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A felt cowboy hat A straw cowboy hat. The cowboy hat is a high-crowned, wide-brimmed hat best known as the defining piece of attire for the North American cowboy.Today it is worn by many people, and is particularly associated with ranch workers in the western, midwestern, and southern United States, western Canada and northern Mexico, with many country music, regional Mexican and Sertanejo ...
Lawman Bat Masterson wearing a bowler hat. The bowler hat was later replaced by the cowboy hat. In the early days of the Old West, it was the bowler hat rather than the slouch hat, center crease (derived from the army regulation Hardee hat), or sombrero that was the most popular among cowboys as it was less likely to blow off in the wind. [1]
Over time, the working cowboy hat of the ranch cowboy, as modified by popular entertainers and rodeo competitors, became an essential part of the cowboy image. At times, various politicians, celebrities and law enforcement units adopted descendants of the Boss of the Plains hat to strengthen their association with the culture and values of the ...
The origins of cowboy culture go back to the Spanish vaqueros who settled in New Mexico and later Texas bringing cattle. [2] By the late 1800s, one in three cowboys were Mexican and brought to the lifestyle its iconic symbols of hats, bandanas, spurs, stirrups, lariat, and lasso. [3]
This category specifically covers clothing from the American Western frontier.It includes pioneer clothing, cowboy gear, and other Western wear. The separate category European clothing (historic) is for historic clothing with European origins.
Tom Mix, an actor in Westerns, wearing a white hat. In American films of the Western genre between the 1920s and the 1940s, white hats were often worn by heroes and black hats by villains to symbolize the contrast in good versus evil. [1] The 1903 short film The Great Train Robbery was the first to apply this convention. [2]
The Stetson Cowboy hat was the symbol of the highest quality. Western icons such as Buffalo Bill Cody, Calamity Jane, Will Rogers, Annie Oakley, Pawnee Bill, Tom Mix, and the Lone Ranger wore Stetsons. The company also made hats for the Texas Rangers, which became the first law enforcement agency to incorporate the cowboy hat into their uniform ...
Fashion in the United States is eclectic and predominantly informal. While the diverse cultural roots of Americans are reflected in their clothing, particularly those of recent immigrants, cowboy hats and boots, and leather motorcycle jackets are emblematic of specifically-American styles. [citation needed]