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When did American cowboys stop wearing Levi jeans?

by | Jan 1, 2004 | Inside History

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When did American cowboys stop wearing Levi jeans? B. Bonnes London, England They haven’t all stopped wearing Levis, but the jeans aren’t as popular with cowboys today for several reasons. Ironically, cowboys didn’t wear them in the earlier days either, Old West expert James Dunham says. Cowboys avoided Levi jeans because they were considered poor man’s wear, as they were mainly worn by gold miners, farmers and the lower classes. Sometime around 1900, many cowboys changed from


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