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Q: Though I live in Washington, D.C., I was born and bred in Austin. I love shoes. I have a pair of cowboy boots from a proper Texas boot shop, but they just don’t cut it. I want Golden Goose cowboy boots. Is this a grave sin? Will wearing designer boots negatively affect my Texas bona fides? I love my state. I love being Texan. But I also love Golden Goose. Amil Sumaiya Malik, Washington, D.C.A: The shoe section of the Texanist’s wardrobe, readers may be surprised to learn, is an overflowing embarrassment of riches—though the Texanist’s missus has been heard to describe it more pointedly as an “overflowing embarrassment,” period. Either way, among its leathery bounty are two old pairs of brown rough-out ropers, a…

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