A Texas tradition: Cowboy bootmaker 04:55. A bit of advice for anyone who hopes to be stepping out in custom-made cowboy boots like David Wheeler’s: Time is running out.

Design a unique pair of alligator-leather boots in your own personal colorway Three nights in the Lucchese Suite at the Hotel Drover, an Autograph Collection Hotel in Fort Worth Bonus gifts to ...

When I think of custom boots, I typically think cowboy. If you’re the same way, you better know Beck, the go-to for over-the-top custom cowboy boots. They aren’t gaudy, but authentically southern. You ...

He has personally made boots for a number of celebrities including John Wayne, Steve McQueen and Roy Rogers. Custom boots start at $1,800. The prices go up depending on the skin and design.

Mickey Mussett is a former advertising executive who found a new career as a bootmaker. Now, he's making custom cowboy boots out of his garage for clients that include Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper.

After 35 years, Smith knows a thing or two about custom made boots. "It's pretty much all I've done," he said. And the boots he makes aren't like just any off the shelf boot.

The Texas cowboy bootmaker’s shop is like a time capsule, filled with tools from the early 1900s that are used to handcraft custom boots. Brett Coomer/Staff photographer By R.A. Schuetz , Staff ...

This article is part of Texas Monthly’s special fiftieth-anniversary issue. Read about the other icons that have defined Texas since 1973. Henry Camargo opened Camargo’s Western Boots, in ...

I love cowboy boots. While I’m not a Texas native, I lived in the state for 12 years and they’re ubiquitous there, coming in all sorts of amazing, beautiful, practical, and unique iterations.

A Texas-based boot maker is taking custom-made alligator boots to the next level by giving customers the full experience of hunting their own bootleather. Starting this fall, Republic Boot Co. is ...