Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter" tour has boosted interest in Western fashion, particularly cowboy hats. Chicago entrepreneur Mercedes Matz owns Maya James, a company selling handmade leather cowboy hats.

Larry McMurtry wanted Lonesome Dove to upend the traditional western novel. But the book, which was published forty years ago this month, elicited a different reaction than he expected. “To the public ...

Fans of Chappell Roan and bull riding brought a fashion parade of cowboy hats, and boots, to Kansas City over the weekend. Roan performed for thousands of fans on the lawn the National World War I ...