Beatles fans are flocking to Liverpool's Hard Day's Night Hotel to get snaps of the illustrious £1/4m Cirque du Soleil LOVE Show costumes.
Diehard followers of the Fab Four have been seen queuing up for a chance to be pictured with the famous attire from The Beatles' past
Familiar costumes including Sgt Pepper, Lucy in the Sky, Eleanor Rigby and Father McKenzie, created by French designer Phillipe Guillotel, are on show in the hotel shop's windows for the Mathew Street Festival, which starts on Saturday.
Sandra Fox, head of wardrobe for LOVE, said: "Cirque du Soleil has the biggest costume workshop in the world so the scope for creating characters and outfits for the LOVE show was phenomenal.
"Phillipe paid tribute to the creativity of The Beatles with his designs, making sure that the character costumes represent direct images from Beatles songs.
"As you will see, the costumes are just out of this world - so imaginative and inspired."
The costumes have been brought to Liverpool by Aigburth-born Pamela Devine, who has worked for Cirque du Soleil as director of sales for the last ten years.
She said: "Growing up in Liverpool I have always been extremely fond of The Beatles, so to work with Cirque du Soleil on a show which celebrates their musical legacy was fantastic.
"Bringing the costumes back to Liverpool, the birthplace of The Beatles, seemed like a natural choice and what better location than the world’s first and only Beatles-inspired hotel?"
And Jonathan Davies, director of the Hard Days Night Hotel, hopes that they will be a big hit with Beatles fans.
Mr Davies said: “We feel very privileged to be able to host these costumes in our hotel shop, and are both delighted and honoured that Pamela chose to contact us about the opportunity. To be timed to coincide with the Mathew Street Festival hopefully means that fans of the Fab Four will really be able to enjoy and appreciate the display.”
One Beatles' enthusiast said: "The costumes are just amazing. They are so extravagant. The Sgt Pepper suit has always been my favourite. I wish I had something like that in my wardrobe."
Just around the corner from the world's most famous club 'The Cavern', the characters of Beatles fame can be seen until Monday.
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