Relax, I've got cousins who dress like that, and we get along fine. But at family weddings and funerals they've never looked like Bud and Sissie heading to Gilley's. Not quibbling about everyday dress, just countering the myth that Texans don't know how to dress appropriately for certain occassions. Hey, if someone wants to have a them e or 'everyday dress' special occassion, more power to them. But that isn't the norm here, or anywhere for that matter.
No one gives a second look to KIKKer's (jeans, boots, and western shirts for our non-Houston readers) on the street, but if someone wants to get all costumed up(no matter what style), people are going to comment. 10-gallon hats look silly in an office building, same as fall-off-ya-butt slacks or S&M leather pants. If someone wants to show patriotism by wearing Lee Greenwood flag shirts everyday, good for them, but they shouldn't be shocked and flabbergast if others note that such dress isn't the typical Houston look.
I wear jeans boots and western shirts or blouses every day to work at my job and I am in the top administrative position for our branch of an international corporation. No hat, it'd mess up my hairdo (long, straight w/pouf on top and bangs like some of the older country singers used to wear). So...I guess you'd call me a KIKKer, but I'd prefer country girl. Hubby wears a white straw cowboy hat, but he is an area supervisor for a commercial electrical company, so the redneck look isn't out of place there...he's even got long hair that he keeps in a ponytail. And ugh...Gilley's...we don't do bars. We don't like the city, give us horses for neighbors any day.