Reboot your Wardrobe
Posted on March 9, 2008 by admin
Cowboy boots, like big belt buckles, are hot. Frankly, I never thought they weren’t–see 1999 article on the popularity of line dancing and its attendant wardrobe in the UK and 2005 blog on summer must-haves in NYC–but I’m of Southern heritage and am, therefore, a bit biased. I now live in Williamsburg–a Brooklyn neighborhood whose residents are known for their wacked out clothes and permanent state of ennui–and am fascinated by the tendency among city folk to appropriate southern style.
Witness the number of twenty-something trendies kicking up their heels in vintage cowboy boots. They’re on the catwalk, on the red carpet, on a bikini-clad Britney Spears at the beach (I wouln’t recommend this look).
Urban guys and gals eager to go a little country should follow one basic rule: don’t overdo it. Vintage cowboy boots look great on women in skinny jeans and a whispy blouse. For men, dark denim and a fitted, tucked-in-only-at-the-belt buckle tee are great complements to well-worn cowboy boots. Saddling up in western wear suggests a cowboy lifestyle, so unless you’re herding cattle or bailing hay, leave the boot, belt buckle, big hat combo to the originals.
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