tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8533706630841572685.post4145453333596982919..comments2024-02-27T11:36:34.927-06:00Comments on Riding Aside: Patterns..Patterns..and More Patterns!Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14068762965886417061noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8533706630841572685.post-33294515938261069782009-05-22T14:41:56.322-05:002009-05-22T14:41:56.322-05:00My sidesaddle suit will not have a bustle. That w...My sidesaddle suit will not have a bustle. That was a great visual description of a bouncing bustle! Don't need to do anything to embarass myself anymore than life already offers me! ha haJuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14068762965886417061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8533706630841572685.post-76421134457463509872009-05-22T14:31:08.554-05:002009-05-22T14:31:08.554-05:00Your seamstress can add additional "gores" into th...Your seamstress can add additional "gores" into the apron for more fullness where it shows, if you wish. But I sure would think twice about trying to ride with an actual bustle. Not that it would hinder your position or effectiveness as a rider but because bustles bounce. A LOT. Most embarrassing!<br /><br />Julie, this way out there but here goes, on the historical costume issue. There is a Remington painting (set of course in the West and most likely in Texas)of a cavalry officer escorting a sidesaddle rider. The era/period is about late 1800's and the lady's habit is very military - very dashing and tailored. If you ever decided to show/parade/drill with a western theme, you could try something like this. Some of the cowboy museums have had affordable prints made of this painting and sold them as fundraisers. It is a rare glimpse of an American West sidesaddle rider, well, that isn't an outlaw like Belle Starr, anyway! Many eras have had sidesaddle habits which reflect a military tradition particularly if a war was going on during that time period (esp. 1700's, all kinds of those!). But so few from the American West, unfortunately.sunvalleysallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14252255138157301983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8533706630841572685.post-64563913426549424102009-05-22T14:01:41.796-05:002009-05-22T14:01:41.796-05:00I like the first picture, but I absolutely adore t...I like the first picture, but I absolutely adore the sixth pic - the Victorian Style is so elegant!Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06030613893409678254noreply@blogger.com