"An overdose of rhinestone encrusted onto pastel leathers with fringes at every available seam. It’s so bad it’s good. I never stopped to think about where country music’s obsession with those bedazzled cowboy suits came from, but today I learned it all began with one man who became the couturier to country music’s biggest stars. Let’s meet the Rhinestone Cowboy King…" (link)
Tex Williams - Bottom of a Mountain Nudie had persuaded a struggling country artist named Tex Williams to buy him a sewing machine in exchange for making costumes for the singer. His creations began getting noticed on the country music scene and the rest is history.