Lucchese Boots History

Sam Lucchese, the founder of Lucchese boots, was just 17 years old when he decided that he was going to be a bootmaker. When he was 20, just three short years later, he opened the Lucchese Boot Company in San Antonio, Texas. Then in the 1960’s, Sam Lucchese, Jr. (grandson of the founder) took over the company and turned it into the nationally renowned boot company of today.

Lucchese Boots Celebrates 125 Years

Lucchese boots are known for their superior fit, quality and comfort. They may take more time to create and cost more than most other boots, but these hand-finished boots are worth every penny; which is something you will figure out the minute you slip your foot into one of these works of art. Founded in 1883, this year marks the 125th year that Lucchese has been outfitting America’s cowboys with high-quality boots; and to celebrate, they have created a limited edition anniversary boot.

Lucchese Boots Limited Edition 125th Anniversary Boot.

The Lucchese Limited Edition 125th Anniversary Boot will be made with the finest American Belly Alligator that is available. The boot will be made in the Lucchese matador construction with covered sideseams and fully hand-tooled and hand-painted quarters. Lucchese logos, stars and hand-tooled scrolls will adorn the tops of each of these beautiful anniversary boots. The scallops will be hand-laced and the torero pullstraps will be overlaid in alligator. The inside of each boot will be lined with Lucchese’s premier grimini linings.

Get Your Lucchese 125th Anniversary Boots Today

Lucchese is only making 125 pairs of the anniversary boots. Each boot will be hand-signed and numbered by its creator. To ensure the authenticity of this piece of Lucchese history, an embossed seal will be on a numbered certificate; and each boot will come in a matching numbered 125th anniversary edition hand-tooled leather boot box. And to top it off, each purchased pair will be recorded in a dedicated 125th anniversary edition log book.

We here at Allens Boots are proud to be a part of this celebration. Happy Anniversary, Lucchese!!

The Cowboy Boot Love Affair Begins

To begin the tale of a woman and her cowboy boots, we look to Austinite Kathy Williams. She was on a mission to find the perfect pair of boots, but just like the Waylon Jennings’ song states, Kathy “was looking for love in all the wrong places.” Well at least until she walked down the women’s cowboy boot aisle in Allen’s Boots, that is. It was a beautiful day back in 1994 that she discovered her pair of deep black cherry leather Lucchese boots and the relationship is still going strong 14 years later.

In Love with Cowboy Boots? Really?

Now I know what you are probably thinking, can you really be in love with a pair of cowboy boots? The answer is “yes,” because the day you find the perfect pair of cowboy boots is the day you take on a whole new attitude. You know you look good. You know that you are tough. And you know, without a shadow of a doubt, that you can two-step like never before. This is what the perfect pair of cowboy boots can do for you.

This is what the perfect pair of cowboy boots did for Kathy Williams.

What’s Not to Love About Cowboy Boots?

If you take care of your cowboy boots, they will look great and last forever. Cowboy boots always seem to be hip. The style of a cowboy boot hasn’t changed over the years and they seem to go with everything from jeans to shorts to skirts and dresses. Finally, they are so comfortable, if you get the proper boot fit, that you can wear them all day and right into the night.

So now that you know that true love can exist with a cowboy boot, come on in to Allen’s Boots and fall in love today.

You can read more about Kathy Williams’ boot adventures in the Austin American-Statesman

Cowboy Boot Day isn’t what they’re calling the National Day of the American Cowboy, but at Allens Boots, that’s how we think of it.

Not that we’re complaining about the National Day of the American Cowboy. Just the opposite, in fact. But if we’re going to join the Senate in honoring “the contributions of the cowboy into the history of the American West,” you’ll have to cut us a little slack if we call it Cowboy Boot Day. It’s a heckuva lot shorter and it sounds better to us cowboy boot blog diehards.

Senate Resolution 130, or “the Cowboy Boot Day resolution,” was sponsored by Senator Craig Thomas (R-Wyoming) in response to organizing efforts from American Cowboy magazine, and it named last July 28, 2007, as the third annual Cowboy Boot Day. According to the official announcement, the celebration intends to “encourage Americans to live the values and the code of the cowboy boot.”

Okay, okay, so we stuck the word “boot” after the word “cowboy.” But aren’t they the same thing? Aren’t both cowboys and cowboy boots noted for these same characteristics?

• rugged
• hard-working
• uncomplicated
• strong
• low-maintenance (after being properly broken or boot-fit, of course)
• uncomplaining

We’d argue that a Cowboy Boot Day is just as apt a celebration of the cowboy esthetic as National Day of the American Cowboy. Plus, for gender equity, we’d like to tell the folks at American Cowboy that it’s a lot easier to have a Cowboy Boot Day than to set up celebrations for both cowboys and cowgirls. Don’t you think?

So as you set out your calendar for 2008, please pencil in Cowboy Boot Day. It’s the fourth Saturday in July. And make sure you shop for cowboy boots from Allens. Get those boots, shined, polished and ready for the occasion. Cowboy Boot Day!

Cowboy Boots - The Art and Sole

Cowboy Boots - The Art and Sole , written by Jennifer June and photographed by Marty Snortum, is an “homage to the beloved and ubiquitous American icon”. It’s also a really good book, with great photos of some of the coolest cowboy boots you’ll ever see.

Cowboy Boot Authority

Jennifer describes herself as a “cowboy bootnik”, and it’s clear that she is an authority on all things “boot”. Starting with the history of the cowboy boot, she takes you on a ride from the development of the cowboy boot, through the heyday of the cattle drive and finishes up with the “art” boots of today.

Cowboy Boot Pictures

The cowboy boot photographs alone are worth buying the book, but it’s refreshing to read a work written by a writer who is actually into the subject matter. Jennifer obviously loves cowboy boots, and we loved this book. We think you will too.

You can find Jennifer June and her cowboy boot book at her website: http://www.dimlights.com/. Tell her we said “howdy!”

A recent mishap in Florida caused police Chief Bill Smith to ban cowboy boots from all officers on duty. This from a news article that caught our attention. The news story comes from a rural Florida town where a police officer’s cowboy boots have been blamed on something a bit unusual.

Instead of making news for running down perps in his pair of Justin ropers, Officer Michael Herko’s cowboy boots were cited as the cause of an accident. It seems that Herko, a 40 year veteran of the Trenton police staff, was driving by a local convenience store when his leather soled ropers slipped off the brake, causing Herko’s squad car to go careening into the store’s two glass doors.

The story serves as a reminder that while great footwear, anyone wearing cowboy boots, especially on-duty policemen, should take extra precaution when driving. Make sure that you take proper care of your cowboy boots. If your leather soles begin to wear down, or just don’t give you enough traction, consider getting rubber soled work boots, such as Justin ropers or even some fancy Lucchese boots with crepe soles. You can be stylish and safe at the same time, and you’ll keep cowboy boots from getting banned across the country!