Elton calls end to flamboyant outfits

Elton John has claimed that he is getting too old to wear flamboyant outfits like he did in the '70s and '80s.

However, despite the veteran popstar insisting that he is no longer a "fashion victim", he said that he still enjoyed having a little bit of glamour in his clothes.

He told US chatshow host Larry King: "I may have been wearing a black suit to the Oscar party but I still had a nice silver tie and sparkly shirt."

Talking about his famously elaborate outfits of old, he added: "I could not wear some of my giant chicken outfits to the Oscar party - first because I would not fit in them anymore, and secondly because I am 61 next month and I do not dress as flamboyantly as I used to.

"As you get older you change the way you think, the way you dress. I always liked to dress a little differently from other people but I am nowhere near the fashion victim I was a long time ago."