Fedora with cowboy boots?

[belfastboy]

The OP specifically asked about & all the replies have been about cowboy boots. In the General Attire & Accoutrement section the thread is titled Cowboy Boots.

Yes, I am aware of that but also aware that "Roper boots" were designed sometime in the 1950's to suit the needs of rodeo ropers. So while perhaps not worn out on the range that much there were very popular with those "cowboys' involved in the rodeo circuit. So perhaps a minor subset of the larger cowboy boot genre?

 

[Bamaboots]

Even the boot makers differentiate. Under Lucchese styles, roper is a category unto itself, just like their work and zip boots.

 

[LTDAVIS]

Perhaps we should do a deep dive into photos of people at country or Western fairs and see if they're wearing fedoras as well as wearing their boots. Or just people out west in general during the hey day of fedoras.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Even the boot makers differentiate. Under Lucchese styles, roper is a category unto itself, just like their work and zip boots.

I think just like Lucchese, ropers originated in the Valley for people with wide feet & flat arches.

 

[belfastboy]

The OP specifically asked about & all the replies have been about cowboy boots. In the General Attire & Accoutrement section the thread is titled Cowboy Boots.

I guess it then depends on how one defines cowboy. As ropers were developed for the rodeo ropers back in the 1950's they are at least tangentially related to the 'cowboy' genre unless one considers the rodeo to be outside the confines of cowboydom.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

I guess it then depends on how one defines cowboy. As ropers were developed for the rodeo ropers back in the 1950's they are at least tangentially related to the 'cowboy' genre unless one considers the rodeo to be outside the confines of cowboydom.

Never seen a working cowboy wear ropers back in the day. It was the working cowboy’s who founded the rodeo in their spare time for recreation. Ask Yamahana, he was a rodeo competitor.

Ropers typically have no arches & were original made flat & wide. Just lie the zipper boots were originally made for people with tree trunk legs.

 

[Snowman]

I don’t understand the question. Where’s @suitedcboy when you need him?
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I need a hat rack like that. Is that something you configured?

 

[Bamaboots]

Is that something you configured?

It is. Repurposed wire rack bathroom shelf. I used bolts, washers and nuts to hold tennis balls to the side of the shelves.

 

[hambone71]

If I'm wearing a fedora, you can bet your boots I'm wearing western boots.

 

[ILB Frank]

Boots with a fedora? I wear "tennis" shoes with a western hat.

 

[belfastboy]

Never seen a working cowboy wear ropers back in the day. It was the working cowboy’s who founded the rodeo in their spare time for recreation. Ask Yamahana, he was a rodeo competitor.

Ropers typically have no arches & were original made flat & wide. Just lie the zipper boots were originally made for people with tree trunk legs.

Yes, and apparently in the beginning ropers wore running shoes. The ropers requested a boot with a lower heel so they could wear an actual boot instead of performing in tennis shoes......and thus the roper was born in the late 40's/early 50's. Now you can make the argument that rodeo ropers are not real cowboys thus ropers are not cowboy boots.

What would Yamahana say about this?

 

[Yamahana]

He would say that he learned a long time ago to mind his own business.
Besides I wouldn’t know because I was a bull rider….

….. I never hung out with those sissy ropers

 

[Hurricane Jack]

….. I never hung out with those sissy ropers

“Man card not required.”

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

Is anyone on here old enough to remember boot bracelets? I had forgotten about them for a quarter century, but have recently become nostalgic about them, used to rock them in the 80s through mid 90s. (not my photos)
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Some around here have been around since before rock became dirt....so yes.

 

[Yamahana]

Some around here have been around since before rock became dirt....so yes.

Oh man, this one made me laugh out loud, my dogs thought I was nuts.

 

[hatophile]

Boots with a fedora? I wear "tennis" shoes with a western hat.

So does Willie.

 

[hatophile]

 

[Who?]

I’m not sure why this is even a question.

I don’t think people will cover their children’s eyes, or shake their fingers, or throw vegetables, if OP appears in public wearing a fedora with western boots.

I would be curious to hear of any reaction. It may depend on where this happens.

 

[hatophile]

I’m not sure why this is even a question.

I don’t think people will cover their children’s eyes, or shake their fingers, or throw vegetables, if OP appears in public wearing a fedora with western boots.

I would be curious to hear of any reaction. It may depend on where this happens.

A good friend of mine with Scottish ancestry who lives in Texas came to my wedding in a kilt and cowboy boots. Now that's fashion-busting!

 

[Who?]

A good friend of mine with Scottish ancestry who lives in Texas came to my wedding in a kilt and cowboy boots. Now that's fashion-busting!

That man’s photograph should be in the dictionary under “self-assurance”.

No written definition would be necessary.