I wear a sombrero, silk neckerchief, fringed buckskin shirt, sealskin chaparajos or riding trousers [sic]; alligator hide boots; and with my pearl...
What to Wear This Summer
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G. Daniel DeWeese
Straws in the Wind
“One can thresh the straw of history until he is well worn out, and also is running some risk of wearing others out who may have to listen. So I...
Double D Ranch: Western Boho with a Gypsy Soul
With roots planted in 1830s land grants from the Republic of Texas, the family of the McMullen sisters is part of the rich tapestry that is the...
Horse Romance
The West was won from the back of the horse. Mounted conquistadors easily subdued American Indians initially terrified by the strange beast. The...
Choose the Right Felt Hat
You can often tell a lot about a person by his or her choice of headwear, and few hats make louder statements than cowboy hats. You might wear a hat...
Indian-Inspired Fashion
“He honored Sitting Bull by dressing him in...fine clothes with his own hands. [The Arikara (Ree) chief] put on him two fine scarlet trailing...
The Boot Seen Round The World
In the song “London Homesick Blues,” a broke cowboy is stuck in the cold, damp, far-from-Texas streets of England. He yearns to “go home with the...
It’s Miller Time Again
In 1918, Philip Miller got off the train at Denver’s Union Station with a sample case of Miller Brothers cowboy hats, most of his worldly...
The Evolution of Western Wear
A city kid visiting the West eyes a cowboy up and down, then asks him, “Mister, why do you wear a big hat?” “My hat protects my head from the sun,...