The story of legendary Texas sheriff Smoot Schmid and the Bonnie Parker snake ring that was recovered from a bullet-riddled ’33 Ford Model B after his shootout with the Bonnie [ … ]

This is Part 2 of  our series on the look Val Kilmer gave the character Doc Holliday in the legendary film Tombstone: After the Earps come to Tombstone, Val Kilmer’s [ … ]

We are featuring a multi-part series dedicated to the style and fashion of Doc Holliday in Val Kilmer’s iconic portrayal of the gambler in the 1993 film Tombstone. It was [ … ]

O.K., so you want to get yourself a cowboy hat.  Here are some guidelines.  Early cowboys spent as much as a month’s pay for their hat.  Today it should not [ … ]

Strong winds tended to create problems for cowboys whether their hats were wide brimmed or narrow brimmed.  Originally the brims of cowboy hats were soft so they would fold back [ … ]

In the history of Western hats it is known that the earliest cowboys were young rejects from Europe who decided to keep traveling west after they reached New York, or [ … ]

More and more within the fashion industry, designers have been embracing the appeal of gothic western fashion, merging two seemingly unlikely genres into an iconic and powerful fashion statement. As [ … ]

Bronco Sue has been making hats for 21 years and has just won True West Magazine’s Best of The West Readers Choice award for Best Western Hat Maker 2017. They [ … ]

Next to his hat, a cowboy’s footwear has traditionally been the most important symbol of his identity. Here are some little known facts about Old West Cowboy Boots in the Victorian [ … ]

    In our previous two-part blog, we delved into the fascinating realm of gothic westernwear and provided guidance to both men and women as to how to create a [ … ]