The first thing to consider when dressing up as Elvis is the clothes.
Whether you decide to go as an early era Elvis or a later/ Las Vegasstyle Elvis, there are many sources for suitable costumes.
If youchoose the clean cut Elvis of his first collaboration with RCA a goodslightly oversized suit jacket with a skinny tie can be the mainelements of the costume.
If you decide that you'd like to be the laterLas Vegas style Elvis, a good white jumpsuit with some glass jewelssewn on will certainly accomplish this goal with panache.
It's evenbetter if you have a lot of chest hair to expose with a deep v-neck inthe front.
If not, you might consider a chest wig.
One of the most defining characteristics of Elvis was his attitude.
If you're going to embody the King for a night, you must consider a fewkey pieces of his persona.
He was above all a sex symbol, so you mustcultivate a sheepish sexy grin that entices everyone into worshippingat your feet.
If you can grin with one half of your mouth, you're wellon your way.
The slicked pompadour that was his trademark style willhelp a lot.
If you can't get your hair to take that shape, or don'twant to bother, you can find Elvis wigs online.
Keep in mind the new fad of using a pink wig (for your Elvis hair instead of the regular color of black.
Once you consider that Elvis' appeal was based generally in hisattitude, you must then look at his physical expression.
His stanceand dance moves, and how that swagger of his encouraged everyone sinceto embody a looser and more casual confidence.
His most popular fullbodied photos show him always with his legs spread wide.
He wouldoften dance in this position and while it helped to ground him andkeep his balance, the point of it was that it was highly sexualized.
The most important fact about Elvis and his success was undoubtedlyhis music and his velvety voice .
While it's not a requirement that youtake on someone's persona when you dress like them, it certainly canmake an evening more fun.
Listen to Elvis' recordings and search forvideo clips online.
If you can croon at least one line from one of hismost popular songs, you're sure to be the hit of the party.
The finishing touch on your Elvis getup, will have to be the facesthat he made.
A good standard is looking up with your head angleddown.
This forces you to raise your eyebrows and look questioningly upat someone.
Practice the half grin that came so naturally to him andflare your nostrils slightly if you can.
The desired effect is one ofsexual suggestion and sheepish naivete, the combination of which isirresistible to any woman.
At the end of your successful partyperformance, you must honor the guests with a final head-hung face- completely-loose, and hair falling out by this point, "Thank you verymuch"