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Bobbie Nudie, who has died aged 92, was the self-proclaimed original Rhinestone Cowgirl, helping her husband to clothe Elvis Presley in gold lamé, and cladding cowboy stars and country singers such as Roy Rogers and Hank Williams in preposterous rhinestone costumes. The couple's Hollywood shop, Nudie's Rodeo Tailors, cornered a niche market in what Americans call "sparkly duds" from 1947 until the mid-1990s. As well as the celebrated rhinestone-studded "Nudie suit", Bobbie and her husband, Nudie Cohn, created pantsuits and dresses for women and - extending their range of cowboy chic - 18 gas-guzzling cars (mainly convertibles) complete with steer...

1. ...you wore that rainbow shirt that was half-sleeves, and the rainbow > >went up one sleeve, across your chest, and down the other. > >2. ...you made baby chocolate cakes in your Easy Bake Oven. You washed >them > >down with snow cones from your Snoopy Snow Cone Machine. > >3. ...you had that Fisher Price Doctor's Kit with a stethoscope that > >actually worked. After training with these tools you became an expert at > >the game Operation". > >4. ...you owned a bicycle with a banana seat and a basket. In the early > >80's you moved...

Now I'm no intellectual(hold your comments), but if I was to aspire to open a meat-packing plant that slaughters animals for human consumption, or maybe just for fun, I don't think I would be running to some Human Resources Dept. of the Employment Bureau and solicit all the tree-hugger vegetarians I could find. I mean, maybe that wouldn't be the best way to get things off the ground. In fact, I think I would probably be shot down as quick as a Canadian Goose over the pond in Williamsburg Colony. Or one of the 3 deer I've killed thus far...