When “The New Celebrity Apprentice” host Arnold Schwarzenegger was recently in search of a pair of vintage-inspired cowboy boots, he contacted legendary El Paso, Texas-based custom bootmaker ...

SANTA FE, N.M. — Joseph Traugott stretches out his Tony Lama boots and peers around a New Mexico Museum of Art gallery filled with plastic-wrapped boots, paintings and photographs propped against ...

Although bespoke footwear seems like a far-off luxury reserved for aristocrats from the 1800s or high-earning sartorialists from today, custom boots are still a thing — and you can get yourself a pair ...

Cowboy boots go in and out of style, but their origins are in hard work. John Wayne exclusively wore Luccheses, bull riders sport Ariats for their local rodeo events, and modern brands like Tecovas ...

A bit of advice for anyone who hopes to be stepping out in custom-made cowboy boots like David Wheeler’s: Time is running out. Kristine Johnson takes us to meet one of the last of a vanishing breed: ...

Terri Courtney says no self-respecting, working cowboy would wear her custom cowboy boots. For starters, Courtney Custom Boots cost too much - a basic, no-frills pair starts at $1,800. So, no mucking ...

Lucchese is arguably the foremost bootmaker in America. It was founded in San Antonio, Texas, in 1883 by Sicilian-born Salvatore “Sam” Lucchese. Since then, the company has outfitted many you might ...

Tecovas, the industry’s first digitally native boot maker, is on fire. Founded in 2015 by private equity associate turned entrepreneur Paul Hedrick with the aim to become the “Warby Parker” of cowboy ...

Rocky Carroll, second-generation boot maker and owner of RJ's Boot Company, is a true Texan with tall tales to spin and "fancy" boots to craft out of his humble little shop on Ella just north of the ...

Almost 50 years ago, Dave Page — then a professor of American history at the University of Washington and Western Washington University — was bouldering with his girlfriend on a beach in California.