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A Sonny Bono rhinestone shirt
27 March 2017, 13:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$100 inc. premium
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A Sonny Bono rhinestone shirt
Red long-sleeved button-down polyester shirt adorned with scattered rhinestones on the front and back top quarter of the shirt, with ornate rhinestone button closures down the front, and a unique bodysuit-type structure using snap closures built into the bottom of the shirt so that the shirt would stay inside the pants while Sonny danced and sang. The interior bears a label inscribed, "Tailored Especially for Sonny Bono / August 1971 / Machin Shirtmaker / Los Angeles," and "RT" and "MDSA 54" handwritten in black marker across the label. Designed by Ret Turner. After the divorce of Sonny and Cher and the cancellation of The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, Sonny embarked on his own show, entitled, The Sonny Comedy Revue, which ran for 13 episodes in 1974 on ABC. According to Ret Turner, the format was essentially the same as The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, with various female guest hosts taking the place of Cher. Ret Turner was the only designer to have worked on all four of the various incarnations of the Sonny and Cher television partnership.




















