[ed note: metric conversions fixed] Over the last six years or so, cowboy boot styles have been changing with influences from fashion design. Yeah, you might not want to think about it, but fashion design invades even the most basic of masculine footwear — the cowboy boot.
There are two reasons for this fashion-oriented change:
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I have a super-huge boot collection. I really do wear most of my boots throughout the seasons. However, there are some boots that I do not wear (either seasonal or don’t fit but I can’t get rid of), so I store them. I am writing this post as a reminder on how to store boots, and also in reaction to…
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Yay, it’s “dress down Friday,” where men in my office wear denim jeans and informal shirts. No jackets or ties. (Especially “yay” for that!) Even BCO wears dressy jeans and I think we’ve convinced him to ditch the jacket, especially since The Big Cheese doesn’t wear one.
As I was dressing this morning, I looked at my Lucchese Peat Elephant boots and thought …
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Guest post by “VicariousAttorney”
Hi, I am a regular follower of this blog. I was invited to write this post to describe my first contact with this blog’s author when I finally got nerve enough to send him a message to say
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Contrary to a comment received on a recent blog post titled The Guy Who Checks Out My Boots about “BCO” with whom I work and has become “boot-wearing curious,” I am happy to report that Mr. BCO has …
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My spouse is such a trooper. He has been struggling with the long-term damage to his joints as a result of the toxic effects of a tick-borne infection that lasted more than three years.
The spouse has been in remission — that is, without symptoms — of the illness for more than a year now. But is he bug-free?
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Greetings from the (virtual) seat of my Harley! All this week, we have had an exceptional warm spell that has dissipated all signs of the cold, snowy winter that we had. Imagine, just seven weeks ago, photo right, is what we were dealing with.
This whole week, while technically still during astronomical winter, we have had Spring. And where have my boots, leathers, and butt been?
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Every morning at work, I attend and speak briefly at a morning briefing of the Big Cheese and his direct reports, all leaders of the organization for which I work. And every morning, without fail, I catch sight of one of the regular attendees checking out my boots.
Has he said anything?
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A friend of mine asked me, “if you had to make one choice… boots, leather, or your Harley,” which would it be?
As my website says, I’m a guy into boots, leather, and Harley(s). (I really only have one motorcycle, but that’s beside the point.)
So if I absolutely had to make a choice of one of these avocations, which would it be?
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Today, March 4, is my father’s birthday. He was born 105 years ago. I only knew him for 12 years of my life, but with all the stories from family and interactions with his colleagues where he worked, I feel as if I know him more than my childhood recollections.
My Dad was an incredible person and contributed a lasting legacy that everyone in modern-day Europe is benefiting from. Yep, my Dad was…
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