![]() ![]() “It’s because everybody admired Nudie’s work, because it was one of a kind. She is, in fact, appreciative of the new Nudies (newdies?): “There are so many designers out there who are just following what he had done,” she says. It’s romantic and campy and soulful-and now, seemingly, everywhere.įor a time, these designers included the descendent herself: after her grandfather’s death, Jamie says, “I kept the store open for another 10 years, and would always say, ‘Oh, one day your grandfather will be yesterday’s news.’ And I thought, not if I can help it!” She’s opened coffeeshops and a Nashville honky-tonk, has written a book about her grandfather, and maintains a lively website documenting the suit’s history. But unlike those zany getups, which seem to have sprung fully-formed from Post Malone’s ornately-tattooed head, the Nudie Suit is sacred, a holy relic among country fans, worn by icons from Gram Parsons to Elvis to Porter Wagoner. He peppers these suits between other fantastically wacky coordinated outfits whose prints are like ~if you could see Xanax, bro~, which is fitting, because Post Malone’s music is like ~if you could hear Xanax, dog~. As several country and fashion fanatics will know ( and have noted), the wardrobe of suits Post Malone has amassed over the past year is inspired by the work of the great rodeo tailor Nudie Cohn. ![]() The real tea is that Post Malone is far from the only person who can “pull this off”-in fact, he is only the latest in a long lineage. “Only Post Malone could pull that off!” Looking at that same suit, another user weighed in: “Only Post Malone can look good in a suit like this and that’s the tea.” “Love that suit!” another user commented on his teal, snake-embroidered getup at the AMAs last October. “Only he can pull off a pink diamond suit!” said someone on Twitter, weighing in the rhinestone-encrusted pink suit Post Malone wore to the Grammys in February. ![]()
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