Vintage riding outfit

1936 Riding

Rare Vintage French 1940's Original Spring-Summer Fashion Card Designed by Jean Choiselat c.1947 (Pr

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By the 1890s, the bicycle was creating a social revolution in the United States. Nearly two million bicycles were being manufactured each ye...

A history of equestrian fashion: part 2. Historically, women’s equestrian fashion has mirrored the role of women in society at the time. Before the 14th century women often rode pillion or astride, but from the 1380s onwards riding sidesaddle began to be associated with female virtue and purity, particularly if she was of noble birth. These ideas persisted into the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Women wishing to ride astride were described as ‘mad, ignorant ungraceful desperados’ and…

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1910s-1940s Ladies Riding Breeches or Jodhpurs

If you were horseback riding in 1901, you had to have the proper outfit. (In the Victorian Era, you had an eating utensil or dish for every option and you had the proper clothes for the proper activity.) This is titled "Riding suit Number 2" I wonder how fancy Number 1 was! Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, D.S. Dark, N.Y.

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