At the first annual Art of The Cowgirl in Phoenix, Arizona, COWGIRL sat down with Judy Wagner, Montana Silversmiths’ VP of Marketing, to talk about a very special jacket made and given to her some 30 years ago by her dear friend and Art of The Cowgirl founder, Tammy Pate.

Judy told her story during a ceremony the evening before at which she was presented Western Horseman’s Woman of the West Award. Judy was kind enough to retell her story and show the jacket close up for COWGIRL.

Thank you Judy for such a warm and wonderful story!

If you’d like to purchase the issue featuring Judy in our Cowgirl Empowered section, you can find it here! If you’d rather pick it up in a store, click here to find somewhere near you where you can purchase COWGIRL!

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