Mr. Sable
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Well done! More ladies should be seen in breeches away from equestrian events.
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Lady Adventurers, Women of Mystery!
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imoldfashioned
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Laughing Magpie said:
Oh. My. Stars. And. Garters.
I want this outfit! You look fabulous! Are you going to DragonCon? If so please post all the dish, I'd love to hear about it.
Laughing Magpie
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Thanks folks!
imoldfashioned - Yes, I am going to wear it at DragonCon - good guess!
Mr. Sable - We're neighbours! I'm also from Calgary. And I think it's probably you that recently commented on my friend drhaggis's flickr stream... the blunderbassoon drhaggis is modelling is actually the prop he made for my costume. Small world!
Jen
imoldfashioned - Yes, I am going to wear it at DragonCon - good guess!
Mr. Sable - We're neighbours! I'm also from Calgary. And I think it's probably you that recently commented on my friend drhaggis's flickr stream... the blunderbassoon drhaggis is modelling is actually the prop he made for my costume. Small world!
Jen
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Laughing Magpie said:
Wow! I guess I'm not that good at connecting the dots - I thought maybe two people came up with Blunderbasoons via parallel evolution. Where'd you get the breeches?
Laughing Magpie
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Mr. Sable said:
eBay - there have been quite a few vintage breeches kicking around ebay this summer. And not so many around Calgary
Mountain Pilot
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Ladies like a scene from "Out of Africa"
Dear Adventurous Ladies:
Like a scene from "Out of Africa" My wife and I are members of the Royal Order of Edwardian Shotguners: www.vintagers.org. The following link is of her in one of her pairs of vintage breeches. She also hasa pair of jodhpurs. (jods' extend to the ankle). This is a terific look. Check out the photo of Roxie, and other reference shots. http://good-times.webshots.com/album/558620602LuQKdE
Cheers....:fedora:
Dear Adventurous Ladies:
Like a scene from "Out of Africa" My wife and I are members of the Royal Order of Edwardian Shotguners: www.vintagers.org. The following link is of her in one of her pairs of vintage breeches. She also hasa pair of jodhpurs. (jods' extend to the ankle). This is a terific look. Check out the photo of Roxie, and other reference shots. http://good-times.webshots.com/album/558620602LuQKdE
Cheers....:fedora:
Lady Adventurer, v. 1
The inspiration for my Lady Adventurer outfit was a pair of boots I impulse-won on ebay a month ago, and the excuse was Indy IV.
* White handkerchief linen blouse made from a 1942 pattern.
* Khaki "linen" skirt adapted from a 1940 pattern. Side button placket, side seam pocket, and belt loops are all my own innovations.
* Belt swiped from my father (it goes one and a half times around me!)
* Boots
* Socks (which I forgot to photograph)
This is only the first version, and a dressed-up version at that. A true Lady Adventurer wouldn't bother with rolled and curled hair or complete makeup, of course!
The inspiration for my Lady Adventurer outfit was a pair of boots I impulse-won on ebay a month ago, and the excuse was Indy IV.
* White handkerchief linen blouse made from a 1942 pattern.
* Khaki "linen" skirt adapted from a 1940 pattern. Side button placket, side seam pocket, and belt loops are all my own innovations.
* Belt swiped from my father (it goes one and a half times around me!)
* Boots
* Socks (which I forgot to photograph)
This is only the first version, and a dressed-up version at that. A true Lady Adventurer wouldn't bother with rolled and curled hair or complete makeup, of course!
Laughing Magpie
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Sunny - that looks fantastic! I think camel/tan and white is such a classic, flattering combination of colours. I love everything about this outfit! And I'm sure a Lady Adventurer would at least start out with a nice hairstyle - then let the elements have their way afterwards
texasgirl
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Sunny, that came out great!
Miss 1929
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Love this.
I look awful in trousers, but maybe jodphurs will help cover the multitude of sins. I have never found any that fit though, as I have large calves, and they are always for skinny legged horse riders... I do have a pattern for the pants an hunt coat, and I have both women's and men's! In mine and my husband's sizes. So someday, I hope to make us some matching hunt outfits (not that we ride, we just like to dress up).
