Lammle’s Western Wear & Tack

Hooray for cowboys! This is the best place in Calgary to find cowboy boots weather you are new to the city or a country veteran. Tons of western wear available here, it isn’t just cowboy boots! The staff are so friendly and willing to look up other locations that specific boots are available if their store doesn’t carry them. I love that all of their boots are out in the open available for you to try on! Decent price for leather boots!

This year I had a different job at a new company that was going to provide me with the need to get decked out on an almost daily basis for Stampede. So, being the procrastinator that I am, off I went to Lammle’s the day before it all started.
OMG was it busy at this location! I was almost overwhelmed by the people, the line, the selection until I realized how quickly people were finding things and being helped. The line was moving really fast!
I picked up a shirt and a hat in record time… they had a lot of choice in terms of styles and size — something everyone could feel comfortable in whether you are a conservative dresser or like to let it all hang out for Stampede (for the record I’m the former more than the latter). While some stuff seemed expensive to me, the quality is definitely there and the prices for clothing at least, were on par with some online sites I had been to.
Bonus: They were collecting donations for the recent Alberta flood at the till and asking everyone in a classy, non pushy way. They were also very upbeat and friendly despite how insanely busy it was.
I’ll definitely come back to beef up the Stampede wardrobe… and perhaps not do it at the last minute.

There’s a lot of Western wear stores to choose from in Calgary, but Lammle’s is a traditional favorite. I don’t think I’ve set foot in one of these shops since the last time I was on a horse, which was ages ago, so it was nice to revisit my equestrian and Albertan roots! Lammle’s has a huge selection of everything: shirts, boots, jeans, hats, belts, and yes, tack. I only went in for a hat and pair of cowboy boots, and was totally overwhelmed by the selection — but it was easy to find something I liked. The staff is very helpful, which I appreciated because the store was exceptionally busy as it was the first day of Stampede. I think the prices at Lammle’s are reasonable because all their product is good quality, but you will find a range of affordable to expensive pieces depending on what you’re looking for. I’ll always be a fan!

November Challenge — ¹⁹⁄₃₀
Do not go in here unless you are prepared to buy boots.
Repeat: Do not go in to Lammle’s unless you are prepared to buy boots. Because a very nice, but rather aggressive (but in a nice way!) saleslady will try to get you to buy boots. Any boots. And you will feel compelled to buy them because of her niceness.
Good thing being vegan gives me an easy out of this situation! No leather boots for me, even if I can get «Hot Dang!» stitched on the sides… which… TEMPTING.
Lammle’s is a wall to wall Texas North emporium of everything cowboy, if, that cowboy owned the ranch and wasn’t a mere ranchhand trying to scrape together a living so he could buy collar clasps. I didn’t even know collar clasps existed, but now I feel like I kinda need them. The clothes are very Marty McFly as Clint Eastwood in BTTF3.
Besides western wear, Lammle’s also carries a lot of beautiful and unusual jewelry, both costume and slightly more refined. I picked up a very nice peacock pendant here.
Solid 3, Lammle’s!

I have purchased pretty much every stitch of my western wear wardrobe here. My cowboots? From Lammles. My cowboy hats? From Lammles. My very nice looking western shirts? Lammles. I’ve bought books here, I’ve bought jeans, I’ve bought bolo ties. I AM A FAN!
Every time that I enter this store I am greeted in a very friendly manner. There are always enough staff on hand to help me out. I especially love the service from Michelle, a very bubbly complimenting gal! I’m on a first name basis with most of the staff, but if Michelle is working she’s the one that is going to be helping me.
So if you want tremendous service, selection and western hospitality you have to shop here!

There are visions synthesized in heads of fellow Canadians when you mention the city of Calgary. Indeed one of these associations must be the ode to all things cowboy/​cowgirl, the Calgary Stampede. From what I have gathered from my time here, the Stampede appears to be some preserved tradition that celebrates the spirit of the city and its preservation has nothing to do with the dollars it brings in year after year into the city. In celebration of the wild west, some of us don our cowboy/​cowgirl finest much to the delight of some and simultaneous chagrin of other Calgarians.
For a long time I despised the cowboy theme. Perhaps it was because my roots belong to that rival city to the north where anything Calgary is shunned and despised. However, as one settles in this city and time flies by the next thing you know you start trying on western wear as a joke or for fun. More time passes and you begin to realize how comfortable cowboy boots can be and you find yourself at Lammle’s eyeing the latest pair of python-​skinned man boots and trying to justify the $ 250 price tag in your once logical mind.
The selection here, and at most Lammle stores, is pretty amazing. Enough cowboy hats to supply a Stephen Ave confederate arm… er… police force. More pairs of cowboy/​cowgirl boots than at a country and western bar. The service is great, pleasant and very patient. The price is ridiculous, but then again what do I really know about cowboys. Maybe this is the price that the market will bare, after all this is the wild west!
However, I do know this. If you are looking somewhere fun to window shop or for great Stampede wear or if you want to look like Mantracker, Lammle’s should be on your list of places to visit.
¹⁴⁄₃₀ — Unilocal 30 Day Challenge

Although western wear & Sapna G. DO NOT belong in the same sentence, I can most definitely appreciate a store like Lammle’s.
Although some people frequent this store on a regular basis, it’s safe to say at least every Calgarian has had ONE encounter with Lammle’s, especially during the 10 day stretch known as The Calgary Stampede.
Lammle’s carries everything from Cowboy boots, vests, plaid shirts, all the way to yes, ye ol’ Cowboy hat. It’s a very handy store to have in town and I know some people (a few too many) who swear by this store all year round.
Although Lammle’s isn’t my #1 wardrobe destination, I can admit that it’s got an array of Western wear like nobody’s business. You wanna giddy up? Get to Lammle’s.

Every Calgarian eventually has to go through the ritual of finding SOMETHING to wear for Stampede. As I said in my review of that event, most Calgarians are not in fact real cowboys… And in the art of pretending, we need to search out the real, authentic Cowboy gear.
Don’t get me wrong: Lammle’s is the real deal and has plenty of locations in the outliers of Calgary and Alberta to prove it. But this location is meant for business people and tourists.
What that does mean is excellent service. I came by in off season, when I needed some clothes for a western themed office party. The service I got was prompt and friendly, and I got all the pieces I needed to fill in the blanks of my outfit. There were tons of hats in different shapes, sizes and price points, and tons of flannel for men and women (denim too, but I didn’t look at that).
There were lots of Cowboy boots: walls of them, all made of leather, all really quite expensive. If I’m paying $ 300 for boots, it’s going to be for boots I wear more than two weeks of the year. They also had leather belts and tons of hilarious belt buckles, and to finish it all off, fake sheriff badges for the lawmaker in all of us.