That’s one way to dip a toe into the movement: a pair of the official state footwear of Texas. Evolved from the equestrian boots popularized in Spain and Mexico with a slim toe and raised heel meant to slide in and out of the stirrups of a saddle, the first American cowboy boots are said to have originated in Texas or Kansas in the late 1800s, around the same time Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis were stitching together their first pair of blue jeans a few states westward. Apple, meet pie.
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