Starts Saturday Oct 26
Ends Sunday Nov 10, 12pm EDT
Tophat by Elope, circa 2000s
Provenance: Direct from Bootsy Collins
Verification: Verified by Wax Poetics
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Expected delivery: Item ships 2 weeks after auction closes. Delivery time varies by location.
The Mad Hatter-style tophats, the star shades, the platform boots—Bootsy Collins’ uniform is just as iconic as his bass work, an instantly recognizable slice of music culture.Online costume shop Elope produced this one-of-one tophat to celebrate its line of Bootsy Collins-branded star-shaped sunglasses. Now that Bootsy—who tells us his tophat collection numbers too many to count—has decided to part with it, it can now be yours.
