LOS ANGELES: Elton John believes he is now too old to dress “flamboyantly”.

The 60-year-old singer, who is a byword for outrageous costumes, claims his days of being a “fashion victim” are behind him.

Elton, who attended his own Oscar night AIDS fundraiser in Los Angeles on Sunday in an understated black suit, told US TV chat show host Larry King, “I could not wear some of my giant chicken outfits to the Oscar party — first because I would not fit in them any more, and

secondly because I am 61 next month and I do not dress as flamboyantly as I used to.

“As you get older you change the way you think, the way you dress. I always liked to dress a little differently from other people but I am nowhere near the fashion victim I was a long time ago.”

But the Are You Ready For Love singer insists his dress sense will never become dull.

He said, “I may have been wearing a black suit to the Oscar party but I still had a nice silver tie and sparkly shirt.”

Elton sported perhaps his most famous outfit to his 50th birthday when he donned a 3ft Louis XV-style powdered wig topped by a silver ship shooting real smoke from its cannons, a 15ft feather train and tight white breeches.