Nudie The Rodeo Tailor:
The Life and Times of the Original
Rhinestone Cowboy
Jamie Lee Nudie & Mary Lynn Cabrall

"If you have a dream, you can realize it."
                -Nudie

From OutWest's Purveyors:
We were honored to have Jamie Lee Nudie, along with her good friends Julie Ann Ream and Jeff Connors, with us to celebrate our new store's Grand Opening in August 2009. One of her Grandfather's famous cars was parked right in front of our store and she was wearing a T-Shirt from her family's line featuring the famous Nudie logo. We feel so fortunate to count her among our Western friends and have long been fans of her family's incredible work. Nudie changed the face of Western fashion forever and his influence is as strong today as ever.

This book is a delight. Packed full of photographs and wonderful text it is a pleasure to behold. No longer in print, get it now!

About the Authors:
Jamie Lee Nudie was born to Barbara Cohn and Sun Studio-sensation Jimmy Wilson in North Hollywood, California The granddaughter of Nudie and Bobbie grew up in Nudie's rodeo Tailors, greeting the stars and other clientele with a friendly persona.

As a teenager, her grandfather's antics and wild means of transportation and clothing would sometimes perplex her, but Jamie's Poppie was always there to lend loving suport, and she could always confide in him. One of Nudie's more colorful pieces of advice, "never be a squaw to no man," has stuck with Jamie, as she explores modern woman's dilemma of balancing personal relationships and professional aspirations.

Jamie Lee also shared Nudie's love of food, especially his penchant for a good cup of joe, and opened Nudie's Custom Java to keep the Nudie legend alive. Jamie's goal is to see that her grandfather's legacy lives on forever in the young hearts of America. She hopes to have a storefront where all his fans can come by, have a cup of custom java or hot chocolate and get measured for their own
Nudie suit. In the meantime, visit Jamie and her faithful sidekick Mary Lynn at www.nudiesrodeotailor.com

Mary Lynn Cabrall was born in Castro Valley, California, and has always dreamed of becoming a cowgirl. The small suburban town in the East Bay of San Francisco was home to many saddlemakers and silversmiths, and the look of the decked-out mount and rider in the traditional vein of a California vaquero fed her imagination.

As a teenager, she moved to wine country of Sonoma County, acquired her own horse, and began to show in her 4-H club and school shows. Although she couldn't afford the fancy silver tack and arena-ready horses of some of her peers, she learned how to tool leather and admired the traditional craftsmanship of the equestrian arts. In her late teens and early twenties she became interested in music, especially the country-western she had heard played over the loudspeakers during classes at the hot and dusty horse shows. Eventually she turned again to leather tooling, and her interest in vintage clothing led her to start creating Nudie suits.

She met Jamie Nudie and Bobbie Nudie in September 1994, as the Lankershim store was closing. Long fascinated with Nudie, the experience of being in his store was a revelation.

Mary Lynn moved to Nashville, and drank up the culture (albeit relegated to mostly historical musings) of Nudie suits and guitar-shaped swimming pools. Her collection of Nudie suits and memorabilia now include a pair of Nudie's own mismatched boots. She admits to putting them on from time to time for inspiration.

Mary Lynn acquired a sixty-year-old chain-stitch embroidery machine and took up the art of machine embroidery, just like that found on the original Nudie suits. Today she works with Jamie Lee to re-create the Nudie magic. Leatherwork, silverwork, embroidery, rhinestones, and the best rodeo tailoring around can still be ordered from Nudie's Rodeo Tailors, www.nudiesrodeotailor.com

Hardcover. 157 pp. Color and Black and White photographs.