Hats

What more do you need than cowboy boots and hats? Okay, okay — so there may be some necessary items besides these two things… like food and water. But it’s hard to contain our excitement about all things western wear. If you’ve visited Allens Boots — online or at one of our two Austin stores [...]

Calgary police officers working in the city’s downtown area are about to get a change to their uniform: cowboy hats! A friend of ours forwarded us an article from CTV.ca that talks about this exciting bit of news and explains why they decided to make cowboy hats part of the uniform. Officers up until now [...]

A Wichita Falls, Texas western wear store closed in 2006 after being open since 1953, and the owner’s amazing collection of over 500 cowboy hats will be preserved at the Museum of North Texas History. Great news indeed for such a legendary part of Wichita Falls history. The store was Cow Lot Western Wear, and [...]

Summer is here, and so are cowboy hats! Talk about classic style: Cowboy hats are seriously practical, as they protect a person from the sun and other weather elements. Shield your eyes and skin from the sun, or fan yourself with the hat — in the hot summer weather, cowboy hats really come in handy. [...]

We loved the recent article in Missouri’s Lake Sun Leader that talked about why we wear hats (including cowboy hats!). As we all know, cowboy hats and other hats keep us safe from sunshine, rain, falling rocks and debris, and they can also help keep us toasty. First a practical part of the wardrobe, hats [...]

Straw Cowboy Hats are a Summer Favorite Straw cowboy hats are useful for more than just wrangling cattle.  They are the perfect hat for when the weather gets warm.  Not only are straw cowboy hats very functional in the summer; they are also quite fashionable. Straw Cowboy Hats Keep You Cool Straw cowboy hats provide [...]

Cutting Horse Adds Spice to CEO Life There was an article in Fortune Small Business Magazine today about a woman who is CEO by day and a Rodeo Queen by night. Yes, you are reading this correctly. According to the article, Anita Lind Janssen spends her days as CEO of a company that handles asset [...]

Cowboy Museum’s Annual Memorial Day Event The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, located in Oklahoma City, will be celebrating its 18th Annual Chuck Wagon Gathering and Children’s Cowboy Festival this Memorial Day weekend. The festival will run from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm on both Saturday, May 24th and Sunday, May 25th. Dressing like [...]

Japan Loves Cowboy Boots The Japanese have always been lovers of western world fashion, so it should be no surprise that this includes cowboy boots. Cowboy boots can be seen all over Japan from the casual hang-out spots of the teenagers and young adults to the high-rise office building full of professionals in their late [...]

It’s that time of year again…the 2008 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo will be here in no time, so stock up on plenty of cowboy boots and cowboy hats from Allen’s Boots. Even if you can’t rope a steer or ride a bull with the best of them, you can still dress like a cowboy. [...]