UManuel: I-Nashville's Couture Cowboy

Kwiminyaka emininzi edlulileyo, e-Nashville nakwehlabathi lonke, uManuel uyaziwa nje ngegama lakhe lokuqala (elibizwe ngumntu).

Obomi bakwangoko

UManuel wazalwa, uManuel Arturo José Cuevas Martinez, ngo-Aprili wama-23, 1938 eMichoacán, eMexico, kwaye wayengowesihlanu kwabantwana abalishumi nanye ba-Esperanza noJosé Guadalupe Cuevas.

U-Manuel wafundiswa ukugcoba eneminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe, ngumzalwana wakhe omdala kunye no-Adolfo.

Wenze iimpahla zakhe ukususela oko. Ngethuba lexesha uManuel ufunde ubuninzi bezobugcisa be-clothier, kubandakanywa nokusebenza kweekhumba, ukukhanda iikethi, ukwenza umsebenzi wesilivere kunye nokuqalwa kokuqala.

U-Manuel waya kwiYunivesithi yaseGuadalajara enengqondo yengqondo ngaphambi kokushiya uMexico waseMexico eLos Angeles phakathi no-1950.

Ukuqala Umsebenzi eLos Angeles

ELos Angeles, u-Manuel wathatha imisebenzi embalwa emivuzo kwaye ekugqibeleni wawuthatha umsebenzi ngomgca wekhanda, iViola Grae. UManuel wayesebenzela iViola Grae xa edibana noNodie noManuel bajoyina uNodie njengokuba intloko yakhe ihambelana ne-Nudie's Rodeo Tailors ekuqaleni kwawo-1960.

UManuel wasebenza noNodie iminyaka elishumi elinanye. Ngethuba elithile kwi-shop ye-Nudie, ngokukhawuleza waba ngumqambi oyintloko kunye nomdali oyintloko kubantu abaninzi bakaN Nudie, naye waba ngumkhwenyana kaNude xa watshata nendodakazi kaNdiedie uBarbara.

Emva kokuba uManuel noBarbara baqhawule, uManuel wamshiya u-Nudie waza wavula ishishini lakhe eNyakatho yaseHollywood kwiminyaka yee-1970.

Kungekudala emva kokuvula ivenkile yakhe, u-Manuel wathenga iimveliso ezili-12 okanye zinjalo kumntu onokuziqhenya, uNathan Turk. UTurk wayevalele ishishini lakhe, iTurk yaseHollywood, ngenxa yezizathu zempilo. Ngesenzo esivulekileyo, uTurk akazange agxothe isheke sikaManuel kwizo matshini. U-Manuel uye wamthanda kakhulu uNathan Turk kwaye unikele ngetyala kwiTurk ngenxa yezizathu zakhe zokuvuselela.

UManuel, naye uye waziwa ngokuba unomusa ekunikezeni izinto ezimbalwa zezinto ezidaliweyo kuye kwezinye zeemvumi eziza kutsho ziza kuza ngaphandle.

UManuel wayefumene umthombo ongenamkhawulo wokusebenza kwakhe kunye nabakhi bezakhiwo ezinjengeViola Grae, umgcini wezinwele, u-Nudie Cohn, umlindi owaziwayo we-cowboy kunye noSy Devore, i-Hollywood Tailor kwiinkwenkwezi.

Ufumene izikhuthazo ezivela kwiingubo ezinkulu ezifana noRodeo Ben, uNathan Turk, kunye noNodie Kohn, bonke abo babefudukela eU.SA, njengoko yena ngokwakhe, kwaye bonke bafumana udumo ehlabathini njengezambatho.

Ukumisela i-Shop eNashville

Ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yee-1980, uManuel waya eNashville, eTennessee kufuphi nalapho abaninzi abathengi bakhe, ubuninzi babo bebeMhlaba weMusic Music, baza bavula ibhizinisi lakhe, uManuelel Exclusive Clothier.

Indalo yakhe ngokwenene ngumsebenzi wobugcisa kwaye inokufumaneka kwiimyuziyam lonke, kubandakanywa iMetropolitan, i-Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame kunye neSmithsonian . Endaweni, e-Nashville, unokufumana imisebenzi yakhe ekuboniseni kwiHlabathi yoMculo weHlabathi loLwazi kwaye ukuba unenhlanhla ngokwaneleyo ukwazi umngane osondeleyo kaManuel, uMarty Stuart, ikhefu lakhe lihlelwe ngamacandelo angama-3000 e-Country Cowboy Couture zibandakanya ubugcisa obuvela eTurk, Nudie kwaye, ngokuqinisekileyo, uManuel.

Ngo-2013, u-Manuel wanyusa i-Manuel's Exclusive Clothier esitolo ukususela ngo-1922 Broadway kwaye uye waqhubeka ekwenza izambatho zangasese ezisentshona kwindawo yakhe entsha, 800 Broadway.

Uninzi lweengubo ezenziwe ngokwezifiso zikaManuel, zonke ezo zithengiswa njengokwenziwa ngokwezifiso ngokubandakanyeka ngqo kukaManuel, ziza kuthengiswa kwi $ 5,000 ukuya kwii-7 500 zamaRandi, kanti ezinye zingabiza i-$ 20,000 okanye ngaphezulu. Umthengi unokukhetha ukuthenga kwi-Manuel 'ukulungele ukugqoka umgca, i-Manuel Limited Collection ihanjiswa ngeendleko eziphantsi kweli lizwe kuphela kwiindawo ezigqibeleleyo zeWest Wear Stores.

U-Manuel ngumculi ngendlela engathandekiyo yeli gama, ke qiniseka ukuba uyeke ngevenkile kwaye u tyelele le Ncountry Treasure ekuhambeni kwakho okulandelayo kwi- Music City USA . Uza kumbona ngokumomotheka kwakhe, inqabanqwana yomnxeba, inqabileyo kunye nobuntu obuhle ... uya kuba yinto ekhangayo bonke abafazi ngaphakathi.