pacino wears in the scene in The Godfather (Paramount, 1972) where Michael Corleone reunites with Kay (Diane Keaton) after returning from Sicily. The hat worn in the film has a thicker edge brim and a flatter pencil curl around.
Excellent condition. From a private collection. Please contact for full condition report.
Size: 7 3/8
Dimensions: Size: 7 3/8
Category: Al Pacino
Provenance: Lot 268, Profiles in History, Sale 23, December 16, 2005
