Dressage attire guidelines

[eightpondfarm]

i love this thread with all the photos!

[JenEM]

I also have a Horsewear one, in the more turquoise-y green. Actually got a lot of compliments when I wore it at my baby’s first recognized show last year.

It would probably look great with the grey too, since it has silver piping on the collar, I just haven’t shown her enough at shows where I’ve actually had to wear a coat to find out!

Shows around here also seem to be much better about preemptively waiving coats for summer weather, which I really appreciate. While it doesn’t look as fancy, I don’t think a polo or sunshirt looks any less athletic than a jacket, and is much more comfortable in the MidAtlantic summer.

[Synthesis]

Oooooh Black or charcoal would be so sharp!

[Synthesis]

@Libby2563

(And seriously, who ever thought it was a good idea to jump XC in white breeches!?)

White breeches, especially for jumping, have always smacked of hubris and tempting the gods in my mind.

[leheath]

@Jealoushe

@BigMama1 do you think black would go with a maroon jacket?

I wear the AA maroon jacket and I have these boots, both my mares showing are dark bay: https://www.thedrillshed.com/us/mountain-horse-womens-aurora-tall-riding-boots-brown-p-1541.html

I compete in black breeches on a dark brown horse with a lavender jacket and get plenty of complements and they are sooooo much more flattering! I think black breeches would look great with that maroon jacket. If your horse is a dark color, you might want to go with a colored saddle pad if you go with black breeches. I use a dark purple pad so there is a little bit of contrast between everything but nothing jumps out as “top much”!

[atr]

I hate tight collars and I am unfortunately not blessed with an elegant, swan like neck…

My searches have led to the Goode Rider Luxe show shirt. A stand up, split collar. Phew.

[SBrentnall]

I show in this Goode Rider shirt with stand-up collar. It’s super comfortable.

Couture Show Shirt - by Goode Rider

[MsM]

I havent shown in a long time and only recently attended some schooling shows as a spectator. When I showed it was common for even riders at schooling shows to wear a stock tie. It seems I have seen much more relaxed clothing now.

Anyway, many dealt with the difficulty of feeling strangled by collar and stock tie back then by using a bib stock tie. You would wear a comfy cool tee shirt or even tank top (no fancy fabrics back then!). Then shortly before your ride time you added the bib http://griffinbrook.com/opencart/bib-stock-tie and your jacket. Jackets were waived less often then even though they were so hot! So you needed a different solution if you rode without a jacket.