Sir Elton John, wearing a skull earring, appears at the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Elton's Closet shop in New York's Rockefeller Center on Monday, April 10, 2006. Nearly 10,000 pieces of clothing from the closets of Sir Elton and David Furnish will be on sale to the public for five days to benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
Sir Elton John, left, and David Furnish appear at the ribbon cutting of the Elton's Closet shop in New York's Rockefeller Center on Monday, April 10, 2006. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the annual clothing and accessories sale will benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
Sir Elton John visits the Elton's Closet shop in New York's Rockefeller Center on Monday April 10, 2006, for the opening of his annual charity clothing drive benefitting the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
Sir Elton John, left, David Furnish, center, and Terron Schaefer, senior vice president of marketing for Saks Fifth Ave., cut the ceremonial ribbon of the Elton's Closet shop in New York's Rockefeller Center on Monday, April 10, 2006. Clothes from the closets of Sir Elton and Furnish will be on sale for five days to benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation. The department store is one of the program's sponsors.
Clothes from the closets of Elton John and David Furnish fill the Elton's Closet store in New York's Rockefeller Center on Monday, April 10, 2006. The nearly 10,000 pieces of clothing will be on sale to the public for five days to benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
Clothes from the closets of Elton John and David Furnish fill the Elton's Closet store in New York's Rockefeller Center, Monday, April 10, 2006. The nearly 10,000 pieces of clothing will be on sale to the public for five days to benefit the Elton John Aids Foundation.
Racks of clothes from the closets of Elton John and David Furnish fill the Elton's Closet store in New York's Rockefeller Center on Monday, April 10, 2006. Pieces designed by Dior, Prada, Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and Louis Vuitton are being sold for as little as $15.
Jeweled sandals are prepared for sale at the Elton's Closet store in New York's Rockefeller Center, Monday, April 10, 2006. Nearly 10,000 pieces of clothing from the closets of Elton John and David Furnish will be on sale to the public to benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation. Since 1992, foundation has raised more than $90 million to support HIV/AIDS prevention and service programs worldwide.
Shoes and clothes from the closets of Elton John and David Furnish fill the Elton's Closet store in New York's Rockefeller Center on Monday, April 10, 2006. "There is the most extraordinary collection, from T-shirts to baseball caps to shoes to flamboyance to classic. Spend some money and help other people who desperately need their lives to be changed and improved," John said of the sale.
A jacket from an Elton John concert is among the clothes, from the closets of John and David Furnish that can be found at Elton's Closet in New York's Rockefeller Center, Monday, April 10, 2006. Nearly 10,000 pieces of their clothing will be on sale to the public for April 11 - 15 to benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
A $1,500 price tag is attached to clothing from the closets of Elton John and David Furnish on sale to the public at the Elton's Closet store in New York's Rockefeller Center on Monday, April 10, 2006. Pieces designed by Dior, Prada, Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and Louis Vuitton are being sold for as little as $15.
Coats, sweaters, suits and other garments worn by Sir Elton John and David Furnish fill the Elton's Closet store in New York's Rockefeller Center on Monday, April 10, 2006. The nearly 10,000 pieces of clothing will be on sale to the public for five days to benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
Clothes from the closets of Elton John and David Furnish fill the Elton's Closet store in New York's Rockefeller Center on Monday, April 10, 2006. The annual sale, which has been held in Atlanta and London, is taking place New York for the first time.