Prince's stage-worn black-and-white striped bolero jacket designed by Stacia Lang, lead designer in Prince's wardrobe department, for the 1993 Act II Tour of Europe, made of a fine silk and featuring two black buttons on the front, three white buttons on each sleeve, and five alternating black and white buttons on the lower back. In fine condition. Lang’s original design sketch is shown, but not included in the sale; Prince can be seen wearing the jacket in the rare book Prince Presents The Sacrifice of Victor, a collection of photographs taken during the Act II Tour by Terry Gydesen.
Following the Act I Tour of the United States in the spring of 1993, Prince took Europe by storm in Act II, traveling far and wide throughout the continent from July through September. Focusing on his greatest hits during the whirlwind concert series, Prince played in a total of eleven different countries. As a flashy wardrobe piece designed for the successful tour, this is an exceedingly desirable item.
Originally from the Prince collection of Therese Stoulil, and accompanied by her signed letter of provenance. Therese Stoulil was hired by PRN Productions as Production Coordinator in 1986 and spent the next decade working for Prince. When he moved into Paisley Park in 1987, Stoulil's first project was cataloguing all recordings before filing them in the vault. On most mornings, she came to work to find a cassette on her desk signaling her to type up the lyrics of a song he had recorded the night before. In 1989, she would become Prince's personal assistant and handle all elements of his personal and professional life until 1996. In these positions, she had the privilege of listening to nearly everything Prince recorded from 1986-1996. In addition to working on hundreds of unreleased recordings, she worked on the Batman soundtrack, Graffiti Bridge, Sign o' the Times, the Black Album, and Diamonds and Pearls.
Recalling her relationship with Prince, Stoulil said: 'He was an extremely smart, articulate man with a very, very quick wit. He was driven by his creativity—there was always the next record, the next video, the next tour—it was 24/7. I will treasure those memories as well as the lifelong friendships I have to this day because of Prince and working at Paisley Park.'
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