C&I Blog

Rocketbuster Boots may be celebrating its 20th anniversary, but its boot designs only become more innovative with each passing year. While browsing the website, as I often do when in the mood to pick out a pair of dream boots, I came across one of the latest designs that I had to share: The Wall Streeter Tall Tops, a Western take on the wing-tipped oxford. The brogue-style boots sport “W” wing-tipped toecaps, perforated seams, and traditional oxford lacing up the backs.

Be sure to enter our Best of the West sweepstakes for a chance to win a $1000 gift certificate towards a pair of Rocketbusters.

I am in love with this multi-strand necklace designed by Rocki Gorman as an exclusive piece for Ranch at the Rim. It not only balances bold layering and refined elegance, it’s also just the right blend of brights and browns. This necklace is the perfect color to pair with your summer-spring wardrobes, but not so vibrant that it’s too loud for fall.

Today the historic Pendleton Woolen Mills makes everything from bedding to apparel to furniture and decor, but it all started in 1909 with Indian trade blankets. Pendleton originally made blankets for the Nez Perce Indians, but as trade expanded to other tribes, Pendleton kept its customers in mind. Its studies of the local and Southwestern tribes’ weaving traditions and surveys of their textile preferences resulted in the vivid, Native-inspired designs that Pendleton is still known for today. If your style correlates with that of the original Pendleton consumer, I am sure you will love Pendleton Home Collection’s latest fall bedding, woven in pure virgin wool, as much as I do. Here are some of my top picks:

The Turquoise Trail blanket collection, a brilliant color-pairing of turquoise, golden-tan, and fuchsia woven in the tradition of the Navajo stripe blankets of the late 1800s, is one of my favorite wool collections. This bedding is named for New Mexico’s National Scenic Byway that was deemed the Turquoise Trail by the Native Americans who first mined the stones along this route more than 2,000 years ago.

I also love the more versatile tapestry design of the Rock Springs collection. The darker colors, faux leather piping, and smaller geometrics give it a sense of sophistication, and it pairs perfectly with the striped Adobe Canyon coordinates and the Chimayo throw, inspired by the textiles of Chimayo weavers.

But my top pick has to be the hacienda-styled Los Ojos bedding. Incorporating Spanish colonial and Native American design aesthetics, this design incorporates Spanish crosses, diamond ojos (eyes) patterns, and symbols of the Navajo Four Mountains of Creation. And its classic black and ivory color combination emphasizes the bold simplicity of the pattern.

Pendleton’s bedding collections come in three sizes with custom monogramming and embroidery options, and to complete your room in whichever style you choose, Pendleton makes toss pillows, throws, rugs, room decor, and furniture pieces that coordinate with its bedding collections.

If you know anything about Western style, you're undoubtedly already acquainted with Coreen Cordova (if not, follow the link to read an enchanting article from our December 2009 issue). And if you're any kind of cowboy boot aficionado, you know Back at the Ranch means top-of-the line. So when the two of them get together, it's a formidable combination.
Jewelry lovers should take note: here's an opportunity to double your fun when Coreen Cordova's Trunk Show drops in on Back at the Ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico. You can get a eyefull of everyone's favorite Western charms from until August 15th.
FYI: Back at the Ranch, 209 E. Marcy St., Santa Fe, New Mexico, 505.989.8110