Rodeo Ben
Rodeo Ben, isolated from the front-view portrait in his catalogue.
Open the catalogue page →A cast, not a costume
People of
Western wear.
In the workroom. In front of the camera. On the catalogue page. Meet the people who gave the clothes a life. Twenty-three new catalogue figures retain their page, design and source context. Twenty-three new catalogue figures retain their page, design and source context.
Ben, from the other side
The back view of Ben’s outfit, from the facing catalogue page.
Open the catalogue page →Nudie & Roy Rogers
A rope-framed portrait of Nudie Cohn and Roy Rogers from the catalogue.
Open the catalogue page →Hank Williams · acoustic
Hank Williams with an acoustic guitar, preserved in the NudieTheRodeoTailor Tumblr archive.
Open the catalogue page →Hank Williams · electric
Hank Williams with an electric guitar, in the same shirt. A same-evening date has not been established.
Open the catalogue page →Jerry & Sky
Jerry & Sky in Rodeo Ben clothing. Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
Open the catalogue page →The shop’s circle
Nudie Cohn with Tex Williams, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and Rex Allen, 1962, as identified by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
Open the catalogue page →The cover figure
The woman and fence extracted from the Nudie catalogue cover. An illustrated figure, not a identified photographic sitter.
Open the catalogue page →Nudie catalogue 2 · design 139
Design 139 · from behind
An unnamed model showing the yoke, belt and skirt of Nudie design 139, photographed in Catalogue Two.
Open the catalogue page →Nudie catalogue 2 · design 137
Design 137 · embroidered back
The catalogue detail photograph of an unnamed model in design 137, showing the embroidered coach motif and long fringe.
Source boundary: The supplied closeup ends at the torso and left fringe. Keep this as a garment-back detail; do not present as a complete standing figure.
Open the catalogue page →Nudie catalogue 2 · design 143
Design 143 · laced skirt
An unnamed model in Nudie design 143. The catalogue describes contrasting piping and a laced gore skirt.
Open the catalogue page →Nudie catalogue 2 · design 142
Design 142 · evening gown
An unnamed model displaying design 142, a Western evening gown and stole with leather design, fringe and rhinestone outline.
Open the catalogue page →Nudie catalogue 2 · design 144
Design 144 · tuxedo dress
An unnamed model in the ladies’ tuxedo suit numbered 144 in Catalogue Two.
Open the catalogue page →Nudie catalogue 2 · design 141
Design 141 · riding skirt
An unnamed model holding a saddle beside the full riding-skirt view of Nudie design 141.
Source boundary: The photograph retains small paper areas around the saddle and bent elbow; the main figure is separated without inventing obscured anatomy.
Open the catalogue page →Nudie catalogue 1 · design 164
Design 164 · decorated skirt suit
An unnamed model in a decorated skirt suit numbered 164 in Catalogue One.
Open the catalogue page →Nudie catalogue 1 · design 147
Design 147 · suede jacket
An unnamed model in the full-weight suede jacket numbered 147 in Catalogue One.
Open the catalogue page →Nudie catalogue 3
Dean Smith · design 3068
Dean Smith, identified by the printed catalogue caption, modeling design 3068.
Open the catalogue page →Nudie catalogue 3
Nudie · red embroidered suit
Nudie Cohn in a red embroidered suit, from the colour portrait panel photographed at the end of Catalogue Three.
Source boundary: The original closeup reaches the bottom photograph edge at one boot. Retain that bounded edge; do not reconstruct a missing sole.
Open the catalogue page →Nudie catalogue 3
Nudie · blue embroidered suit
Nudie Cohn in a blue embroidered suit, one of four colour portraits in Catalogue Three.
Open the catalogue page →Nudie catalogue 3
Nudie · purple fleur-de-lis suit
Nudie Cohn in a purple embroidered suit, photographed beside foliage in the catalogue colour panel.
Source boundary: The closeup cuts off the planted lower boot at its bottom edge. This is a bounded portrait detail, not a complete body cutout; use in a gallery or behind a frame edge.
Open the catalogue page →Rodeo Ben catalogue
Elise · Golden Star suit
Elise, Rodeo Ben’s granddaughter, models the Golden Star suit numbered 236. Her name and the suit title are printed below the photograph.
Open the catalogue page →Rodeo Ben catalogue
Elise · Bird of Paradise suit
Elise models the Bird of Paradise suit, numbered 260 in the catalogue. The printed caption identifies her as Rodeo Ben’s granddaughter.
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Stars & fringe · catalogue model
An unnamed catalogue model wears a fringed Western shirt with star-decorated trousers.
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Striped jacket · catalogue model
An unnamed model in a striped Western jacket and star-decorated trousers, photographed for the Rodeo Ben catalogue.
Open the catalogue page →Nudie catalogue 2
Catalogue shop portrait
Two men in Western shirts, photographed in a rope-framed catalogue portrait. Names are not inferred from their faces.
Open the catalogue page →Nudie catalogue 2
Guitarist in the catalogue
A guitarist in a rope-framed portrait in Catalogue Two. Identification remains pending a complete printed-caption check.
Open the catalogue page →Nudie catalogue 3
Silver suit · colour plate
An unnamed model in a silver-toned decorated suit, from the catalogue colour plate.
Open the catalogue page →Nudie catalogue 3
Black suit & guitar
An unnamed model in a decorated black suit beside a guitar, from the Catalogue Three colour plate.
Open the catalogue page →Rodeo Ben catalogue
At the cutting table
A detail from the catalogue photograph of Rodeo Ben and his son at the cutting table.
Source boundary: This detail retains its photographic workshop background. The containing catalogue photograph supplies the family identification.
Open the catalogue page →Rodeo Ben catalogue
Ben · striped gambler suit
Rodeo Ben in the striped gambler suit seen beside his granddaughter Elise in the catalogue.
Open the catalogue page →Rodeo Ben catalogue
Elise · horseshoe suit
Elise in the horseshoe-motif show suit, astride a saddle with a matching decorated blanket. The printed catalogue caption identifies the sitter.
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