My current heroine is going horse riding for the first time in years.

She was prevented from doing it for reasons I won’t go into (it would be a spoiler) and has had to borrow a riding habit. It’s an old habit, a little out of date but of course she doesn’t care at all about that: she used to love riding.

If you want to know more about riding habits, go to Candice Hern’s excellent site,  which is where I got this picture from. She goes into quite a lot of detail and she shows some wonderful pictures from the fashion magazines of the time. But beware, her site is a rabbit hole that’s very easy to fall down.

So (she says, dragging herself out of the rabbit hole) my heroine is getting dressed, and to refresh my memory, and to think my way into the scene, I’ve turned to a couple of YouTube videos. There are quite a few about historical women dressing. Here’s one.

Or if it doesn’t show up, click on this link.