I Need help with this Riding? Set...Skirt and Shirt

cemetarian

cemetarian

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This is really giving me a problem.

It is Khaki. Made like Work Clothes. Durable, etc.......the shirt/blouse has that little neck flap at the back (like you see on old Cavalry Uniforms) and the skirt has side flap pockets (like on a riding skirt) and it buttons completely to the waist in front and just below the hip in back, but is NOT a split skirt in the sense of culottes.

The label say DuBrock Chicago....which I can't find anywhere.

And I have searched vintage riding, vintage split skirt, vintage riding skirt.............and come up with nothing comparable.

Any clues as to date and purpose...........if not for riding, the only other thing I can think of is............Memsahib........queen of the jungle.........LOL


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I dont have a clue on date, but it sure appears to be riding apparel.

Maybe Lei will show up, she will be able to tell you.
 
You have it styled looking very modern on that mannequin so its difficult to tell but I think its 1910s. Can the skirt be unbuttoned in front and back and then rebuttoned to create two legs? It looks like a convertible skirt so that the wearer can ride astride but it may not have been intended for horseback riding. It may have been meant for bicycling, hiking, tennis - any type of activity where the wearer might need free movement. I believe its fairly common for women to wear jodhpurs for riding by the end of the 1910s, so a convertible skirt like this is almost old fashioned.
 
:wow22: YES! That's it. Thank you so very much. I would NEVER have thought of that.

So you think 1900-1910ish?

It is obviously a "work" outfit and not for Riding in the Park. And I know that around here women wore pants for riding on the range and other Farm and Ranch chores at least by the early 1900's......LOL


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Where is 'around here'? I have seen an advertisement for these in a 1908 catalogue. I have a pic of it somewhere but I am not sure where it is. However, I think this set is more like c. 1915 because of the cut of the blouse but like I said its hard to tell from a distant picture on a modern mannequin.
 
It may be a 'work' outfit but khaki was a fashionable colour around middle of the decade and I agree with Jonathan that this ensemble might be for another activity other than riding.

This is an 1913 advert for a khaki ensemble with a description of a divided skirt for riding;

http://tinyurl.com/35ydya7

I'd love to see more detail on the neckline and buttons. It's really a good find. btw British military wear for women in 1910 also included a khaki divided skirt.
 
The 2nd skirt described in that ad, really sounds like this one. And the blouse/shirt really has a military feel with that "almost a sailor collar" flap in the back.

More pix coming......
 
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As you can see there are 2 different buttons........one is apparently a replacement but I'm not sure which is original and which is the replacement or when it was replaced. The skirt is the same way. There are more of one than the other, but not sure which is original.
 
Hummm... a khaki middy! Seriously, sailor middy inspired, as these were popular leisure and exercise wear from 1910ish-1930. The top was likely meant to be worn untucked, but rather loose.

I think this is a general, all purpose outing ensemble. Good for any rough outdoor activity such as hiking and camping, bicycling, canoeing, shooting. I think it is a bit woodsy for tennis or golf though.
 
I'm finding THESE a lot and patterns for the same style.....attributed to Fannie Sperry Steele..........but I'm not finding my particular style.

I would LOVE to have this in a modern version (or at least in a size I could wear) LOL
 
Fannie Steele was a rodeo star in the 1910s-20s, so it must have been what she wore while performing. I can't quite see a rodeo star in jodhpurs!

Still, this is not strictly a riding outfit. I've seen photos of women hiking in similar skirts c. 1910-1920. Even then, women were starting to wear knickers for roughing it outdoors.

I would call it a sporting outfit, not a work outfit.
 
I wondered about Steampunk also...........since I haven't a clue what the heck that is......but I did find a few references to Steampunk while searching for split skirts......

This set is like an Onion........just layer after layer of surprises.

I thought the tucks were just trim and that one was coming unsewn....... but after reading that ad for the 14th time I took a better look and low and behold.............they are belt loops.

Seems odd to me that there would be belt loops on the skirt and on the shirt............but stranger things have happened.....LOL

I guess you could choose how you wished to wear it..........a True Early 20th Century Weekender............LOL



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Cooler and cooler! I like it belted through the shirt.

As someone with a slight acquaintance with the Steampunk dressing up scene here, I would think Steampunk girls would fall over themselves for this - I would.
 
OK...Steampunk it is..........LOL

Now to narrow down the pix..........shirt in, shirt out, skirt, pants, flaws, cool collar, neat cuffs.........don't know if I can do it in 16 pix or not......LOL
 
There was a Hugo DuBrock & Co. in Chicago. The company manufactured shirtwaists. I don't know how long they were in business.

Women in The American Field Service during WW1 (the USA entered the war in 1917) wore khaki and the shirt would have been worn over the skirt with a self-coloured belt. I've only seen a poster depicting a uniform which doesn't show the skirt detail but it is possible that this ensemble may be from around that time.

There's an article I've found from "A reliable car and a woman who knows it: the first coast-to-coast auto trips.
By Curt McConnell." The period is c1910 and focuses on Blanche Stuart Scott who drove an Overland car from New York to San Francisco;

"Dipping into their suitcases upon arriving in Salt Lake City, the women changed their traveling costumes consisting of khaki dividing riding skirts, army shirts of olive drab and high laced boots..."
 
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