ABSTRACT
There was a time when only cowboys wore cowboy boots. Their transition into the mainstream began when country singers adapted them as a vital component of onstage dress. Then, in the mid-1970s, they permeated into the disco scene thanks to the likes of Andy Warhol. The popularity of cowboy boots continued to rise up through the urban cowboy craze engendered by the film of the same name starring John Travolta. Demand nationwide dropped off sharply in the mid-1980s, however, though boots-as part of the solidly entrenched western wear industry-have remained a staple in the South and West as well as the blue collar population across the United States.
