The skirt is not split. But it may be seamed in the CF...and embroidered to
show it is. If she were to ride, it would be side saddle. [Imagine wearing a
train like that out in the country hunting!] The sash [looks like a brocaded
or embroidered silk] is in imitation of men's wear....like the whole outfit.
She even wears a man's wig
The coat [a justicorps] has some interesting touches. For instance, the
cuffs are obviously "real"...really turned up and held in place with that
buttoned tab thing you can clearly see. She is also wearing her stock [a long
fine
linen strip wound around the neck] with the ends pulled through the button
hole of her justicorps, a style known as a Steinkirk.
It's impossible to tell if the "waistcoat" is really a garment or just some
type of stomacher pinned to the corset. Since everything else about this
outfit looks like it came from her husband's closet, I'd go for a real
waistcoat.
But either way is acceptable.
She has a gun in one hand, but what is in the other? The powder?
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