Girl's Jodhpurs
1939 (made)
Girl's jodhpurs of brown fleck corded wool, with facings of dark brown
satinised cotton and a crotch lining of white cotton. The jodhpurs have
turn-ups and inset pockets, and fasten at the waist with a fall front which
closes with brown buttons and stitched buttonholes. Mrs. Willis states
"...They were made in 1939 by an ex-Army tailor who opened a
workshop in a seaside resort: Horsegor, on the South West Coast of
France. Maybe he was not used to creating children's outfits and that is
why they look strange. I was wearing them with a sweater and boots..."
Her reference to their looking strange may be because they have a fall
front, which is associated with boys' and men's clothing, and which was
probably a cut which the tailor had been used to in a military context:
girls' jodhpurs would normally have been side-fastening at that date.
satinised cotton and a crotch lining of white cotton. The jodhpurs have
turn-ups and inset pockets, and fasten at the waist with a fall front which
closes with brown buttons and stitched buttonholes. Mrs. Willis states
"...They were made in 1939 by an ex-Army tailor who opened a
workshop in a seaside resort: Horsegor, on the South West Coast of
France. Maybe he was not used to creating children's outfits and that is
why they look strange. I was wearing them with a sweater and boots..."
Her reference to their looking strange may be because they have a fall
front, which is associated with boys' and men's clothing, and which was
probably a cut which the tailor had been used to in a military context:
girls' jodhpurs would normally have been side-fastening at that date.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Corded wool |
| Brief description | Girl's jodhpurs; French, 1939 |
| Physical description | Girl's jodhpurs of brown fleck corded wool, with facings of dark brown satinised cotton and a crotch lining of white cotton. The jodhpurs have turn-ups and inset pockets, and fasten at the waist with a fall front which closes with brown buttons and stitched buttonholes. Mrs. Willis states "...They were made in 1939 by an ex-Army tailor who opened a workshop in a seaside resort: Horsegor, on the South West Coast of France. Maybe he was not used to creating children's outfits and that is why they look strange. I was wearing them with a sweater and boots..." Her reference to their looking strange may be because they have a fall front, which is associated with boys' and men's clothing, and which was probably a cut which the tailor had been used to in a military context: girls' jodhpurs would normally have been side-fastening at that date. |
| Object history | References: Worn by Marie-Claude Joris-Morize (b.1932) (the donor), who lived in Paris. She and her elder sister Huguette are the children of Alice Morize (b. 1900) and her husband M. Joris (whose family came from the Ardennes region, but were originally Belgian). |
| Production | France |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | B.122-1993 |
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| Record created | April 19, 2000 |
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