Authentic

I want to take a moment today to talk about those makers and retailers who sell roots western wear. In some ways, you really can't get more western than what they make/sell because most of what we see today grew from there. At the same time, a lot of what they sell isn't exactly wearable in a day to day modern world way. Sure, there are some folks out there who can pull this look off as their style, but for most of us, we'd end up looking like we're part of some fringe fundamentalist group if we dressed this way.

Still, I'm glad this stuff exists. It makes me pause and think that perhaps the fans of this stuff think what I see as good modern western wear as just as impure and bad as the products/trends I talk trash about. And there probably are people out there who feel that way- but that's good. I'm sure I could have a darn good conversation with those folks too.

What do you folks think of really really real western wear?

From Wild West Mercantile (I bought my first Scully shirt from this company many years ago!)
All are made by Frontier Classics.

From CattleKate, a little bit more modern-