The Ultimate Western Gift Guide for Cowboys and Dreamers

Western aesthetics are ascendent for good reason: They scream old-school American cool. And while they may be on trend, the style is enduring and largely unchanged over the years — meaning, if you buy the right pieces, your Western-chic clothes, boots, hats and objets will never feel dated.

The first rule of cowboy couture is practicality: Classic Western shirts have snaps so that when cowboys got snagged on tree branches (as was wont to happen on long cattle drives through the wilderness), their buttons wouldn’t pop off. The seat on Wrangler jeans was never so constricting that you couldn’t spend a day in the saddle, with a high waist that wouldn’t dip in the back. (I wish more men would internalize this.)