The man who invented the cowboy shirt

by Jeremy on 4/9/2008

in General

I do not apologize for saying, once again, that obituaries are the cutting edge of modern journalism. I get my best ones in The Economist, which has a knack for doing right by the sung and the unsung. Case in point: Jack A. Weil, the man who puts snaps (press-studs), fancy yokes, pocket flaps and deep cuffs onto the western shirt and turned it into a fashion icon.

I’ll pay proper homage next time I’m in Denver and not dead.

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Eats Wombats September 6, 2008 at 1:01 pm

Well, well. The first thing the cowgirl noticed, she claims, was my blue denim shirt with pearl snaps. I think she coveted the shirt. I wonder what happened to it?

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