Nuta Kotlyarenko, known professionally as Nudie Cohn, was an American tailor who designed decorative rhinestone-covered suits, known popularly as "Nudie Suits", and other elaborate outfits for some of the most famous celebrities of his era.
13 Facts About Nudie Cohn
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Nudie Cohn later claimed associating with gangster Pretty Boy Floyd.
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In 1947 Nudie Cohn persuaded young, struggling country singer Tex Williams to buy him a sewing machine with the proceeds from auctioning off a horse.
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Nudie Cohn's designs brought the already-flamboyant western style to a new level of ostentation with the liberal use of rhinestones and themed images in chain stitch embroidery.
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Nudie Cohn offered the suit to Wagoner for free, confident that the popular performer would serve as a billboard for his clothing line.
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Nudie Cohn's confidence proved justified and the business grew rapidly.
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Many of Nudie Cohn's designs became signature looks for their owners.
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Nudie Cohn created Hank Williams' white cowboy suit with musical notations on the sleeves, and Gram Parsons' infamous suit for the cover of the Flying Burrito Brothers' 1969 album The Gilded Palace of Sin, featuring pills, poppies, marijuana leaves, naked women, and a huge cross.
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In 2006, Porter Wagoner said he had accumulated 52 Nudie Cohn suits, costing between $11,000 and $18,000 each, since receiving his first free outfit in 1962.
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Nudie Cohn strutted around town in his own outrageous suits and rhinestone-studded cowboy hats.
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Nudie Cohn shamelessly promoted himself and his products throughout his career.
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Two Nudie Cohn Mobiles owned by Schoepen remain on display at Bobbejaanland, a Western-themed amusement park near Antwerp.
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Nudie Cohn is fictionalized in Derek McCormack's 2003 novella The Haunted Hillbilly.