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Braintan Buckskin Fashion Gallery
Traditional and Nontraditional Braintan Buckskin Clothing
Wear it Uptown, Downtown, or Out of Town!

Braintan buckskin is a timeless material, utilized by our ancestors for thousands of years. Nevertheless, the art of making clothing is subject to lifestyle changes and fashion trends. When the craft of braintanning was revived from a nearly lost art, most early braintanners looked to the mountain men and Native Americans for traditional buckskin clothing designs. People made beautiful, authentic clothing that was ideal for historical reenactments and primitive skills gatherings, but couldn't be worn downtown without becoming a spectacle. However, the emerging fashion trend is to make buckskin clothing for everyday wear - suitable uptown, downtown, or out of town.

Browse through the fashion gallery below to spark ideas for creating your own fashionable braintan buckskin clothing. Click on the images to load a slightly larger version in a new window. To submit your fashion photos to the gallery, please send us an email with your pictures, description, and permission. Thank you!

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Melvin Beattie, host of the video Tanning Spirit.	Plains-style braintan buckskin moccasins made by Melvin Beattie.	Liz Bergum's buckskin shorts.

Green University® LLC instructors Kris Reed and Emily Bartle with braintan buckskin clothes and buffalo robes.	Tayloring buckskin clothing in a Green University® LLC class.	Thomas J. Elpel with buckskin riding shorts and a vest.

Buckskin pants made by Woniya Thibeault.	Ladies show off their buckskin bras.	Woniya's buckskin hoodie.

Urban Abo Rudy Rogers with a buckskin vest.	Braintan buckskin archery wristguard by Rudy Rogers.	Rudy Rogers with braintan buckskin hoodie.

Vicki Hillstrom's braintan buckskin dress.	Buckskin Peter Pan pants by Kyle Chamberlain.	Ania Palinska's buckskin dress.

Michael Scott made a buckskin vest and shorts as a student at Green University® LLC	Michael tanning a bison hide at Green University® LLC.	Kevin Fray made a buckskin jacket at Green University® LLC.

Back of Sarah Bellum's braintan buckskin skirt and shirt.	Goat-face mask, by Kris Reed.	Front of Sarah Bellum's outfit.

Kerr Duson's buckskin skirt.	"Bone, shell, glass beads. Details - where the magic lives." -- Kerr Duson .	Kerr Duson's buckskin vest.

A nicely fitted buckskin hoodie.	Buckskin horseback riding clothes.	A hand-crafted buckskin hoodie.

David Kretzchmar's buckskin vest.	David's buckskin vest pocket.	David's buckskin vest walnut buttons.

David and Suzie Kretzchmar in buckskins.	Suzie's removable sleeves pulled back.	Suzie sleeveless.

Professional Wilderbabe Katie Russell with her buckskin hoodie.	Wearing meat dresses.	Green University instructor Kris Reed with his Buckskin Hoodie.

Lauren Ruth's buckskin bra. © Cliff Volpe Photography.	Lauren's buckskin shirt and pants.	Lauren's buckskin shirt and skirt.

Heidi Hansen's buckskin skirt.	Heidi's buckskin skirt.	Heidi's buckskin skirt.

Connor Ward's buckskin shorts, made by Rebecca Beebe.	Connor's buckskin shorts.	Connor's buckskin shorts.

A buckskin, bison, and coyote storytelling outfit.	Homemade tire sandals are a good compliment to braintan buckskiin clothes.	Green University founder Thomas J. Elpel in buckskins.

Thomas J. Elpel with a grain-on braintan buckskin jacket lined with rabbit fur.	Close-up view of braintan buckskin jacket shows deer antler buttons. Rabbit fur was glued to the buckskin prior to sewing.	Braintan buckskin jacket with elongated, split tails for horseback riding.
Miguel de la Iglesia of Ecuador made a sheep skin bag, tanned with oak bark.	His shirt is braintanned goat, dyed with black walnuts. The black parts were dyed with black walnuts and iron rust.	A braintanned goatskin Indian-style shirt.
Miguel's coat includes alpaca felt and whitetail buckskin, plus Eucalyptus buttons.	Hat, coat, pants, bags.	Backpack made from sheep hides lightly bark tanned with Eucalyptus bark.

Miguel made a whitetail buckskin vest dyed with blackwalnuts.	Whitetail buckskin boots.	Winter hat made from goat buckskin plus hair-on lamb buckskin lining.

Janeth Warg made a buckskin skirt and bikini out of buckskin scraps.	The scraps were glued onto an ordinary cloth skirt and bra.	Janeth also glued the beaded belt to the bucksin skirt.

Janeth Warg's natural red braintan buckskin dress.	Janeth braintanned and smoked her deer hides, then dyed them red with cochineal. Cochineal is extracted from scale insects (Dactylopius coccus) that feed on prickly pear cactus in Mexico and South America.	The purse was made from grain-on braintan scraps. The secondhand boots were dyed to match.

Janeth's braintan buckskin bikini and skirt, dyed red with cochineal.	Janeth models her purple braintan buckskin dress on the castle.	Janeth made a dress with natural smoked braintan and added cochineal red braintan fringe.

Janeth dyed her braintan buckskins natural purple with Brazilwood (Caesalpinia echinata) and added lace fabric to the dress.	The mix of materials takes braintan to a new elegance.	This dress could be worn to any fashionable event!