Helen Barbara Kruger, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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American business woman
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About Helen Barbara Kruger
- Helen Barbara Kruger (July 29, 1913 – April 7, 2006) also known as Bobbie Nudie, was an American apparel designer and retailer.
- Kruger was born in Mankato, Minnesota.
- She met her future husband Nudie Cohn at her parents’ boarding house.
- He had done time in Leavenworth for trafficking in drugs, but they fell in love and moved to New York City. They returned to Mankato to get married, then opened a business called Nudie's for the Ladies in Manhattan in 1934, which sold g-strings and lingerie to showgirls.
- It was around this time that Helen and Nudie had their only child, Barbara Cohn. Later, in Hollywood, her husband made many outrageous, rhinestone-studded, costumes for such luminaries as Tex Williams, Hank Williams, Cher, Elton John, Buck Owens, Clint Eastwood, John Lennon, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.
- Among their most famous creations was a $10,000 gold lamé suit for Elvis Presley, designed and created by Nudie.
- Helen, or "Bobbie" as she was more famously known, was considered to do merchandising and sales at Nudies. Nudie Cohn died in 1984.
- Bobbie, her sister Edith, daughter Barbara and granddaughter carried on after this until the Nudie's store was finally closed in 1994. She died in Valencia, California, aged 92.
- She is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills).
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