Show Us Your Boots

Barbara Ells
They're right! Boots are a great fashion statement and really comfortable...

Crystal Hoffman
Hand me downs from Italy.

Suzanne Ortiz
I started collecting boots about 2 years ago, fell in love with them...

Nick King
Farm & Ranch. I wear them everyday at work.

Nancy Unfried
I purchased my Lucchese sting ray boots from Larry Jennings...

Mara Saubers
I found my boots @ the Barkin' Boutique for $25 - I was in one of the local...

PJ Schumacher
As I learned a long standing Western wear store in Denver was going out...

John P. Hall
Well it's Friday night in Santa Fe and we're out on the town visiting...

Beverly Schler
I am wearing my comfort boots, they are shoebooties…

Dorothy Boller Hall
I bought this pair of boots in Santa Fe in April 2001 when in the city

Dave Bleicher
These are my Lucchese "Summer Boots" - They're the softest...

Elaine DelValle
I bought Joan & David on sale 1987… I have always loved them...

Gail Rubin
My Nuevo Noche Rocketbuster Boots - I bought myself for a birthday present...

James Olson
I've worn these boots for over a decade, and now...

John Massopust
The only New Mexico boots to spend a week in the United States District ...

Susie Stone
I always wanted cowboy boots. When my sister was visiting...

Nancy Pendleton Brown
I needed a broken in pair of kickin' boots for the Kings of ...

Peter Cleary
These are Olathe riding boots that I bought in 2003. The spur straps ...

Annie
My whole life I have loved horses. Here in New Mexico...

Joan Zalenski, part 2
I bought these boots in 1970 from Judy Bowie's Boot Store in MYC...

Tlo Lowry
Always wanted a pair of flamingo boots, so I made them...

Dick Kimberley
I selected the pattern from an old catalog of his (Custom Paul Bond Boots)..

Joyce Jensen
These boots are all about my love affair with Italy and especially...

Anna Isenberg
My mom bought these baby ropers in Austin before my older sister...

Jacqui Johnston
These boots were my husband's and he outgrew them. I'd always...

Deana McGuffin, part 3
See other story...

Gloria Torres
Bought at a yardsale in Phoenix. Grandfather passed away...

Al S. Romero
No story, just like the cowboy-style. Have two pair of Lucchese.

Amy Hoban
These are my yellow alligator "Wendy boots" from Back at the Ranch...

Bill Sellon
Custom boots made by Tres Outlaws, ordered from Scott...

Alvin Schryvers (boot substitute)
At eight years old I started dancing polka, waltz, and 2-step...

Tim Wiglesworth
I purchased my Acme Rough-Outs in 1965 in Pittsburgh, K's...

Toby Yows
First pair at six years old. Current pair ostrich...

Anna Hansen
They have been in the Fiesta Parade with my (1979) horse lady...

Ashley Watson
I love turquoise, so I wanted to find boots that had that color as an accent...

Karen Nord
First pony and real cowboy boots came when I was seven...

Steve Bradley
I broke my ankle a week before a planned trip to Peru...

Richard S. Gale
Hand carved by Bob Brown, leather carver to Hollywood stars...

Bill Grady
Purchased 30 years ago in Jackson Hole for fly fishing excursions...

C. Jill Grady
25 years old - Purchased for anthropological fieldwork in the Sierra Madre...

Nathalie Kent
I designed them last year. Being French myself I was dreaming of...

Bob Smith
Originally not a Westerner, but from the Canadian Maritimes...

Rita B. Koerber
Growing up in Colo 50’s and 60’s, boots where my second pair of shoes...

Lorraine Brant
Bought these "mules" at a vendor exhibit directly from J.B. Hill himself...

Jerry Brant
JB Hill Boots - El Paso

Anne Anderson
My husband surprised me...

Ellen Levine
Bought these boots on e-Bay and fell in love...

Mary Lynn Horst
Second hand boots bought on eBay. Justin boots- wingtips...

Joan Zalenski
This pair was hand made special order by ML Leddy...

Bill Purifoy
I saw the same pair on my brother-in-law (Lucchese 1883).

Deanna McGuffin, part 2
Yellow and blue were designed by my student, Flo Lowry.

Allison Otto
This is my first pair of cowboy boots. I want to wear them everywhere.

Barbara Anderson-Acosta
Being from Texas, boots have always been a part of...

Shirley Jacobson
These boots are for my newest grandson, Alex Jacobson, 5 months...

