Cracking the Cowboy Code

By Greg Cohn, 6-21-05

An article on CNN today about Cheyenne's Frontier Days festival was so chock-full of fashion tips, I just had to pass them along for all you would-be cowboys and -girls out there. (I guess Ted Turner still has some juice there after all.)

Every avid reader of Courtney's columns knows a thing or two about authenticity and how to put your boots on, but some of these items were revelations to this urban sh*tkicker. For instance: "For Frontier Days, though, don an off-white, straw cowboy hat, which is a lot cooler when you're waiting in the hot sun for the next bull rider to hang on for 8 seconds. "Usually, you'll start seeing guys wear them after Memorial Day, and all the way to Labor Day, depending on where they live," Rogers said." And I thought it was white pants and buck shoes you were supposed to wear in there. "So how does one wear a cowboy hat properly? If there's one rule for dressing Western, keep it more or less perpendicular to your face." Who knew? [End of article]