On a warm night in September, the usual suspects of the fashion world—designers, influencers, magazine editors—filed into a new art gallery with a makeshift runway to watch leggy models in micro skirts strut their stuff to Sia’s “Unstoppable.” It easily could have been mistaken for a scene in New York or Los Angeles, save for a few tells: the word “y’all,” the cowboy boots. This was the first night of Fort Worth Fashion Week. Some outfit elements—fringe, metallic boots, turquoise necklaces—were what you might expect from a crowd in Cowtown, the nickname given to Fort Worth for its ties to the historic Chisholm Trail and its still-thriving cowboy culture. But there were plenty of fresh takes, too. One man donned a cowboy hat and striped tee…
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