Pearl-Snap Shirts

A Texas twist on the button-up, the pearl-snap shirt has been a wardrobe staple among the cowboy (and cowgirl) set since the fifties. Stitched yokes and flap pockets give it Western flair, while snaps, in lieu of buttons, allow it to be easily ripped off when tangled on barbed wire—or when aiming for dramatic effect. The mix of handcrafted duds and everyday workhorses below offers something for all budgets.

by Kristie Ramirez

December 2012

Photographs by Chris Plavidal

Back Talk

    Jason says: All these fancy shmancy, hi dollar, guilded, Nudie lookin, Christmas tree decorated, garments would never be within 10 miles of a barbed wire fence. If I showed up to pen cows in one of these my grandaddy would have laughed me outa the county. Can’t believe you left out the perrinial Wrangler blue denim, the REAL pearl snaps....as in "Cheap Bourbon Whiskey and Pearl Snap Shirts" (December 13th, 2012 at 8:11am)

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Tyler’s Clay Cavender named his wide-ranging line of men’s snap shirts (pictured above) after the ProRodeo Hall of Famer Larry Mahan. From $38; cavenders.com 

 

Nicole Musselman designed these limited-edition women’s silk shirts in her Oak Cliff studio for the holidays. The name of this collection, KOCH, is a nod to her mother’s family. $295; pennylaneonline.com 

 

Houston’s Hamilton, now run by fourth-generation siblings Kelly and David Hamilton, has hand-cut its bespoke men’s shirts out of its Houston workshop since 1883. $365 for a custom order; hamiltonshirts.com 

 

Dallas-based Stubbs makes private-label pearl-snap men’s and women’s shirts, some with sawtooth pockets, for Pinto Ranch Western Wear. $99.50; pintoranch.com

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