Linda Leening, originally from Rotterdam, designs them: each item of clothing has a separate character. She lives in Austin, Texas and specializes in brightly colored, embellished shirts and dresses that are part of Texas cowboy culture. Leening also made a dress and several blouses in that style for Shirley MacLaine, lead actress in the black film comedy 'Bernie' from earlier this year, about a true murder in Texas. "real cowboys started dressing according to what they saw in the films.".

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