Beautiful, soft western chaps (pronounced shaps). These are actually leather leggings worn as protection against the weather, rocks, brush and harsh weather conditions, but also worn in the show rings as equitation style chaps.

There are other styles of chaps also. The "Shotgun" style chap is a tight-legged chap and many motorcycle riders prefer this style.

The "Chinks" are a short chap that ends just below the knee.

And of course there is the Angora Chap "Woolies" which is covered with long Angora goat hair. These chaps really do a great job keeping your legs warm in the most severe areas of the country.

Please Note: These brown colored chaps shown here in the picture on the right are a tad bit darker than they actually are.

Chaps are worn BELOW the waist of jeans or pants. They actually hang off the hips.

What Color Chaps Will Flatter My Horse?
Neutral colors are the western wear equivalent of the "little black dress". Navy or midnight blue, forrest green, taupe or a rust behaves like a neutral also.

Men should wear neutrals: black, gray, sand, beige, buckskin or rust and browns

Black absorbs light and minimizes movement of your legs and thighs.

If your horse is a bay: Choose from greens, aquamarine, goldenrod, beige and black. Avoid all blues except aquamarine and avoid all browns.

If your horse is a red dun choose from all greens, aquamarine, blues, brown rusts peach and black. Avoid orchid, periwinkle, sky blue, cornflower, all other browns, red rusts, orange rusts, goldenrod, yellow, taupe and sand.

If your horse is sorrel choose from all greens, blues, melon, peach, sand and black. Avoid all reds, all pinks, all red rusts, all orange rusts, all browns, taupe, buckskin and yellow.

If your horse is a chestnut choose from all greens, blues, all browns, all rusts, taupe, peach, sand, cream and black. Avoid mulberry and maroon.

If your horse is palomino choose from all greens, aquamarine, navy and midnight blue, purples, all browns, taupe and black. Avoid all rusts, all reds and all pastels except green.

If your horse is black, gray or grulla choose from greens, aquamarine, all purples, all reds, all pinks, butter yellow, yellow, tauple, brown, gray and black. Avoid turquoise blue, cadet blue, cornflower, sky blue, beige and buckskin.

If your horse is a buckskin choose all greens, blues, purples and black. Avoid red, mulberry, orchid, sky blue, cornflower, cadet blue, all browns, orange rusts, peach, goldenrod, yellow, taupe and sand.