The Thin Man from the West Plains

"In 1953, Mr. Wagoner spent $350 to buy his first Nudie suit, one of the extravagant rhinestone-studded creations by the tailor Nudie Cohn. Mr. Wagoner’s was a peach-colored number with wagon wheels on it. He eventually owned 50 of them, for which he paid as much as $12,000 apiece. A special feature on most was the word 'Hi!' in foot-high letters on each side of the lining. He would throw the jacket open when he saw somebody snapping his picture."

Douglas Martin in The New York Times writes an obit for country singer Porter Wagoner.