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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Chloe Mac Donnell

‘You don’t have to rope cattle to be a cowboy’ – ranchers on fashion’s love of a western-style boot

Yee-haw! Crocs cowboy boots come with removable rubber spurs.
Yee-haw! Crocs cowboy boots come with removable rubber spurs. Composite: Alamy / PR handout

When John Travolta swaggered on to screens as Bud Davis in the 1980 hit film Urban Cowboy, he brought western fashion to the masses. Forty-three years later, we are in the midst of a resurgence.

The high street looks more and more like a honky-tonk, with many iterations of double denim and fringed jackets. But it’s the cowboy boot that has really kicked off.

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