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What to Wear This Summer

by | May 9, 2010 | Art, Guns and Culture

I wear a sombrero, silk neckerchief, fringed buckskin shirt, sealskin chaparajos or riding trousers [sic]; alligator hide boots; and with my pearl hilted revolver and beautifully finished Winchester rifle, I shall feel able to face anything.” -Theodore Roosevelt In the above portion of his letter to his older sister Anna, 25-year-old Teddy Roosevelt enthusiastically described his outfit for an extended hunting trip into Montana in August 1884. Although Western apparel as a style category wo


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