Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Gov. John Hickenlooper wears his state pride on each foot, with iconic Colorado scenes cut into the custom cowboy boots he wears on special occasions. His ...

Custom cowboy boot maker Mickey Mussett didn’t start out fancying up the elite. He’s 65 now and only started making boots ten years ago, after leaving his job in advertising. The lure of leather and ...

The first ones were simple: ostrich, unembellished. Twelve pairs later, James Painter can illustrate his life's highlights by lifting a pant leg. The Louisiana State University logo stitched in purple ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- "Hand-cut, handmade and handed down is what custom boot making is really all about," beamed Parker Custom Boots owner Zephan Parker. Inspired by American history, Parker set ...

They’re about as “Texas” as anything can be, engrained in the state’s history, its traditions and its identity. Cowboy boots, especially the custom, handmade kinds, are an important piece of our ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- Authentic Texas cowboy boots is the reason people go to Republic Boots Co. Chris Conrad opened the store 12 years ago as a way to preserve Texas culture. "I lived in Italy for a ...

I wouldn’t call this work, I come down here and play,” said long-time cowboy bootmaker Steve Parker. Steve has been making ...

It doesn't matter whether you're herding sheep through Wyoming, pressing flesh in Tinsel Town or dancing the two-step in a West Texas honky-tonk. If you want recognition, you need the right boots. As ...

Master boot maker Dan Schwarz, left, demonstrates how to welt a boot for students Nicol Hatch, Troy James and Bob Bugeaud during boot making school last week at his shop in Dillon. Schwarz and his ...

Phoenix – Sitting on the stool he has warmed for 13 years, Eduardo Ramirez stretches black ostrich leather over a plastic shoe mold, just the way his father taught him. He picks up a hammer and nails ...

Like so much else in Texas these days, apparel—the kind that proudly proclaims our Western heritage—ain’t what it used to be. Jeans were co-opted 25 years ago, when Gloria Vanderbilt designer-labeled ...

Steve Parker makes custom boots by hand.