#western-wear

#western-wear

We could speculate as to why- the current political climate, the search for something meaningful in a disconnected digital landscape that deprioritizes the physical for an assortment of dopamine pixels, how hot everyone is in and -but we'll leave that for the cultural anthropologists in future decades. Right now, we're just happy to wear boots. For Esquire, western wear goes beyond flash-in-the-pan cultural moments. It may be currently on trend, but it's always been in style.

Boasting the rodeo-ready title of the largest Western retailer in the United States, Boot Barn beat Wall Street expectations in its quarterly earnings report on Wednesday. The company reported a net sales of $505.4 million, a 18.7% increase from a year prior. Boot Barn's share price has increased by more than 50% over the past 12 months, and is up over 27% year-to-date.

When Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge 's Uber pulled up around 1:30 on the last Saturday afternoon of August, Alcala's was packed for its annual Labor Day weekend sidewalk sale. There were about 100 customers outside and another 100 inside eating free tacos while perusing the merchandise. Judge unfolded a baby stroller, strapped in his infant daughter, Nora, then headed in with wife Samantha. Teammate Anthony Volpe and his girlfriend were there, too.