What would you have worn if you lived in the Old West? It depends on who you were: * Native Americans made clothing from rabbit fur, deerskins, buffalo hides, and plant fibers. They decorated their clothing with beads, porcupine quills, fringe, and feathers. * Farm women wore calico dresses, cotton aprons, and wide-brimmed prairie bonnets. Some farm women sheared sheep, spun wool, and sewed clothing for their whole families. * White fur trappers and frontiersmen often dressed like Native Americans, in deerskins, moccasins, and buffalo robes. They also wore thick woolen shirts and trousers. * Gold miners needed strong, sturdy clothing, like the tough denim jeans made by Levi Strauss and Company. * Cowboy gear included leather chaps, boots, and bandanas. Cowboys used their tall, wide-brimmed hats for protection from sun and rain and sometimes to carry water. * Women of the Southwest put on lacy head coverings called mantillas and wore embroidered mantas, or shawls. * Children often went barefoot in the West, because shoes were expensive. Some westerners made their own shoes and moccasins out of animal skins. Read more about fashions of the Old West--from buckskins to sunbonnets to sombreros--in this fascinating book!