Longer jackets that covered your butt and pants that didn’t outline your crotch :yes:
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I have a pair from 1967 that I still wear cubbing at the fox hunt with my Madras plaid hunt coat -I’ve posted that pix here many times -oh, I wear New Market Boots to complete the vintage look. My complaint with them is that they bind at the back of the knee (always have since the leather knee patch doesn’t have any stretch) and that there are little buttons down the outside of the leg above the ankle to keep them in the boot —a bit of a pain to fasten! A few of the fox huners have what we called “elephant ear” breeches and wear them regularly. But we traditionalists wear frock coats which look much more “normal?” than a short hunt coat with that style. My Madras plaid hunt coat from 1965 isn’t a frock, but it is definitely cut longer than today’s hunt coat.
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Ahh, I see! Do you know what this style of breeches is called? I am curious if I can find them to purchase somewhere?
Yes, quality is for sure something to consider. These breeches are all so tight still. 
Do you know what the Kentucky breeches are called? Wondering if I can find a pair on ebay or something. I am really wanting to try a pair now. haha
I was wondering about that too! These tighter breeches can get really annoying during the summer.
I absolutely love this pair, I hate spending the money but going to splurge.
It is so hard to find breeches that sit above the waist, I still love the “mom” jean or in this case mom breeches style. Just enough flare to make them comfortable and pleats! My old riding instructor would say the old style breeches allowed the thigh to lay flat against the horse which was better; where the new tight breeches would bunch your muscles up; can’t attest to the accuracy of it but she would always say it.
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I love those! Where did you find them at? They have the perfect amount of flare!
Ahh, thank you! I didn’t see that.
Dang, those are expensive XD
I used to ride in those types of jodhpurs and breeches, in the mid 1950’s (jods) and the early 1970’s (breeches.)
If my memory is correct I had a LOT better grip when riding with these, and these were “self-patched” at the inside knee, no suede knee patches for me since they cost more.
My “frictional grip” really started to deteriorate when I switched to the modern stretch fabrics, and since my undiagnosed MS was steadily worsening my seat essentially went to hell.
Through the years I tried several things to increase my grip and spent a good bit of money (for me) on the FITS deerskin breeches without great improvement. Then I got into the silicon full seat breeches that helped a good bit, BUT I did not have the old feeling of GOOD frictional grip until I got the Rider Grips, rubberized that glue to the saddle. With these grips plus my silicon full seat breeches I FINALLY feel like I have stopped sliding around in the saddle.
One of the ladies who helps me ride several years ago, after listening for years to my analysis of how darn SLIPPERY the synthetic stretch fabrics are for me, offered to make me a pair of cavalry twill breeches, poofed out an all. I have had to wait for years since she and her husband have their own business she is a busy, busy woman! She did find a pattern for sale that could be used for the old fashioned jodhpurs/or breeches and she found cavalry twill cloth. Recently she had to re-measure me and found time to sew them up mostly. She has a little bit more to go to finish them when she can find some extra time.
I am really looking forward to riding in these breeches even if I look like a comic opera star in them.
When she finally finishes with them and I get to ride in them, then and only then will I be able to tell if my memories of security are accurate. As a bonus the cavalry twill fabric she found feels SUBSTANTIAL and these breeches should last me the rest of my riding life (I’m in my late sixties.)
I remember riding through briar patches with my old cavalry twill breeches and they came out whole, where I fear that the modern knit fabrics would shred and disintegrate if I ever dared to go through a briar patch while wearing them. Better grip, longer lasting fabric, breeches that should last decades AND they will not show cellulite, panty lines, etc., etc., etc… What is there not to like?
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OhEmGeeeeee!
@Foxglove I would have envied the heck outta you!
I so wanted to be one of the Kewl Kidz who had both of those items.
But my practical parents saw no reason I needed any huntcoat besides my Aunt’s hand-me-down black wool or another pair of boots besides my non-custom Dehners 
Looking back, I wish I had kept both those - they fit into my 20s & may have still fit me now :sadsmile:
The slightly pegged breeches are $280, which is a lot. However, I would wear them all the time…
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And I assume they will last forever!
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@Foxglove :lol::lol::lol:
I still envy you the Madras & Newmarkets.
Even moreso that you can still wear both! :eek:
LOL! on your 15yo reasoning.
The Goddess of (Horse) Fools was surely guiding you. :winkgrin:
Yes, they might be pricey. But figure this - how much wear you would get out of them. A lot? Then they are worth it.
I wonder if you could find a pattern for those? Surely, somebody somewhere must have one or several. And then you could pick your fabric. Is the pic in the initial post a pattern or something from a magazine. I wonder if an inquiry to the pattern companies (Vogue, McCalls, Butterick, Simplicity) would yield anything?
We only wore jodphurs for shows or gymkhanas in the late 50s-early 60’s when I was in pony club, they had to be dry cleaned. They were wool twill and HOT as well as scratchy. Otherwise we wore jeans which rubbed the inner leg badly. Good weight cotton knit stretchy breeches are so comfortable in comparison! If you size up a bit, they don’t feel restricting at all.
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Check Etsy for old patterns as well as vintage jods and breeches!
The breeches in the fashion spread are from Horse Country.
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I still have my canary yellow breeches and maybe even that cardboard helmet! I do think that it was far more flattering than today’s skin tight stuff - even the more expensive breeches are - barely passable, IMHO.
State police here in MA dress in boots and breeches with flares. I smile (for a second) each time I see them.
But I just found this - MA State Police uniform the origin of the Nazi SS uniform??? http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/which-came-first-the-well-dressed-nazi-or-the-american-copper.19586/ :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
