He always had his hot lemon and honey drink on hand. As for show days, he would probably talk a little less than normal and once he was at the venue he would be quite calm. He was the only person I have ever met who had two complete home gyms, one in New York and one in Los Angeles, who never used them. What was Freddie’s preparation for a concert like? It was basically life as usual. She also created special thermal underwear for him for the video shoots in the last year. Sometimes Freddie would want some outlandish pieces, but Diana would bring him back to earth and he would be very happy with the results. From then on until his last video performance Diana was there by his side creating what would suit him best at the time. It wasn’t until Diana Moseley came onto the scene when she designed the outfit for Freddie’s video I Was Born To Love You, that Freddie had a collaborator with his designs. Freddie decided what he wanted and various clothes were made up for him in Los Angeles including the VERY expensive multicoloured arrow jacket, that was used only twice ever, the reason being because Freddie used to sweat a lot, it was too hard to take it off. I remember the first time I was with Queen, trawling the streets looking for red vinyl trousers and blue kneepads. After that he put together his own wardrobe for a while. The designer wear started with Zandra Rhodes. At the beginning he wore cloths he had found in various second hand stalls. Questions about Freddie’s costumes are still coming in. He was still wearing it at the end of his life. In the last years he used to wear a single piece of jewellery, a ring given him by Jim. Freddie’s eyes light up like the diamonds as he said, ‘Yes, I’ll have them!’ I couldn’t help smiling when I saw these two stones appear on the velvet cushion. He had been confined to his hotel room by his throat problems and decided to see some jewels. He also bought a couple of diamond about the size of a coffee table when he was in South Africa. In the end he found one of their new lines, a love bracelet that is screwed onto the wrist and got it for me. Why three? Well when I was walking around I would accidentally hit my wrist on something and the onyx would shatter and it would fall off!. I asked why that bracelet in particular, and he said it was because he had had three before. He was disappointed when they said there were none in stock. Freddie replied ‘yes, one of your gold and onyx bracelets’. A salesman asked if he was looking for something in particular. We went in and he started to look around. We were staying at the Berkshire Place Hotel on 52 nd Street and we walked across the road to Cartier. I was going to arrange his car when he said we would walk! Walk, in Manhattan? Yes, it isn’t far. It was in 1981, when Freddie and I were in New York he announced we would be going shopping on the morning of my birthday. I was present when he bought some baubles for Mary and when he was waiting at Tokyo airport after he changed flight, he bought some beautiful pearls for his mother. That isn’t to say he stopped buying it, though mainly for others. As his hair got shorter so his liking of wearing bling grew less. The days of chains, necklaces, rings and bracelets had been dropped along with the long hair. Combination of 3 or 4 things have kept me from my computer for any length of time, but here goes.Įven when I met Freddie in 1979 he didn’t wear much jewellery.
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