!: Coupon Mens Old Gringo Boots: October 2011

!: Women's Western Boots Buying Tips

Women's cowboy boots come in many different styles and colors. Don't be in a rush to choose your new pair. It takes time to research the topic and understand the different features and benefits of different materials.

If you plan to shop online and then purchase your women's western boots locally or regionally so that you can try them on, see them in a mirror, and walk in them to gauge their level of comfort, find manufacturers and retailers online by searching on (as one example) "womens+western+boots+_______ (your home town or nearest major city)". That will narrow the search to within driving distance.

If you don't care about trying on your new women's western boots before purchase - knowing that the return guarantee will be honored if you don't walk in them outdoors or wear them more than the brief moments it takes to try them on and see how they look - you can search more broadly on-line. Simply leave off your home town and nearest major city from the formula shown above. But when you search in this way, don't be surprised to find over two million returns! Women's western boots are a fashion statement that spans the globe.

While on-line or in a store, your next line of inquiry - after finding the pair of boots you want - is to find out about the care and maintenance of your new pair of women's western boots. Unlike other footwear, western boots require dedicated care and maintenance to keep them "healthy and whole" from wearing to wearing.

Because most fashionable women's western boots are made from animal hides or skins (except in a few instances where the are made from less-expensive composite, man-made materials), when you bring a pair home you have to think of them as "living" boots. Remember: They are made of hide or skin. Each has unique qualities and both require additional care and maintenance. Skins can very quickly dry out, crack and separate if left unprotected by special care and maintenance products. And animal hide women's western boots "breathe" (have pores in them), so their care and maintenance requires products that do not clog the pores or damage the hide.

You can find care and maintenance wisdom on-line under Frequently Asked Questions or by going to the CONTACT US link found at most websites. If you're shopping locally (or e-mailing), don't be embarrassed or afraid to confess, "This is my first pair of women's western boots of this particular type and I want to know from an expert how to care for them so they'll last a long time." It happens all the time. If your salesperson can't or won't take the time to tell you, ask to see the manager or shop somewhere else. If the seller wants your trust and return business, he or she invest enough quality time with you to underline the precise protocol required for the pair of boots you want to buy, and the products required to follow the guidelines.