The now extremely famous gold hotpants Kylie Minogue wore in the 'Spinning Around' video are apparently falling apart. The pants are a seventies relic which were purchased from a charity shop for the princely sum of 50p before finding stardom, and are at present on show at the Powerhouse museum in Sydney as part of 'Kylie: An Exhibition'.
Assistant curator Margot Anderson says that the shorts have to be kept in a climate controlled case and handled wearing gloves to stop them from disintegrating. She says "The pants just can't take any unnecessary strain. The gold coating lifts off every time they are touched."