vintage jodhpurs?

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I believe I have a pair of vintage jodhpurs, possibly children's? The calf opening is very, very tiny even when fully unlaced. I was wondering if anyone could help narrow down the date and possibly identifying the fabric. Please let me know if additional photos would help!

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Thank you for your responses. I had guessed 1940s, just based on others I've seen before, but I really haven't any idea what clues to look for to narrow down the era. The fly is a button closure. Below the two buttons that can be seen in the photo above, there is a single matching hidden interior button.

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I have several pairs of early breeches, made of a similar twill fabric, and mine date in range from the WWI era to early 1930s. In my travels, I have not seen any made like yours that date later than 1940, so I tend to think these are 1930s or even 1920's. The button fly is a clue that dates them earlier also, although a button fly was still used in sporting and military attire even after mens' trousers in general stopped using them. Hopefully a person who knows more about these garments will come along. We have a few members here who are more familiar than I with riding and sporting attire.
 
Oh, thank you so much. So would these have been riding breeches? Or are they possibly military attire? Also, does the term 'jodhpurs' refer specifically to breeches for horseback riding? This is a new area for me!
 
Lei, that is who I was thinking of! Breeches like these were worn for not just riding horses, but for most sporting activities such as hunting, hiking, archery, polo, and other outdoor sports. As well as for motorcycle riding. Riding breeches for horseback usually, if not always, have leather on the inner thighs, and these do not. Does the inside crotch have any special lining or re-inforcement?

They are really a very nice pair, nicer than most I see around now on the net.
 
Does the inside crotch have any special lining or re-inforcement?
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I snapped a few more photos of the garment turned inside out- the first photo is the inner front, the second is the crotch (the lining does extend down a bit towards the seat), in the third you can better see the buttons I described in an earlier post, and the last shows the inner lining from the back.

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*not inner lining but interior, I should say. and oops, I just noticed that there is a second hidden button in the fly, not a single button like I previously stated.
 
I recently acquired some '30s jodphurs so I'm going with '40s to '50s. The interior isn't as detailed in construction and yours have overlocking. They just look newer too. The interior crotch seam looks like it's been taken in/cut off too: the white cotton patch should go over the crotch rather than just on one side, sewn into the seam as it is.
 
Jodhpurs extend all the way down to the ankle and breeches end about calf length although modern breeches sometims are made longer. Jods are always have plain ankle cuffs which can be turned up whereas breeches will always have some sort of fastening whether it be lacing, hooks, buttons, or velcro for modern breeches (although my modern pair of breeches does away with leg fastenings all together and just has grippy rubber to stop them from riding up!!).

These aren't for riding as there is no knee patch but would have been for "active use" like hunting, hiking, farming (girls working on farms during WWII often wore this sort of thing for farm work) and these would have been worn with high boots (not necessarily riding boots but could have been if they were for army or police use). The high boots I am thinking of look more like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Womens-Vintage-Leather-Huntinging-Boots-1920s-30s-/170895508797

I would feel comfy dating these from the 30's- 40's.

Lei
 
So I will call them c. 1930s-40s breeches then. So much incredible information, thank you all very much! (those boots are amazing, by the way!)
 
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