The cowboy aesthetic and Western inspiration had long permeated American fashion from the days of Western movies to the commercialization of country music.
While the cowboy-core aesthetic might seem new, it has popped up at various points in the luxury fashion conversation.
In 2021, Olivier Rousteing put his spin on fashion seen in classic American Western films, reimagining the look in a collaboration with Netflix’s “The Harder They Fall,” an action movie about Black cowboys.
Misbin was contacted by one of Beyoncé’s stylists to create the hat, which features glass tiles attached by hand, in five days.