A suit changes when somebody wears it. Embroidered backs, swinging fringe and matching band outfits come to life in these photographs and catalogue pages.
Rodeo Ben in his embroidered outfit, photographed on the farm.
Explore the clothes and their story →Nudie Cohn with Tex Williams, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and Rex Allen, 1962, as identified by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
Explore the clothes and their story →The catalogue detail photograph of an unnamed model in design 137, showing the embroidered coach motif and long fringe.
Explore the clothes and their story →Elise, Rodeo Ben’s granddaughter, models the Golden Star suit numbered 236. Her name and the suit title are printed below the photograph.
Elise · Golden Star suit
Explore the clothes and their story →Elise models the Bird of Paradise suit, numbered 260 in the catalogue. The printed caption identifies her as Rodeo Ben’s granddaughter.
Explore the clothes and their story →An unnamed model in a striped Western jacket and star-decorated trousers, photographed for the Rodeo Ben catalogue.
Striped jacket · catalogue model
Explore the clothes and their story →Two men in Western shirts, photographed in a rope-framed catalogue portrait. Names are not inferred from their faces.
Catalogue shop portrait
Explore the clothes and their story →A guitarist in a rope-framed portrait in Catalogue Two. Identification remains pending a complete printed-caption check.
Explore the clothes and their story →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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