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The cowboy aesthetic is still having a moment. Even outside the South and West, people donned glitter cowboy hats and boots à la “Cowboy Carter.” They wore black-and-pink Wild West outfits from ...

Urban Cowboy, the popular ’80s movie starring John Travolta and Debra Winger as a contentious couple at odds over jealousy and gender roles set at Gilley’s in Texas, turned 45 years old this summer.

When John Travolta sauntered onto the big screen in a pearl snap shirt and cowboy hat in the ’80s hit film “Urban Cowboy,” the Western wear industry experienced an immediate surge in demand — one that ...

Larry McMurtry, the famed Texas novelist, screenwriter and bookseller, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his book "Lonesome Dove," at his bookstore, Booked Up No. 1. The Wild West provides the backdrop for ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The cowboy hat is a staple of Western style, but these ...

In an open plain, where there’s no shade to block the beating sun, a cowboy hat proves essential (along with a pair of cowboy boots and the right work pants). Cowboy hats, with their taller crowns and ...