Clapton used Versace guitar straps during the 1990 tours culminating in the 24 Nights shows at The Royal Albert Hall in February/March 1991. Clapton wrote in his 1990 Tour programme: "Anyone with a discerning eye who has seen me in concert during the last five years will know that I am a Gianni Versace fanatic...His approach to design and his sensitivity to colour appeal to the dormant artist in me and somehow I feel that his clothes bridge the gap between the fire of rock and roll and the purity of classical tailoring..."