Hi Elizabeth,
Cant give you any explanations to this, but i remember i have seen movies
where ladies are riding with crinolines two. This is not evidense, i know.
On the other hand, when i first time visited V&A, they were selling some old
prints. I baught some of them, and one is Queen Anne of Denmark riding in a
drum shaped farthingale.
Bjarne
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From: "Elizabeth Walpole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Equestrian costuming & other period "tack"
While we're on the topic of Equestrian Costume I came across this fashion
plate
http://www.costumes.org/history/victorian/women/fashionplates/1859septharpers.jpg
from 1859. I was under the impression that women didn't wear hoops or
skirt supports (of whatever style was fashionable at the time) when they
were riding (as hoops would stand out from the horse's side giving those
below a view straight up your skirt and bustles or paniers would get in
the way of you sitting on the horse), but it seems difficult to believe
there isn't a crinoline under that skirt.
Does anybody have an explanation for why she would wear a crinoline with
her riding costume? All I can think of is that maybe it's a way to use up
the extra length in the riding habit, but the 2 big problems with that are
A. all the fullness is on one side and B. it would mean putting a
crinoline on underneath your skirts in public. And I'm pretty sure
Victorian riding habits were only worn when you planned to be actually
riding, so no chance of having one for show and one for actually getting
on a horse.
I'm stumped, if anybody else can offer insights I'm really curious to
know.
Elizabeth
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Elizabeth Walpole
Canberra Australia
ewalpole[at]tpg.com.au
http://au.geocities.com/e_walpole/
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