PA File Photo of Elton John leaving his London home in fancy dress on the way to his belated 50th birthday party in 1997. Neil Munns/PA Photos.

The kaleidoscope is shaken, the results scrutinised and fashion’s votaries decree that this summer men will be wearing… girly stuff, basically. Hot colours, bold patterns, skirts, sequins. At least Christine from Greenwich knows who I am. “Elton!” she screams. Christine, who is 70, is on her honeymoon. “I’ve just got married for the first time,” she says. “My husband said: ‘Do you want to go to the Maldives or Mauritius?’ and I said: ‘Glastonbury!’” Good choice!The rumours are that Elton is bringing out a special guest. Who is it? Britney? Kylie? Miss Piggy? (All have collaborated with Elton before.) Surely he has someone positively A-list waiting in the wings?

Elton John pictured wearing a typically flamboyant costume on Dec. 3, 1984. The previous August, “Sad Songs (Say So Much)” became his 14th top five hit on the Hot 100. Elton John performs at the Midsummer Music one-day festival at Wembley Stadium in London on June 21, 1975. John performed the whole of his album ‘Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy’ during his set. Two weeks previously, that album had become the first album in history to enter the Billboard 200 at No. 1. Elton John photographed London in 2018, wearing a Gucci outfit head to toe. His silk red pants and Gucci T-shirt are paired with a navy blazer embroidered with a heart dagger. He accessorizes this look with Gucci sneakers, and in true Elton fashion, sparkly sunglasses. Elton John’s bold fashion choices have always been as memorable as his remarkable career trajectory. None of which really helps you or me to know what we’ll be wearing this summer. “They can’t make me wear any of it!” you say. No, but your wife can. Wedding this summer? It could be a pink linen suit. Jaunty silk scarf or cravat with that? Maybe both.A performance in Atlanta, Georgia in 2015 saw Elton don a pair of neon red glasses for the first day of the Music Midtown event. A cinema-going Elton John would naturally need his own pair of bespoke 3D glasses. Read: Elton shares heartbreaking story of Freddie Mercury's battle with AIDS

Portrait of Elton John playing piano while wearing sunglasses and a shirt covered in stars on Nov. 7, 1970. Three weeks later, his first Billboard Hot 100 top 40 hit “Your Song” debuted on the chart. Taking to the stage at the Hippodrome de Vincennes concert hall, Elton wore a banana yellow blazer and pink specs that would make Barbie proud. Touring the world, the singer brought some of his most iconic glasses to the stage and screen, starting with this rococco-inspired pair he donned during a photoshoot at his home for the Greatest Hits album release. The 72-year-old award-winning singer-songwriter’s eccentric and flamboyant style garnered as much attention as his chart-topping hits like “Bennie and the Jets” and “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart.” Elton John, sporting one of his more unusual hairdos, performing at the Universal Amphitheatre on Oct. 7, 1986.Nice wings, mate!” “Great effort!” My outfits are certainly getting me attention. But how convincing is my Elton to the public? Elton finished off his outfit for the 1989 Victoires de la Musique event in France with a zebra-printed fez and some neon pink cats eye sunglasses. October 1974 saw Elton John take to the stage wearing enormous specs embellished with an abundance of curly feathers. Elton John performs at an open-air concert in May 1974 in Watford, England. The previous month, “Bennie and the Jets” became John’s second No. 1 hit on the Hot 100.