How the West Was Worn

This volume on Western style encompasses everything from humble denim jeans to the fanciest rhinestone-covered cowboy costumes. Brimming with photos, it presents a history of the American West spanning its early days to the present, told through clothing. You’ll find a buckskin hunting shirt from the 1820s, Angora chaps worn by a Colorado cowboy in the 1920s, and a colorful gauze fiesta dress from the 1950s made by Thunderbird Fashions of Prescott, AZ. The book also highlights dazzling performance outfits from movie and music stars like Tom Mix, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, and Porter Wagoner, who wore the flashy yellow suit featured on the book’s cover.