Western wear and men’s western boots have been on-trend since last fall. Thing is, you can never go wrong with anything western in your closet, especially boots. Men’s western boots, much like combat boots or sneakers have been a go-to style for guys for years. Yes, you can spend thousands of dollars on a pair of exotic skin cowboy boots, we’re not even going to go there because the essential cowboy boot, or men’s western boot, will not only last forever, but they’ll always look good.
Below, we’ll go back into the history of the boot (it’s pretty cool), the different types of men’s western boots….yep, there’s more than one, and boots that you can wear now and a couple of years from now. The cowboy boot, or men’s western boot, has an English and Mexican heritage.
The boots were modeled on the Wellington or Hessian boots that were lightweight leather riding boots. Variations of that style were worn by the American military even up to and slightly after the Civil War. While the west was slowly being homesteaded, by 1843, a thousand people emigrated along the Oregon Trail.