stetson hats

Now, some folks say real cowboys wear straw cowboy hats in the summer and felt cowboy hats in the winter. Some will even go so far as to say straw after Easter, felt after Labor Day. We consider that just a tad too doctrinaire. And far be it from us to tell anybody who dons [...]

Heard any Christmas tunes in stores? You know what that means: It’s time to start thinking about the holidays. And when you’re ready to pick the perfect gifts for your family and friends, think Allens Boots. We’ve got western wear choices to delight everyone on your list. Of course, Western wear starts (or ends, depending on [...]

Ask any bonafide cowboy or cowgirl and they’ll tell it to you straight: a cowboy hat is one of the most important staples in any western folk’s wardrobe. Hats have long been a symbol of the frontier and they serve many purposes. They protect you from the killer Texas heat, serve as a perfect place [...]

Cowboys and cowgirls are synonymous in our collective imagination with heroes and villains of the Wild West, country music and strenuous ranch work. When it comes to apparel, cowboy hats are staples of the cowboy legend and a stylish complement to a great looking pair of cowboy boots and Western wear.   At Allens Boots, we [...]

At Allens Boots, we offer an excellent selection of cowboy hats such as Resistol hats to supplement our other Western wear.  ”Supplement” is actually really a bad word, because it suggests that we’ve thrown in our selection of Resistol hats to the mix willy-nilly.  The truth of the matter is, we’re every bit as proud [...]

Stetson hats are among the most popular cowboy hats across the world.  As if that wasn’t bold enough, we”re going to pile one enthusiastic statement on top of another: There’s no hat, in our humble estimation, more iconic.  Those two bits of praise, when combined, offer a bit of a chicken-and-egg dilemma: Which one makes [...]

We think it’s safe to say that when most people think of a cowboy, they picture him wearing a cowboy hat. It’s an integral part of Western lore, and it’s essential part of Western wear. Not only stylish, cowboy hats shield their wearers from the sun and rain and can fan air when it’s hot [...]

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 [...]

Here in Austin, we’re lucky to have a ton of interesting places to go and things to see, and it always seems like there’s something cool going on. So when we heard about the Cowboys and Presidents exhibit at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, we got pretty excited. Cowboys and Presidents will be [...]