In an open plain, where there’s no shade to block the beating sun, a cowboy hat proves essential (along with a pair of cowboy boots and the right work pants). Cowboy hats, with their taller crowns and ...

This article is part of Texas Monthly’s special fiftieth-anniversary issue. Read about the other icons that have defined Texas since 1973. In 1973 a 10X-rated fur felt Resistol cowboy hat would’ve run ...

A prized Stetson is something special, but nothing beats a fully bespoke hat. Texans have been designing their own headgear for generations, but you wouldn’t know it from looking at TikTok, where ...