Charles Rosacker
These boots were given to my Dad, Otis, by his Dad, John...

Joan Scheinberg
Years before we moved to Santa Fe we wandered into the Lucchese...

Gina Donnelly
I live in Germany, where you don't get any good cowboy boots. One time,,,

Herman Scheinberg, MD
Came to Santa Fe in 1993 after making a turn of the road to see...

Janet McVickar
My boots today are a throw-back to those first boots. Stories...

Tamara Wilson
I grew up in Illinois on a farm. Many of the farmers...

Samoa Wallach
These are my boots from my teenage years. I grew up a gringa...

Mike Trusty
My boots were made by Glen Hopson, Boot Hill Boot Co....

Octavio Villela
Octavio got a pair of boots for his first birthday. We found them...

Pele Saubers
Found these 1960s custom made Tex Robins boots at Cowboy...

Ron Baker
Bought my Tony Lama bone with wing-tip in 1993...

Keith Clark
I recently bought these boots from a friend at a fraction...

Kati Busby
Fell in love with my Mom's red boots she had from the late 30s.

Annie Benson
I found these vintage Lucchese Boots in "Frustrated Cowboy"...

Jan Duggan
I wear boots a lot--they're my favorite shoe to wear. And these...

Rhonda Faught
I've always worn boots. I'm from Deming, New Mexico where...

Linda Wiener
These boots were given to me by Joe Traugott in ...

Francelia Barnes
Can't take the tag off-- I'm the Imelda Marcos of boots.

Winda Jones
I saw them at the El Dorado Flea Market at Bob Quail's...

Zeke Beasley
Bought these Olathe Boots to replace my Hi-Top riding boots...

Adriene Simpson-Riddle
Used western antique store in Oregon, close to Canby.

Lisa Burns
80s Tony Lamas bought in El Paso, where I own a pecan farm.

Billy Schenk AKA Billy Famous
I stole the design concept for these from a book, then I ...

Lorraine Rotunno
You have to have boots in Santa Fe. They came from Western ...

Sumara Buchanan
The owner of these boots is a Trick Rider.

Gwendy Gugino
After wearing work boots at the Horse Shelter I decided to...

Lewis Wolf
Bought in Santa Fe at Indian and Cowboy Antique show...

Sherry and Emma Sanders and DL
Emma: cool third pair of boots. I am 4 years old...

John T. Morris
I wear boots "cowboy" every single day. I work with stone...

Lindsey Kane
I have a shoe/boot fetish!

Steven B. Campbell
My boots are from El Paso, Texas and are a reproduction of...

Nancy Allen
About 20 years ago I was up in Canon City, Colorado...

S. Kreiner
Traded boots. Traded money. 5 years old. Rocket Booter.

Laurie Kovach
They were bought for taking care of my horse named Badger...

Beverly Spears
I bought these Luccheses in about 2002, in El Paso...

Caroline
Consignment store find! Yippee!Consignment store find! Yippee!

Cord Cook
Bought these boots used at Double Take 10 years ago...

Mark Bagley
Prior to my retirement in New Mexico it was strongly suggested...

Inger Boudouris
Being Swedish born I've always been fascinated by old...

Mary Bagley
My Frye boots were purchased 20 years ago in Texas but now...

Laurel Wallace
I have cactus boots because I am cactus girl. My earlier...

Ruby Bloodstone
I went to an estate sale...the woman was having to go...

Spencer Kimball
Jack Pressler and I started collecting and selling vintage cowboy...

Chandra Manning
I have a cowboy boot fetish! They represent a lifestyle of hard...

Juana Lemus
30 year old red python hand made boots from Fort Worth...

Helen Torok
Hubby and I were on the road experiencing the USA...

Mona Van Riper
Tony Benattar from Liberty Boot Company made my silver...

Jason Alexander, Age 8
Boys vintage black boots with gold metallic butterfly inlays...

Karen and Dennis
Boots are made for walking. New ones just won't work.

Maxine Chelini
Totally impractical, I had to have them. 4" heels makes me...

Gregory Ross
Plain cowhide Justin Ropers purchased from Nicko's Shoe...

Deanna McGuffin
I'm wearing these because they are my next nicest pair, after...

Bob Montoya
I got these boots in 1955 from a friend in Oakland, California.

Albert Romero
These boots were made in Rios de Mercedes, Texas...

Liz Hughes
These boots were a birthday present from my girlfriend...

Nancy Brown
These boots are reminiscent of an OLD pattern of birds...

