i heart vintage jodhpurs
September 22nd, 2012
Margaret Sullavan, source
Barbara Stanwyck, source
And what vintage jodhpurs post would be complete without some John Willie Bizarre taken by Dita Von Teese, no less:
Do you want to get the look? I just listed these rad vintage jodhpurs up in my etsy shop.
Here are some modern babes sporting vintage jodhpurs:
Siouxsie Sioux, source
Beckerman Bite Plate, source
Byrdie Bell via StyleLikeU
Jean from Idosyncratic Fashionistas
Had to share some jodhpurs love, y’all. Hope you enjoyed it. Moral of the story: If you wear jodhpurs you are a badass. A total badass.
September 23rd, 2012 at 1:12 am
Oh noooo! I have to cop Souxie’s tough as hell yoked jodhpurs. I’m gonna get sewing on those suckers and make dreams come true.
September 23rd, 2012 at 1:41 pm
those jodpurs are great. i suppose those aren’t made for me – but i love to see them on others.
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September 23rd, 2012 at 6:58 pm
I completely <3 them, too. I've always found myself drawn to equestrian (and preppy, which, let's face it, equestrian often goes hand-in-hand with) style, even though I'm by no means an accomplished horsewoman. I'd love to find some vintage jodhpurs one day – and perhaps even some mid-century boots to match. Swoon!
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September 24th, 2012 at 6:35 am
SO stylish. I especially enjoyed the images of Barbara Stanwyck and Siouxsie Sioux. I am intrigued though as to the practical purpose (is there one?) of the loose shaping at the thighs.
September 24th, 2012 at 11:58 am
Good question, Rosalind. Wikipedia to the rescue! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodhpurs :
The thighs and hips were flared, a traditional oriental style possibly to help with bodily cooling in a hot climate, but which, in an era before the invention of stretch fabrics, also allowed free movement of the hip and thigh while riding.
They originate from an ancient style of Indian trouser called the Churidar, which is tight around the calf and baggy at the hips, still worn at traditional Jodhpury weddings. This is a special traditional style of clothing in Northern India, especially in what is today the modern state of Rajasthan, which has its capital at the city of Jaipur. Sir Pratap Singh, a younger son of the Maharaja of Jodhpur, popularised in England the style of riding-trousers worn in Jodhpur, a design that he apparently improved and perfected by himself and first tailored in India about 1890.
Singh was an avid polo player, and when he visited Queen Victoria in England during her Diamond Jubilee celebrations of 1897, bringing with him his entire polo team, they caused a sensation among the fashionable circles of the United Kingdom, with their reputation enhanced by the fact that they won many polo matches. His jodhpur style with flared thigh and hip was rapidly taken up by the British polo playing community, who adapted it to existing designs of English breeches that ended at mid-calf, worn with tall riding boots.