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![]() Cowboy chicBy Consuelo Romeo (That's Shanghai)
Updated: 2006-09-13 13:54 ![]() In New York, Ralph Lauren has been very successful with RRL, a line of clothing with a vintage Western feel. Marc Jacobs, one of the Europe's hottest designers, has obviously researched the Wrangler archives and reinvented some classic cowboy wear from the late 1940s and early '50s. DSquared, on the other hand, a very unconventional Italian label designed by a Canadian duo, has indulged its buckaroo fantasies with a Summer 2006 collection featuring denim pants, boots, broad hats and even a leather apron to keep your jeans clean while you shoe your horse. This nostalgic cowboy collection has been one of the season's best sellers in Italy and around the world. "The cowboy is the guy version of the 'blonde'," says Dan Caten, one half of the DSquared design team. "It's a classic icon of manliness; all guys relate to it." As part of the cowboy look, vintage denim, Western hats and brown boots are back in town. The boots themselves are also, for the most part, available in traditional styles. But the current fashion is to individualize your style with, say, a tiered skirt dipping below the knee, and a classic plain white t-shirt worn under a denim waistcoat. The boots come in a wide range of materials from soft leathers, including ostrich, lizard and snake, to unidentifiable petroleum-based products.
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