Anna Jane Hays
Every western woman needs at least one pair of cowboy boots...

Barbara Hays
Purchased at the Santa Fe Flea Market.

Susan Dilts
I bought these (used) after I moved to Santa Fe--but long before...

Thom Andrewz
From the Manuel Collection, originally designed for Salvador Dali.

Thad Brykalski
Desired a boot of muted blue-gray tonality. And, of course,,,,

Donald Woodman
These boots were purchased for the opening of Sole Mates as...

Amy Bianco
I found these boots at a yard sale in Sonora, California...

Suzanne Staley
I was in El Paso on business. My husband and I spotted...

Jack Pressler
A friend of mine, Roy Flynn, has a boot shop... Boots and Boogie...

Bunny Tobias
My black vintage "ropers" are from a funky shop in Madrid...

Ann Murdy
I bought these boots from Horse Feathers in Taos. I like ...

Mariann Lovato
These boots were borrowed from my boss, Ann Scheflen...

Bobbi Heller
Growing up in Australia, the boot of choice for jackaroos (cowboys)...

Doug Heller
My boots are like slippers for the daytime...

James Holmes
Custom made for me by Paul Bond in 2000.

Susan Holmes
'60s plain brown Hyer boots, box-toe. Purchased used at Hopalong...

Barbara Lenssen
Handmade in Antigua, Guatemala. 1980.

Spence Ralston
In 2005...heard that legendary bootmaker Paul Bond...

Jason Roberts
My fiance bought the boots for me in Playa de Carmen, Mexico...

Jupe Bounds
Tony Lama Boots purchase in El Paso, Texas...

Christmas Stocking Boots
Christmas Stocking Boots -- totally handmade...

Barbara Witemeyer
End of a trip Tarahmara land, looking for boots in Chihuahua...

Don Seeger
Stallion Boots from the Boots and Boogie shop here in Santa Fe.

Jan Denton
I was born in New Mexico but spent most of my life in California...

Rosemary Smithson
I bought these boots at Goler's shoe store near the Plaza...

Kay Carlson
These are my favorite boots. They have danced many times...

Roberta Syme
My pair of "working boots" (roughouts from TJ) that I wore...

Kay Zeman
For 25 years my husband and I traveled through the West...

Ethel Trimmer
No big deal. $22 boots from Ross in Santa Fe. I put them on...

Jacqueline Patrick
The first pair of boots I found that fit were gold...

Susan Lanier
I bought my boots in Boston at El Paso in 1971. Always wanted a pair...

Susan Berk
I love boots--a great change from Boston black, greys, blues PUMPS...

Sandra Pazanin
A friend was looking for boots, so I did some''pre-shopping"...

Nicholas Berhmann
My boots are part of my Santa Fe personna along with...

Matilde Bird
I bought my boots from "Rio's" almost 30 years ago...

Elisabeth W. Alley
30 year old boots. I am a Swedish cowgirl.

Jerry Rightman
While a student at UC Davis in the '60s I decided...

Patty Newman
My black Justin boots (circa 1974) were originally brown...

Claudia Grayson
These were the really comfortable ones found at the Santa Fe...

Stephanie Thomas
Barefoot or in boots, that's how I spent my childhood riding...

Carolyn Dillon
My first pair of boots given to me by my honey...

Mary Kershaw
I opted for fashion footwear inspired by cowboy boots for the moment...

Sal Arellano
My wife and I were avid square dancers. These were the last...

Sarah Henderson
I wear ropers with my skirts because they are comfortable and...

Peter M. Kershaw
These are my everyday working black boots. Compared to ...

Carole Kruse
For an Irish cailin from Dublin, I think my faux cowgirl boots...

Shelley Glantz
I started wearing boots while we were still living in Massachusetts ...

Fred Glantz
These boots were designed as a personal statement to ...

Jennifer Kilbourn
After scouting for a wearable pair to work Sole Mates Stomp...

Gerald Pitchford
These boots were made by Santa Fe bootmaker Tom Taylor...

Steve Moise
Ropers by Black Jack Boot Co. Purchased at Dan's...

Joseph Traugott
Boots are supposed to have pointed toes with squared-off ...

Tannis Eberts
I've worn boots since I could walk. I don't have bronzed baby shoes...

Sara Birmingham
Walking in a downpour in downtown Madrid, NM -- I was soaked...

Anthony Ortiz
My boots belonged to my Uncle, Mike Ortiz. He was a rancher...