Julie Mahdavi Haley Zaleski’s bold red cowboy boots from TJ Maxx.

Haley Zaleski wore a silk cow-print skirt from Anthropologie, patchwork denim vest from American Eagle and bold red cowboy boots from TJ Maxx when we met. “I used my red cowboy boots as the staple piece for today’s outfit,” she said. “I love the Western vibe lately. It’s been a big inspiration for how I dress.”

Each element draws from a longer history. Cow print was popular in the 1960s and ’70s as part of the counterculture’s embrace of playful patterns. Denim jackets, a classic since the late 19th century when Levi Strauss first created durable workwear for miners and laborers, symbolize reinvention and timeless cool. Cowboy boots, designed in the 1800s for practicality on horseback, became icons of American pop culture

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