“They were like, ‘Alright, we're going to offer something that they wouldn't offer to just any brand,’ and they actually offered us the ability to sponsor Big Tex’s belt buckle,” Weiland sai ...

He wears a 95-gallon hat. His belt is 33-ft. long and is 1-ft. 5-in. wide. His size 96 boots are a 1949 replica boot designed by Lucchese. Big Tex received a makeover in 2013. It was in 2012 when ...

"It's a sad way to end the fair." Only Big Tex's hands, Dickies belt buckle and skeletal structure were left of the iconic figure. The News reports that firefighters were alerted to the blaze by ...

Big Tex will look mostly the same this year compared ... horses and armadillos. Tex’s belt features a Shiner Beer buckle with “2024″ stamped on it and his name stamped across the rear ...

meet at Big Tex.’ “ The cowboy always was easy to spot, with his 75-gallon hat and 50-pound belt buckle. Gooding said she didn’t know what caused the fire, but noted that electrical controls ...

Big Tex is 55 feet tall and wears a 95 gallon hat. This year, he wears a Shiner belt buckle. "They have totally redesigned it," says the State Fair of Texas' Taylor Pulfer. "It's a classic ...

Getting more experimental and sophisticated, Big Tex explored other base colors for his shirts in the 1990s. Those jeans, though, just don't look realistic, although his belt buckle stands out ...

Stunned attendees at the State Fair of Texas witnessed the iconic Big Tex go up in flames Friday morning. Some fabric that made up the towering structure's hand and sleeves could still be seen as ...

Big Tex's 75-gallon hat, 50-pound belt buckle and slow drawl have been greeting state fair visitors with "Howdy folks!" since 1952. This year's fair, which closes Sunday, had been celebrating Big ...

They shot a few drafts back and forth and finally settled on a design that showed Big Tex's face and belt-buckle, but also his metal frame wrapped in smoke and flame. "From an artistic standpoint ...

Now that the State Fair of Texas has ended its 2024 run, a crane lowered Big Tex from his spot in Fair Park. Some families came to watch Big Tex as he was moved Wednesday morning. "Seeing him go ...

Big Tex remained at Discovery Green into the evening ... this year if drivers and passengers fail to heed new safety belt requirements. For the first time, all passengers in the back seat now ...