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Western wear is a category
of men's and women's clothing which derives its unique
style from the clothes worn in the nineteenth century
American West.
Western wear ranges from accurate historical reproductions
of pioneer, mountain man, Civil War, cowboy and vaquero
clothing to the stylized garments popularized by singing
cowboys such as Gene Autry and Roy Rogers the 1940s
and '50s.
The most elaborate western wear is the custom work
created by rodeo tailors such as Nudie Cohen, which
is characterized by elaborate embroidery and rhinestone
decoration. (See also Nudie suit.) This type of western
wear, popularized by country music performers, is
the origin of the phrase Rhinestone Cowboy.
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