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On October 12, Nashville Fashion Week and the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum joined together to kick off a week of fashion forward festivities.
The first night featured a program highlighting the museum’s free-to-access online exhibition Suiting the Sound: The Rodeo Tailors Who Made Country Stars Shine Brighter. Drawing from the museum’s exhibit galleries and extensive collection of stage costumes and archived materials, the exhibition examines the dazzling artistry of Western-wear designers whose couture fashions helped to create the iconic image for country music.
The panel was moderated by Brenda Colladay, vice president of museum services at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, and featured Holly George-Warren, acclaimed author, historian, and filmmaker; Jerry Lee Atwood, a modern-day "rodeo tailor," whose designs for his Union Western label have been commissioned by performers like Post Malone and Lil Nas X; and Chris Scruggs, a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who currently plays bass in Marty Stuart’s Fabulous Superlatives band.
The program is available to watch on the museum’s website here.
As part of the partnership, the museum and Nashville Fashion Week offered Middle Tennessee designers and creators an opportunity to participate in a design competition by submitting their personal interpretation of country music stage wear inspired by the museum’s online exhibition. The public was invited to vote for their favorite designs based on quality, creativity and originality from the eight finalists selected by Nashville Fashion Week. The three designs with the most votes were displayed during the program.
The winner was Manny Cuevas, president and designer of Wear It Out by Manny.
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