Interesting Facts about Western Wear

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Country outfits for ladies are all about wearing comfortable jeans, embroidered shirts, cowboy hats and women’s versions of cowboy boots. Opting for a loose dress instead of jeans and a shirt also looks amazing!

Western Wear Facts: How It All Began?

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• The story of western wear began in the American West in the 1800s, after the end of the Civil War. This was the era when ranchers, cowboys, farmers and outlaws began to truly cherish the comfiness of this clothing style.
• The living and working conditions at that time led to the creation of many of today’s styles and accessories.
• Western clothing is the only America’s original fashion style used by the working class and glamorised in Hollywood movies.
• During its popularity between the ’30s and ’50s, it wasn’t strange to see long calico dresses and cowboy boots on Broadway in New York City.

How Western Wear Influenced Fashion in the East?

In the 1870s and 1880s, the stories of life in the West got to the large cities in the East. Those were times when famous actors began to recreate famous events from the West for the people in the East. Heroes and legends like James B. (Wild Bill Hickok) and William F. (Buffalo Bill) Cody were recruited to portray themselves wearing their authentic western attire. A lot of other reenactments were made, among which the Gunfight at the OK Corral was considered the most famous gun battle of the Old West. The fight lasted only 30 seconds, but it was replayed thousands of times before millions of viewers. Nowadays, you can still watch it in Tombstone, AZ.

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The fringed, flashy shirts and the adorned trousers worn by the performers began to mix with the everyday Western styles. This certainly began to influence Eastern population.

Facts about Women’s Western Clothing

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• In 1948 Wrangler invented the zip-up women jeans. It was that same year when the cotton chambray and denim shirts with metal-rim pearl buttons appeared on the market.
• Thanks to TVs and Hollywood, western fashion reached its peak all over America. It was stars like The Duke and Roy and Dale that truly helped the growth of this style.
• In the ’50s and ’60s, this style began to flourish when everyone got inspired by watching TV stars relax at home, wearing casual versions of their screen clothes.
• In the ’50s, a new look of the women’s jeans appeared on the market. They have had a slimmer shape that followed the contours of the body. The waist was high and the jeans were full over the hips while the legs were tapered with enough length to roll up the cuffs.
• Everyday traditional country outfits for ladies were almost the same as the men’s. The only difference is that they were designed with a more feminine cut. Women loved wearing decorative yokes, fringes and shirts with snap buttons. What made button-down shirts and women’s blouses more feminine were the V-shaped front panels. Nowadays, the choice of country outfits for ladies is huge. Besides the good old models of tops and bottoms, nowadays, you can also choose from a large selection of western ladies clothes that feature a more modern touch which doesn’t compromise the style.

Facts about the Most Famous Western Designer

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• The most famous fashion designer during this period of time was Nuta Kotlyarenko. He was born in 1902 in Kyiv, Ukraine and came to the United States at a young age. Here, he grew and got married, and also entered the fashion industry.
• He became extremely popular in the fashion world and was known as Nudie Cohn. He even created a gold suit embedded with rhinestones for Elvis Pressley.
• His creations known as Nudie Suits were worn by many stars like Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Gene Autry, John Wayne, Steve McQueen, John Lennon, Johnny Cash, Eric Clapton and many more.
• Nudie Suits were also worn by Elton John and the president Ronal Regan.
• The legend of Nudie Cohn lives as one of the most outrageous designers in the history of western clothing and accessories. This designer blurred the lines of fashion and set far-reaching benchmarks for the styles used in movies, country and even rock music.