![]() ![]() I think they’re cute, I think you can work them into other outfits, but every year I find I cannot bring myself to spend any money purchasing them. I have lived in Calgary my whole life and I still don’t own cowboy boots. Second Step: Spend a small amount of money on accessories. Remember this maxim: just because you can doesn’t mean you should. This is especially true if the denim shorts are of a length where the pockets extend below the “hemline,” and I use that term loosely. Well, I would extend that to shorts in general but then I usually get stridently humourless messages about the wonders of shorts, so I will leave it at denim cut-offs. I don’t know if such a party exists outside of Alberta, but hey, if it does, I’ve got you covered.įirst Step: Ditch the denim cut-offs. Cut-off denim shorts are universally unflattering. If you’re not, though, maybe you have a Western-themed costume party you need to attend this summer. Typically, I think of the week of Stampede as the week that Calgary loses all fashion sense, while people walk around embracing their inner cowpoke by wearing tight high-rise Wranglers, giant belt buckles, and shirts with sunset and/ or howling wolf motifs. I always want to get into that festive Western spirit, and yet I a) don’t want to spend any money to do it, and b) I don’t want to look like an idiot and/or what my friend Jen (HI JEN) euphemistically calls a “woo girl.”īe the change you want to see in the world, I say, and so here are three outfits that you can pull together inexpensively and with things you probably already have in your closet that will get you in the Stampede spirit. Last Friday the school hosted it’s annual Stampede Breakfast it’s a year-end tradition that is greatly anticipated by all the staff and students, and of course my kids were no exception.Īs I dressed that morning, I thought of all the years I’ve spent disparaging Stampede or Western wear.
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