JOIN NFW AT THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM'S SUITING THE SOUND PANEL DISCUSSION
CAST YOUR VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE DESIGNS INSPIRED BY THIS EXHIBIT
Nashville Fashion Week has partnered with the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum to offer Middle Tennessee designers and creators an opportunity to participate in a design competition by creating their personal interpretation of country music stage wear inspired by the museum's online exhibition Suiting the Sound: The Rodeo Tailors Who Made Country Stars Shine Brighter.
Voting is now open to the community. The public is invited to choose their three favorite exhibit-inspired designs based on quality, creativity, and originality from the eight finalists selected from all submissions by voting at NashvilleFashionWeek.com through Friday, October 1st. The three designers or creators with the most votes will each have the opportunity to showcase their finished design at the NFW and Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Suiting The Sound Panel Discussion on Tuesday, October 12. The winning designer will also receive two VIP passes for Nashville Fashion Week 2022 and a one-year family membership to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
Suiting the Sound: The Rodeo Tailors Who Made Country Stars Shine Brighter Panel Discussion
October 12, 2021, 7 p.m. (Doors open at 6 p.m. for gallery access)
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
222 Rep. John Lewis Way South
Drawing from the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's exhibit galleries and extensive collection of stage costumes and archival materials, Suiting the Sound: The Rodeo Tailors Who Made Country Stars Shine Brighter — an exhibition curated exclusively for online audiences and free-to-access HERE —examines the dazzling artistry of Western-wear designers whose couture fashions helped to create an indelible image for country music. In partnership with Nashville Fashion Week, the museum will host a program examining the emergence of this unique “rhinestone cowboy” look in the 1940s and 1950s, largely from the tailor shops of Eastern European Jewish immigrants, and how the style has inspired fashion far beyond the stages of barn dances and honky-tonks.
Panelists include acclaimed author, historian and filmmaker Holly George-Warren (How the West Was Worn, Public Cowboy #1: The Life and Times of Gene Autry, Janis: Her Life and Music); modern-day “rodeo tailor” Jerry Lee Atwood, whose bespoke designs for his Union Western label have been commissioned by performers as varied as Americana artist Nikki Lane, Post Malone and genre-blending “Old Town Road” writer-performer, Lil Nas X; and singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Chris Scruggs, who currently plays bass in Marty Stuart’s Fabulous Superlatives band and fronts his own group, the Stone Fox Five. The panel will be moderated by Brenda Colladay, vice president of museum services at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Free program access at CountryMusicHallofFame.org, and the museum’s You Tube and Facebook. Limited program tickets are available with museum admission HERE and are also included in the NFW VIP Pass.
While we are excited to gather both digitally and in person for NFW 2021, the health and safety of our guests, participants and team remains our top priority. A full COVID-19 vaccination or negative COVID-19 test will be required to attend or participate in any Nashville Fashion Week 2021 event.
NFW strongly encourages vaccination. The last day to receive the second shot of Moderna or Pfizer or a single dose of Johnson & Johnson prior to the October events is September 27. For anyone who is not fully vaccinated, a negative COVID-19 test result must be obtained within 48 hours of attending any event. NFW now requires that everyone must wear a mask indoors at all times. This protocol is based on current CDC standards. Any changes to these procedures will be communicated prior to each event.
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