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If you love chaps, you probably love “all things cowboy.”If so, following is a list of five cowboy movies where you are more likely than not to spot some awesomely authentic chap wearing ranging from shotgun chaps and batwing chaps to chinks and woolies.Check out some fierce fashion statements:Dances with Wolves provides a great look at the formal look of chaps as Lieutenant John Dunbar grapples with the fork in the road between civilization and immersion into the Sioux tribe.Once Upon a Time in the West not only studies the clash of three men as they struggle for rank in a western background, but it showcases some awesome cowboy apparel including the ever-famous oil-slick duster.Shane is a timeless classic that encapsulates everything mysterious about the west including the mysterious title character. Check out some of the buckskin, fringes, and rawhide and (more…)

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Typically when one hears the word “chaps” the mind rushes back to the days of the cowboy out on the trail roping cattle, weathering the elements, or just trying to earn an honest day’s wages.And while those images would be pretty spot on, there are some images that are not quite as common.Surprisingly, riders who ride horses in the English style of riding (opposed to the classically western-saddled theme) also wear chaps. (more…)

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The American cowboy seems to be slowly becoming a thing of the past.Gone are the days of cattle ranching when men herded cattle by horseback from their summer high country grazing pastures to the more protective lower winter plains the process now being replaced more and more by motor vehicles or helicopters.But in the late 19^th century men needed to protect their legs from the harsh terrain they encountered as they herded cattle by horseback oft times being forced to rub against cactus, thorns, sage, or other abrasive brush as they moved herds in some very rugged terrain.Borrowing from their Spanish and Mexican counterparts, the American cowboy soon learned that the wearing of chaps something that Mexican vaqueros designed in the early 1800s would protect their legs while riding.And since a cowboy’s legs were almost as critical to him and his effectiveness at his job as his horse, (more…)

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