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Someone described our style sensibility as "classically modern bootwear designed with a twist
on the well-worn, tried-and-true traditional western boot" and we'd say that's just right.
The bottom line is that delaCav is dedicated to upholding the handcrafted art of bootmaking while offering directional western-inspired style, providing customized personal service and giving you the freedom to build a pair of boots that express your individuality!
Soon enough, you’ll find our beautiful bootwear in retail stores so you can gratify your passion
and strut your stuff all over town ASAP, but until then, enjoy discovering our bootwear collection online and learn how you can customize a pair of boots... or check out the personalize page for shortcut options.
We look forward to hearing from you!
about delaCav
When I was nearly nine years old, my father let me tag along on a visit to the Rios brothers boot shop in Raymondville, Texas. I’d never much thought about where or how a pair of boots were made, so watching Armando trace and measure each foot absolutely transfixed me.
After Dad & Armando settled on the details, I recall taking a walk around that shop and watching each craftsman at their art... the pattern-maker and cutter, the sewer and laster, the adornado who made a final check of each boot, rows of bright & sober-colored leathers and exotic skins rested on a shelf, the heady weight of glue in the air, the shiny threads turned by hand on an old industrial sewing machine as a pattern fleshed out on the shaft, the loud beating whirl of the belt sander on stacked leather heels being finished off to a fine shine, the hard slap-tap of lemonwood pegs securing the soles.
I was enveloped in the experience - the smells and the colors and the laughter and the mexican music playing on the radio.
As any self-confessed bootmonger will say... I caught the “boot bug” that day. I didn’t know it then... I only knew that I felt connected to all that the craft itself represented - the art, the stories and vibrant life to be lived in each well-worn sole.
This particular day took root inside me, it seems, and delaCav handcrafted bootwear was quietly and passionately conjured...
Thank you so much for your interest.
Suerte,
Christine de la Garza
President & Creative Director