Characteristic style features
Clothing in the style of the country is characterized by calm pasteltons. The main colors are beige, gray and brown. The buttons are often made of wood or metal.
Country has quiet and free silhouettes: sarafans, blouses, dresses, skirts to the floor, wide cardigans and sweaters. All of them are sewn from natural material - wool, tweed, cotton, flax. Cowboy style is perfect for knitted fabrics, lacework and lace. Very popular are all kinds of patterns, rustic or ethnic ornament, which are complementary to clothing. To finish it is possible to carry a lacing, beads, applique, a fringe or an embroidery about which it was spoken earlier.
About farmers and cowboys, Americans are reminded of leather trousers, which have fringes on each side, and scarves tied around the neck and wide junks. Today, handkerchiefs are used as accessories, and before that they firstly performed the function of protecting against the sand hit the scruff of the neck. The attribute of the style of the can not replace - a hat with a cord and wide margins. Lace held his hat while riding and did not let her fly off the head of the rider. Another distinctive feature of the cowboy wardrobe is a cowboy shirt. Girls preferred to wear light-colored blouses with wide sleeves, reminiscent of flashlights. And her beautiful legs were covered with long cotton sweaters. Dresses were mostly made of chintz, sewing in front of the apron, which had large sleeves at the level of the hands.
Create an image by our own forces
To date, almost no one wears cowboy clothes, not counting people who are keen on horseback riding. After all, such clothes are very comfortable. It does not move, and the material from which it is made, breathes well, so that it becomes possible to actively spend your rest and not worry about the consequences. Things of this material are suitable for work at the dacha or rest on barbecue.
Modern young people often like to arrange a dressed party, and for this it does not need to look for a suitable occasion. It's enough to wait for Halloween and put on your favorite costume. If you decide to attend such an event and be on it as a cowboy, the tips given below will help you.
- First, throw stereotypes out of your head. To put on a country outfit does not at all mean to look like real cowboys. The appearance of a traditional style was a necessity for the wild west. These conditions were dictated by life itself. However, in order to create a famous image today, it is enough to mix modern clothes with clothes of past years. In the world there are many different directions of the western, for example, "Tex-Mex", "city cowboy", "Rodeo" and many others. You just need to decide which option to choose and go on holiday.
- Do you want inspiration? Remember the pop culture: Johnny Cash and Tim McGrohe were the brightest representatives of this style of clothing. Find movies and western wilds. Look at what heroes are walking around, pay attention to certain things, but do not forget about your individual style. If you stop your eyes on jeans, try to choose wide models made of smooth and at the same time hard material. The color is better to choose blue or any other, as close to it as possible. Denim shorts, made with your own hands, perfectly complement the image.
- Patches and various gaps are characteristic features of country style. Therefore, it is recommended to wear clothes that have such elements. You can make patches on your own - cut pieces of cloth from other clothes and sew in different places.
- A hat with wide margins, a leather strap with a massive badge, a shirt in a box - are an indispensable attribute of a real cowboy. The shirt can be made of denim.
- Girls need to pay attention to dresses made of chintz, blouses with sleeves-lanterns of light tone and flared long skirts. Do not bypass the apron with wide pockets in front, which women of the wild west so loved to wear.
- Cowboy shoes, like the rest of the clothes, were as comfortable and practical as possible, so it's better to stop looking at the boots with pointed noses. Young ladies are recommended to pay attention to sandals, sandals or high-heeled shoes with straps or lacing.