Product Spotlight: Tony Lama Lizard-Skin Square Toe Boots

This month, we’ve been focusing on cowboy boots that are a little different from your average boot. Instead of the typical cowhide leather boots, we’ve been discussing the other materials you can use to make a pair of beautiful boots. Crafted from lizard-skin, these Tony Lama boots are an example of stunning boots that use a more unique material.

We offer two great Tony Lama lizard skin boots for women, these beautiful turquoise cowgirl boots, and these classy brown cowgirl boots. Both boots are stylish, sassy and very elegant.

The turquoise cowboy boots come with a turquoise and tan lizard-skin foot and a tan shaft accented with an intricate turquoise and yellow floral stitching. The brown boots have a brown lizard-skin foot with a matching brown shaft with a tan floral stitched pattern.

Both boots come with a 1 and 3/8” height heel, an 11” upper and a leather outsole, perfect for a day of shopping, a night of dancing or any other activity you can think of. The inside of these boots is incredibly impressive, too: These boots come with Lama Comfort Technology, providing instant comfort and long-term durability. With a triple-density insole board, these boots offer the best in moisture management while still allowing for extraordinary breathability.

Which of these boots would you choose — brown or turquoise? Let us know in the comments!

Cowboy Boot Materials and Benefits

If you take a look around our store, you’ll notice that we offer a lot of boots that stray a little from the traditional cowhide leather cowboy boot. From ostrich to crocodile, there’s a whole world of cowboy boot materials out there, and we want to help you better understand the benefits of each type of material so you can choose the very best boots for your application.

Cowhide Leather — By far the most popular material for western boots, cowhide leather is great for outdoor work, and it allows your feet to breathe. Cowhide leather is loved because it’s more affordable than most other boot materials and it wears well over time.

Ostrich — A highly desirable skin for boots, this unique material comes in a few different styles: Full Pin Quill, Partial Quill and Smooth. Full pin quill is very bumpy, while partial quill comes with some bumpy parts and some smooth parts, and smooth skin has no bumps at all. Ostrich boots offer the best of all worlds: a unique look combined with high durability.

Lizard — Another great option for cowboy boots is lizard skin boots. These boots often come from the skin of hornback or alligator lizards and feature some great and unusual looks. Alligator lizard boots come with the added benefit of being easy to shine due to the skin’s hard tiles.

Snakeskin — Featuring small, ornate tiles, snakeskin boots produce very complex patterns that can’t be imitated by other types of skin. This beautiful material can come from many different types of snakes, including rattlesnake, python, cobra and others.

Of course, these aren’t the only types of materials that can be used to make cowboy boots. Some manufacturers make boots from elephant skin, alligator skin, eel skin, anteater, goatskin, bison, elk, shark and even kangaroo. Any natural leather can work well for cowboy boots, and some manufacturers even make boots from man-made materials to cut costs.

Which type of material would you most like your next boots to be made from? Leave us a comment and let us know!