Manuel: Nashville's Couture Cowboy

A cikin shekarun da suka wuce, a Nashville da kuma fadin duniyar, Manuel ne kawai aka san shi da sunan farko (sunan mutum).

Early Life

An haifi Manuel, Manuel Arturo José Cuevas Martinez, ranar 23 ga Afrilu, 1938 a Michoacán, Mexico, kuma shine na biyar na 'ya'yan Esperanza da José Guadalupe Cuevas goma sha ɗaya.

An koya Manuel ya koyar da shi lokacin da yake da shekaru bakwai, da ɗan'uwansa da tsofaffi, Adolfo.

Ya sanya tufafinsa tun daga lokacin. A wannan lokaci Manuel ya kware da fasahar zane, ciki har da aikin sutura, kayan ado, yin aiki da azurfa da kuma yin takalma.

Manuel ya halarci Jami'ar Guadalajara da ke da ƙwarewa kafin ya bar Mexico don Los Angeles a tsakiyar shekarun 1950.

Fara Farawa a Birnin Los Angeles

A Birnin Los Angeles, Manuel ya ci gaba da yin aiki da yawa, kuma ya fara aiki tare da mai zane-zane, Viola Grae. Manuel yana aiki ne don Viola Grae a lokacin da ya sadu da Nudie da Manuel ya shiga Nudie a matsayin shugabansa a ma'aikatan Rodeo Tailors na Nudie a farkon shekarun 1960.

Manuel yayi aiki tare da Nudie shekaru goma sha huɗu. Duk da yake a gidan shakatawa na Nudie, ya zama dan wasan farko da kuma mahaliccin mawallafi ga masu yawa daga cikin abokan aikin Nudie, har ma ya zama dan surukin Nude lokacin da ya auri 'yar Nudie Barbara.

Bayan Manuel da Barbara suka watse, Manuel ya bar aikin Nudie kuma ya bude kasuwancinsa a Arewacin Hollywood a tsakiyar shekarun 1970.

Ba da daɗewa ba bayan ya buɗe shagonsa, Manuel ya sayi injuna ko wasu na'urori daga mai zane-zane, Nathan Turk. Turk dai kawai ya rufe kasuwancinsa, Turk na Hollywood, saboda dalilai na kiwon lafiya. A cikin karimci, Turkiyya ba ta kulla binciken kamfanin Manuel na waɗannan na'urori ba. Manuel yana da sha'awar Nathan Turk kuma ya ba da bashi ga Turk don wasu daga cikin motsawarsa.

Manuel, da kansa ya san cewa yana da karimci wajen ba da wasu daga cikin abubuwan da ya kirkiro zuwa wasu daga cikin masu sauraro masu zuwa a kasashen da suke zuwa ba tare da sunyi ba.

Manuel ya samo kwarewa marar iyaka don cin gashin kansa tare da manyan masu zane-zane irin su Viola Grae, mai tsara kayan aikin fasaha, Nudie Cohn, sanannen shahararren makamai, da kuma Sy Devore, Hollywood Tailor zuwa Stars.

Ya samo wahayi daga irin wadannan masu kaya irin su Rodeo Ben, Nathan Turk, da kuma Nudie Kohn, dukkansu baƙi ne a Amurka, kamar yadda shi kansa kansa ne, kuma dukkansu sun sami daraja a duniyar kamar yadda ya yi.

Kafa Shop a Nashville

A cikin ƙarshen shekarun 1980, Manuel ya koma Nashville, Tennessee kusa da inda yawancin abokansa, mafi yawansu sun kasance a cikin Tarihin Kiɗa na Ƙasar, kuma ya bude kasuwancinsa, Manuel's Exclusive Clothier.

Abubuwan da ya kirkiro su ne ainihin aikin fasaha kuma za'a iya samuwa a cikin gidajen tarihi a duk faɗin ƙasar, ciki har da Metropolitan, Rock 'n' Roll Hall na Fame da har ma da Smithsonian . A cikin gida, a Nashville, zaka iya samun ayyukansa a filin wasa na Ƙasa na Yankin Ƙasar da kuma idan kana da farin ciki ka san abokin abokiyar na Manuel, Marty Stuart, ana yayata ɗakin gidansa don ɗaukar fiye da 3,000 na Ƙasar Ma'aikata na Ƙungiyar Ma'aikata. sun haɗa da manyan kayan aiki daga Turk, Nudie da, ba shakka, Manuel.

A shekara ta 2013, Manuel ya sauya kantin sayar da tufafi na Manuel daga 1922 Broadway kuma ya ci gaba da yin suturar kayan ado na yammaci a sabon wuri, 800 Broadway.

Mafi yawan kayan aikin Manuel, wanda aka sayar da su kamar yadda aka saba da hannuwan Manuel, za su sayar da su daga $ 5,000 zuwa $ 7,500, amma wasu za su iya kashe $ 20,000 ko fiye. Mai sayarwa ma zai iya saya daga Manuel 'shirye-shiryen sa layi, Manuel Limited Limited yana miƙa ƙananan kudin a fadin kasar a cikin mafi kyawun Stores na Yamma.

Manuel ne mai zane a cikin ma'anar kalmar, don haka ka tabbata ka dakatar da shagonka kuma ka ziyarci Nashville Treasure a kan ziyararka ta gaba zuwa Music City Amurka . Za ku gane shi ta babban murmushi, safiyar takalma, kyakkyawa da dabi'a masu kyau ... shi ma zai kasance mai kyau da dukan matan da ke gani.