The cowboy hat is probably the most defining symbol of Western wear and cowboy culture. While the funky shaped chapeau was originally created to protect cowboys from the elements, it has evolved into ...

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SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio hatter is keeping alive a dying art form to build, shape and restore custom-fitted hats, tailored to the cowboys and cowgirls of the Alamo City. Paris Hatters is a ...

NORRIS, Mont. – Larry Shore is part barber, part bartender and all cowboy. Saunter up to his “hat bar,” and he’ll spruce up what you’ve got on your head – as long as it’s made of felt or straw. If you ...

A: The Texanist, as he’s noted many times over the years, is a hat man, which has come in handy on those occasions when he’s been obliged to answer questions on the subject. Back some fourteen years ...

Brook Parrish is a head shaper, a hat blocker and a rim crimper. But to his wife, Beth, he's an artist whose clenched fingers crease the crown of a new cowboy hat or roll its side rims upward. "I ...

Award-winning costume designer Janie Bryant created the costumes for the “Yellowstone” prequels “1923” and “1883,” and she believes the timeless appeal of cowboy hats is due, in large part, to their ...