Calico Dresses and Buffalo Robes: American West Fashions from the 1840s to the 1890s (Dressing a Nation: The History of U.S. Fashion)

What would you have worn if you lived in the Old West? It depends on who you were! For example Native Americans made clothing from rabbit fur deerskins buffalo hides and plant fibers. They decorated their clothing with beads porcupine quills fringe and feathers. However cowboy gear included leather chaps boots and bandanas. Cowboys used their tall wide-brimmed hats for protection from sun and rain and sometimes to carry water. Read more about fashions of the Old Westfrom buckskins to sunbonnets to sombrerosin this fascinating book!