Michael Jackson is a famous American artist, songwriter, dancer, entrepreneur. In the world community he received the title of "King of Pop". He died on June 25, but even after his death, the interest and noise around his name did not fade away.
The "King" is dead, but his costumes, in which he went on stage, continue to travel. The exhibition in different cities of the world began in May, the first was the capital of Chile, Santiago. In the future, the collection will be sent to countries in Europe and Asia, including China and Japan. Connoisseurs of world fashion and stage will see gloves encrusted with crystal, a silver tight leotard (in which Michael performed in 1918 on his first tour in support of the Bad album as a solo artist), as well as a military-style jacket, in which the artist appeared at the Soul Train awards ceremony in one thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine.
In total, from fifty to one hundred costumes will be demonstrated, which were created by Michael Bush and Dennis Tompkins - designers who have invented clothing for Michael Jackson for twenty-five years, both stage and casual.
On December 2, two thousand and twelve, things of the "king of pop" will be sold at an auction in Beverly Hills.
One of the organizers of the auction said about the artist's style: “There is no doubt that Michael Jackson was a global style icon. His wardrobe contains a variety of styles that have been relevant for the past two decades."
As the representative of the auction house noted, Michael returned many of the costumes to the designers after the performances, while the singer left his autographs on things.
After the death of the singer, in June two thousand and nine due to cardiac arrest, his things were put up for sale many times. In particular, one of Jackson's gloves was sold for three hundred and thirty thousand dollars. According to information from Billboard, in the first year after his death, Michael Jackson "earned" about one billion dollars.