Night of 100 Elvises

Paroma Nandi's outfit: Loft black knit motocross jacket; American Apparel scoop-neck T-shirt; Xhilaration black jogger pants with gold sequin stripe from Target; Mix 6 pumps from DSW; necklace made from recycled metals, above right, that her husband brought back from Rwanda; gold hoop earrings from Forever 21; Urban Expressions black vegan leather cross-body bag with gold chain, above left, from Cloud 9 Clothing. ( Karen Jackson/photos for the Baltimore Sun )

Although the Elvis Presley wigs, white jumpsuits and gold sunglasses are always in abundance at the Night of 100 Elvises, Paroma Nandi, 29, chose a different fashion route when honoring the King at the shindig.

“A bunch of my friends were going in Elvis-themed outfits and channeling Elvis in different ways. I thought it would be fun to dress a little closer to my own generation. One of my friends dressed up as [Presley's daughter] Lisa Marie. Michael Jackson was connected [to Elvis] because of his marriage to her. So I went as him, in all black,” said the Butchers Hill resident.

Nandi's husband, Robert Sellke, went as “fat Elvis.” But Nandi, the Paul's Place director of case management, decided to pay tribute to Presley's son-in-law by combining some gold sequined striped joggers she found at Target — giving a nod to the over-embellished military outfits the King of Pop loved — and a black jacket.

“I thought about going a little further and getting something closer to what he would wear. But that's not necessarily my style and I didn't want it to just be a costume,” she said, with a laugh.

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