The infamous green OCBD donned by Miles Davis with a puzzled expression on the front of the “Milestones” album has eluded clotheshorses for decades. The photo referenced is often of course the album cover. When looking at the photos from the photo shoot, however, we are provided with much greater picture quality. The shirt in these photos appears to be a seafoam color. Kind of blue, one could say, and kind of green, with a tinge of gray.
A diluted version of the photo prominently picturing a blue OCBD. However, the pants and the face of Davis are off in color when subject to the filter. One point to consider is that Miles Davis was no stranger to wearing custom clothes. His custom-made suits by tailor Joe Emsley were made with only two seams and one button to fit his size 34 frame. It wouldn’t be too foreign, then, for him to have commissioned a shirt of that color. Evidence of this being a custom shirt are of course the odd color, slightly larger buttons and an ample shirt pocket. The album being released in 1958 would pre-date Brooks oxfords having pockets. Therefore, the shirt would be from a more obscure source if not bespoke.
All colors. All hues. All blues.
Correction:
All SHADES, all hues all blues.
Green OCBDs?
If an OCBD ain’t blue or white, it ain’t right.
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