1. Manuel Arturo Jose Cuevas Martinez was born on April 23,1933, in Coalcoman de Vazquez Pallares in Mexico as the fifth of twelve children of Esperanza Martinez and Jose Guadalupe Cuevas.
22 Facts About Manuel Cuevas
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Manuel Cuevas attended the University of Guadalajara and majored in psychology.
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Manuel Cuevas was referred to and started working for Sy Devore, tailor to The Rat Pack.
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Manuel Cuevas was offered $55 a fitting, which would often only take 15 minutes.
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Not long after starting to work with Sy Devore, Manuel Cuevas attended the Pasadena Tournament of the Roses.
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Manuel Cuevas was inspired by the elaborate and flamboyant clothing.
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Manuel Cuevas worked all weekend tailoring the suits, and Monday morning delivered all the outfits to Murphy.
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Manuel Cuevas designed and created many of the suits that Nudie's Rodeo Tailors became famous for in the late '50s, '60s, and early '70s.
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In September 1965, Cuevas married Nudie's only daughter, Barbara L Cohn.
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Many of the friends and clients that Manuel Cuevas made while working with Nudie, including Johnny Cash, Marty Stuart, and George Jones, supported Manuel Cuevas and his new shop.
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From 1975 till 1988, Manuel Cuevas Couture became a go-to designer and image maker for up-and-coming musicians in Los Angeles.
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In 1989, with the popularity of the California Jacket worn by long-time friend and client Dwight Yoakam, Manuel Cuevas offered a limited-edition, similar version of the Hillbilly Deluxe jacket in his Nashville showroom.
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Manuel Cuevas researched details from each of the fifty states to create the one-of-a-kind collection.
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Manuel Cuevas says the goal is to eventually donate each state's jacket to that state's museum after it has toured the United States and internationally as a collection.
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In 2005, in an effort to design for the "average Joe", Manuel Cuevas worked with his son Manny Jr.
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The limited-piece collection was manufactured in Italy and was the first and only time that Manuel Cuevas produced any clothing outside of the United States.
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In 2019, Manuel Cuevas was honored in an exhibit called American Currents: The Music of 2018, presented at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville.
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Manuel Cuevas designed a shirt for famed artist Salvador Dali while working with Viola Grae.
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Manuel Cuevas is attributed as being the man who put Johnny Cash in black.
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Manuel Cuevas called Cuevas and said I would like to have nine new suits.
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Manuel Cuevas said he'd saved up $250 and was intending on buying an outfit.
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Manuel Cuevas has a great respect for his older peers, like Buck Owens, Hank Williams Sr.