LIFE Magazine // American Cowgirls // 1940s

Last week I sold a pair of Tony Lama cowboy boots through Arrowhead. I wrote the buyer apologizing that they would ship late due to the current state of emergency declared over Georgia from the ice storm, worried I'd receive bad eBay feedback from slow shipping, even though there was no mail pickup for a few days.

Turns out the buyer doesn't need them til March, when RODEO SEASON in Houston begins. That's right, a pair of vintage boots I re-homed will be worn in a rodeo. I'm tickled by this to great lengths, and hoping the buyer will send me photos once they're put to use. They even signed their message "happy trails." Warmed my snow day heart.

I think this calls for some vintage cowgirl inspiration from one of my favorites, Messy Nessy Chic.