How the Cowboy Boot Stopped Being Workwear and Became a Fashion-Week Uniform
From Bella Hadid in suede Lucchese to silver boots outside Copenhagen shows, the boot has become street-style shorthand — and Australia has its own cowboy-core wave.
BY CHUTE 6 STAFF · DALLAS
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Cowboy boots now turn up in street-style coverage at every fashion week: Bella Hadid in suede Lucchese in New York, silver pairs outside Ganni shows in Copenhagen, custom pairs on musicians who have no ranch connection at all.
The trajectory runs from ranch necessity to costume to staple, and the current phase is the staple one — which is why the boot is outlasting individual trend cycles.
It is not only an American story. Australian coverage of "cowboy core" documents hats, riding boots and big-buckle belts moving from the outback into festival crowds, with local brands rethinking their positioning around it.