Few styles of shoe are as iconic as the cowboy boot — but where did that style originate and why is it tied to American fashion? We went to Lucchese Bootmaker in Texas to see how one pair of $1,500 cowboy boots is made 👢 | Refinery29

Rough & Ready: A History of the Cowboy Boot is officially OPEN! The story of the cowboy boot is steeped in history and legend and is neither simple nor straightforward. Since their invention in the late nineteenth century, cowboy boots have embodied contradiction. They have symbolized labor and leisure, freedom and domination, tradition and reinvention. Cowboy boots were born out of industrialization yet refined through expert craftsmanship, they have been used to both celebrate individualism an