WESTERN FASHION
Comparing the ‘Buckaroo’ and ‘Cowpuncher’ hats you start. The “Buckaroo” style hat has a Spanish vaquero influence and started from Mexico to California before becoming the predominant cowboy style of the great basin. This hat has a wide flat brim with a small pencil curl around the back and WRITTEN BY TOD BELL flat top. Rockn’ B Hats Owner and Operator You can Can you tell which part of the United see this States someone is from by the shape of hat worn PHOTO PROVIDED BY TOD BELL a lot by their hat? A ‘cowpuncher’ style cowboy hat. ranch I know that sounds kind of like an cowboys odd question, but in some cases the with usually have a wider brim as each style all over the United States. answer to that question is; yes you can. throughout out well. The turned up brim helps with the Once again showing the style of hat you Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, MonJust like people having accents that wind to keep the hat on your head. wear comes down to personal preferallow you to tell if someone is from the tana and Oregon. Although this exact Even though these are two distinct ence every time. style may not be worn all the time genSouth, the North or even the Midwest, styles, you can find cowboys wearing Until next month Happy trails and +x often times the hat shape that someone erally cowboys of this region prefer a flatter brim to give a little more protecwears can tell you the same story. tion from the snow and rain. I am sure you have all heard the The “Cowpuncher” style is more terms “Buckaroo” or “Cowpuncher” often found in Texas, Oklahoma, New well each of these two terms are indicative of different areas of the united Mexico and Arizona. The style of hat that you will see most Cowpunchers states an each have their own style of wear will have a higher crown with the cowboy hat. And if you don’t believe brim turned up fairly high on the sides me call a Buckaroo a Cowpuncher or vice versa and see what kind of fight almost in a “taco” shape. These hats
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