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New
Trends in Western Wear
Excerpted from Tulsa People Magazine, April 1998
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Manuel
Cuevas of Nashville cut his fashion teeth working for Nudie, the flamboyant
North Hollywood couturier. Manuel grew up watching Lone Ranger movie
serials and learned to sew at age seven. Since then, he's dressed
everyone from Elvis to Linda Ronstadt, Dwight Yoakum to the late John
Lennon. Johnny Cash once said, "I wore black before I met Manuel.
It was Manuel who put me in good black." Manuel took his spectacular
Western clothes to a public clientele in 1996 with his Manuel Couture
label, which included a line of Western theme shirts. His dress and
jacket "Manuel Collection" debuted in 1997 and is a popular
line at Billy Martin's, a premier Western store in New York and Los
Angeles that Billy Martin and his agent Doug Newton opened when Martin
was manger of the New York Yankees. |
| Martin
once said, "Western wear to me means freedom, comfort, individuality,
romance, unlimited possibilities, unlimited horizons. It's America
and American." No wonder all kinds of celebrities shop there--from
Dwight Yoakum to Billy Bob Thornton, who is starring in Mike Nichols'
Primary Colors. Like several other Western firms, Billy Martin's also
has branched into home furnishings with a motto that states, "There's
no place like home." |
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