Cowboy boots says a lot about the person wearing them, and for this reason, their popularity has long moved far beyond the cattle ranch and onto the feet and into the collections of fans worldwide.

When George Vlagos, 31, was in middle school, his cobbler father deposited him unceremoniously in front of a pile of shoes at the family’s shoe-repair shop in the western suburbs, where he grew up.

They’re about as “Texas” as anything can be, engrained in the state’s history, its traditions and its identity. Cowboy boots, especially the custom, handmade kinds, are an important piece of our ...

From the highway, Ed Martin’s house is just a bump in a cornfield east of the Fort Lyon prison. It’s not until an apron-clad Martin opens the door of his workshop — a 1920s-era ranch house his aunt ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- "Hand-cut, handmade and handed down is what custom boot making is really all about," beamed Parker Custom Boots owner Zephan Parker. Inspired by American history, Parker set ...

Like so much else in Texas these days, apparel—the kind that proudly proclaims our Western heritage—ain’t what it used to be. Jeans were co-opted 25 years ago, when Gloria Vanderbilt designer-labeled ...

White’s Boots was founded in 1853 in West Virginia. The company moved to Spokane, Washington in 1915 and its boots quickly became the favorites of loggers across the Northwest due to unmatched ...

You’ve always thought there was something right about an apprentice working at the side of a master, learning his craft, growing his passion and one day having the skill to strike out on his own. And ...