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 [ … ]