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Made in Colorado: The Cow Lot revives Western wear brand with Denver store
Eric Peterson //April 21, 2026//
Courtesy of The Cow Lot.
Courtesy of The Cow Lot.
Made in Colorado: The Cow Lot revives Western wear brand with Denver store
Eric Peterson //April 21, 2026//
This article appeared in the Spring 2026 issue of ColoradoBiz under the title “Made in Colorado: The Cow Lot.”
The late Nat Fleming started his career shaping cowboy hats in Texas and opened The Cow Lot, a Western wear shop, in Wichita Falls in 1952. The shop closed more than a half-century later, but Glenn and Karen Orms resurrected the brand in Colorado circa 2013.
In Brief:
- The Cow Lot founded by Nat Fleming in 1952
- Glenn and Karen Orms revived brand in Colorado circa 2013
- Opened Denver brick-and-mortar store in 2022
- Hand-shaped hats start at $250 with wool and beaver options
Glenn’s father, Dewey Orms, worked with Fleming in Wichita Falls. “We spent the first five years on the road in a motor home and cargo trailer, traveling from rodeo to rodeo to horse show to horse show,” says Karen.
The arrival of COVID-19 in 2020 put the shows on pause, leading the Ormses to open a brick-and-mortar store in northeast Denver in 2022. “They come from major manufacturers [with an] open crown, flat brim, then we shape them to the customer’s specifications,” says Karen. “We have 100% wool all the way up to 100% beaver.”
- Hand-shaped hats start at $250.
- Made by The Cow Lot, Denver
- www.thecowlot.com
- Available at the company’s store at 10890 E. 47th Ave
