Emashumini eminyaka edlule, eNashville nasemhlabeni wonke, uManuel uyaziwa nje ngegama lakhe lokuqala (elibizwa ngokuthi umuntu-kahle).
Isiqalo sokuphila
UManuel wazalwa, uManuel Arturo José Cuevas Martinez, ngo-Ephreli 23, 1938 eMichoacán, eMexico, futhi wayengowesihlanu kwezingane eziyishumi nanye zika-Esperanza noJosé Guadalupe Cuevas.
U-Manuel wafundiswa ukuthunga eneminyaka engu-7 ubudala, ngumfowabo omdala no-Adolfo.
Wenze izingubo zakhe kusukela ngaleso sikhathi. Phakathi nalesi sikhathi uManuel waqonda ububanzi bokubukwa kwezinto zokugqoka, kufaka phakathi izikhumba, ukwenza i-hat, ukukhiqiza isiliva nokuqalisa.
U-Manuel wabe eseya eNyuvesi yaseGuadalajara enesimo sengqondo ngaphambi kokuba ashiye isizwe sakhe saseMexico eLos Angeles maphakathi nawo-1950.
Ukuqala Umsebenzi kuLos Angeles
ELos Angeles, uMelel wathatha imisebenzi embalwa emiholo futhi ekugcineni wabe esebenza nomculi wekhanda, i-Viola Grae. UManuel ubesebenza kuViola Grae ngesikhathi ehlangana noNobdie noManuel bajoyina iNodie njengoba ikhanda lakhe lihambisana neNodidie's Rodeo Tailors ekuqaleni kwawo-1960.
UManuel wasebenza no-Nudie iminyaka eyishumi nane. Ngesikhathi esitolo sikaNudie, ngokushesha waba umklami wekhanda nomdali omkhulu wabaningi be-Nudie's clientele, naye waba ngumkhwenyana kaNude lapho eshada nendodakazi kaNaddie uBarbara.
Ngemva kokuba uManuel noBarbara bahlukane, uManuel wamshiya u-Nudie futhi wavula ibhizinisi lakhe eNorth Hollywood phakathi nawo-1970.
Ngokushesha ngemva kokuvula isitolo sakhe, uManuel wathenga imishini engaba ngu-12 evela kumklami omuhle, uNathan Turk. UTurk usanda kuvimba ibhizinisi lakhe, iTurk yaseHollywood, ngenxa yezizathu zempilo. Ngesenzo esivulekile, u-Turk akazange akhiphe isheke sikaManuel kwaleyo mishini. U-Manuel uye wamhlonipha njalo uNathan Turk futhi unikeze iTurk ithuba lokuzivuselela.
UManuel, naye uwaziwa ukuthi unomusa ekunikezeni izinto ezimbalwa ezidalweni zakhe kwabanye abaculi bezwe abasha abazofika ngaphandle kwalokho.
UManuel wathola umkhiqizo ongenamkhawulo ekudaleni kwakhe ukusebenza nabakhiqizi abakhulu abanjengoViola Grae, umculi wezinwele, u-Nudie Cohn, owaziwayo we-cowboy clothier, noSy Devore, i-Hollywood Tailor kuya kwizinkanyezi.
Uthole ukuvuselelwa kwalezi zinsimbi ezinkulu ezifana noRodeo Ben, Nathan Turk, noN Nudie Kohn, bonke ababeyizifiki eziya eU.SA, njengoba yena ngokwakhe, futhi bonke bathola udumo emhlabeni njengezigqila njengoba enakho.
Ukusetha Isitolo ku-Nashville
Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1980, uManuel waya eNashville, eTennessee eduze nendawo lapho iningi lalabo abaklayenti bakhe, iningi lazo beliMkhakha weMusic Music, futhi bavula ibhizinisi lakhe, uManuel's Exclusive Clothier.
Indalo yakhe yilelo msebenzi wezobuciko futhi ingatholakala kumamyuziyamu emhlabeni wonke, kuhlanganise iMetropolitan, i-Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame kanye neSmithsonian . Ekhaya, e-Nashville, ungathola imisebenzi yakhe ekuboniseni kwi- Country Music Hall of Fame futhi uma unenhlanhla yokwazi umngane omncane kaManuelel, uMarty Stuart, ikamelo lakhe lihlehliselwe ukubamba izingcezu ezingaphezu kuka-3000 ze-Country Cowboy Couture faka ubuciko obuvela eTurk, Nudie futhi, eqinisweni, uManuel.
Ngo-2013, u-Manuel wathuthela u-Manuel's Exclusive Clothier esitolo kusukela ngo-1922 Broadway futhi waqhubeka eklanyeni izingubo zokugqoka zasentshonalanga endaweni yakhe entsha, 800 Broadway.
Iningi lemikhiqizo eyenziwe ngokwezifiso zikaManuel, konke okudayiswa njengokwenziwe ngokubandakanyeka ngqo kukaManuel, kuzovame ukuthengisa kusuka ku $ 5,000 kuya ku-7,500, kepha abanye bangabiza u-$ 20,000 noma ngaphezulu. Umthengi angakhetha futhi ukuthenga kusuka ku-Manuel 'ukulungele ukugqoka umugqa, uMonel Limited Collection unikezwa izindleko eziphansi ezweni lonke kuphela ezitolo ezinhle kakhulu zeWest Wear Stores.
U-Manuel ungumculi ngomqondo onzima kakhulu wegama, ngakho qiniseka ukuma ngesitolo sakhe bese uvakashela le Nashville Treasure ekuvakasheleni kwakho okulandelayo kuMusic City USA . Uyomqaphela ngokumomotheka kwakhe okukhulu, isignesha, isithunzi, kanye nemvelo ... futhi uzoba othandekayo bonke abesifazane ngaphakathi emehlweni.