When pioneers headed West, they had to adapt their clothing to the new unchartered environs they found themselves in. They also picked up new designs, noticed in some natives’ beaded and buckskin garments. Their fashions are so timeless that pocket watches worn by the likes of the Wild Bunch remain stylish choices for dressed-up gents, plain and embellished cowboy boots still put some swagger in our steps and the cowboy vest is a quintessential Western look, for both men and women. Whether


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