The first American cowboys probably wore Wellingtons or Hessian boots.
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Boots, typically Hessian boots with heart-shaped tops and tassels were mainstay in men's footwear.
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Leather boots similar to Wellington's original Hessian boots have been marketed in North America as " Ranch Wellingtons " or " Western Wellingtons ".
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When describing the appearance of Vanity Fair, in a scene set in England during the Napoleonic Wars, Joseph Sedley is described as wearing Hessian boots.
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The song specifically mentions Hessian boots ( note that W . S . Gilbert's rhyme presumes the older pronunciation of Hessian ( compare " Russian " and " Prussian " ):
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A painting of Sir Foster Cunliffe by John Hoppner shows him standing full length in a wooded landscape, wearing an archer's uniform, with green coat, buff yellow breeches and hessian boots.
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Ellen Moers, in her discerning 1960 study " The Dandy, " notes that Brummel impressed not by flamboyance but by the rigid perfection of his spotless linen, simple ornaments, polished Hessian boots, a plain blue jacket and a cravat inimitably folded.
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Debussy was far from impressed by the results : " We are bound to admit that nothing was ever more dreary than the neo-Wagnerian school in which the French genius had lost its way among the sham Wotans in Hessian boots and the Tristans in velvet jackets . " Debussy strove to avoid excessive Wagnerian influence on " Pell�as " from the start.
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Usually, this uniform consisted of a short jacket known as a " dolman ", or later a medium-length " attila " jacket, both with heavy, horizontal gold braid on the breast and yellow braided or gold Austrian knots ( " s�jt�s " ) on the sleeves, a matching pelisse ( a short-waisted over-jacket often worn slung over one shoulder ), coloured trousers, sometimes with yellow braided or gold Austrian knots at the front, a busby ( " kucsma " ) ( a high, fur hat with a cloth bag hanging from one side, although some regiments wore the shako ( " cs�k?" ) of various styles ), and high riding boots ( often Hessian boots ).