I don't have a lot of real adventure gear as I do not really adventure( ) but one does picnic on the Nile now and then -
I look awful in trousers, but maybe jodphurs will help cover the multitude of sins. I have never found any that fit though, as I have large calves, and they are always for skinny legged horse riders... I do have a pattern for the pants an hunt coat, and I have both women's and men's! In mine and my husband's sizes. So someday, I hope to make us some matching hunt outfits (not that we ride, we just like to dress up).
I don't have a lot of real adventure gear as I do not really adventure
( ) but one does picnic on the Nile now and then -
Mrs. Merl
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Sunny!!! Wow!!! I love your outfit - but goodness - where did you get your boots???? Are they really leather? I have literally been searching for months for boots like that...with zero luck. You look great in your adventure ensemble - bravo!!!
Aww, thank you, ladies!
Miss 1929, I love your look. Now I want to picnic on the Nile!
I saw the listing when I was browsing/searching Ebay for modern brown loafers that had a vintage shape. I fell in love with them! And at the time I had absolutely zero use for them. They're Nine West; probably 10-20 years old. Rubber tread, so not period. But they're all leather, no zippers or elastic (You have to actually lace them up! Zounds!), and the shape is so classic and non-trendy. I'm very picky about that, and these satisfied me! They still are fashion boots, not working boots; the leather's a little soft for that, and the ankle strap, while functional, is very lightweight. But they work, by golly, and I love them! Thank you!
Miss 1929, I love your look. Now I want to picnic on the Nile!
Mrs. Merl said:
I saw the listing when I was browsing/searching Ebay for modern brown loafers that had a vintage shape. I fell in love with them! And at the time I had absolutely zero use for them. They're Nine West; probably 10-20 years old. Rubber tread, so not period. But they're all leather, no zippers or elastic (You have to actually lace them up! Zounds!), and the shape is so classic and non-trendy. I'm very picky about that, and these satisfied me! They still are fashion boots, not working boots; the leather's a little soft for that, and the ankle strap, while functional, is very lightweight. But they work, by golly, and I love them! Thank you!
Mrs. Merl
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Thanks - I will haunt ebay! I love the fact that they don't have zips!!!
Josephine
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Mrs. Merl said:
Me too! I need to keep a look out for boots like that. I'm a 10, what are you? Just so we don't get into a cat fight over a pair. lol
Miss 1929
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The Nile in this case was just a Costumer's Guild picnic at the (extremely Egyptian) Rosicrucian Museum... but it was as hot as Egypt!Sunny said:
adventure women ROCK!
WOW! Ever been on a dig? Want to go? You DEFINATELY have the look!
DRJONES
WOW! Ever been on a dig? Want to go? You DEFINATELY have the look!
DRJONES
Sunny said:The inspiration for my Lady Adventurer outfit was a pair of boots I impulse-won on ebay a month ago, and the excuse was Indy IV.
* White handkerchief linen blouse made from a 1942 pattern.
* Khaki "linen" skirt adapted from a 1940 pattern. Side button placket, side seam pocket, and belt loops are all my own innovations.
* Belt swiped from my father (it goes one and a half times around me!)
* Boots
* Socks (which I forgot to photograph)
This is only the first version, and a dressed-up version at that. A true Lady Adventurer wouldn't bother with rolled and curled hair or complete makeup, of course!
Mrs. Merl
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- Colorado Mountains
Josephine said:
Luckily, no fight necessary! I am only an 8ish! So we should not have to worry! Oh, I hope one of us finds a pair - I am afraid I will have to pay for a custom pair though.
I have to say this is a great thread! I have a question though. I am a motorcyclist, I have a sportster that I love to ride, do any of you ahve any pictures of women riders adn what they wore? I have found many pictures of women riding in sidecars and such, but never one driving herself around.
Thanks
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Probably not unlike regular horseback-riding gear. Jodhpurs or breeches of some kind, a tailored masculine-style jacket over shirt and tie/cravat, boots or leggings/puttees and shoes. On Shorpy there's a picture of a lady taxi driver from the late teens and that's substantially what she's wearing.
