Getting Dressed: 18th Century Riding Habit

***Getting Dressed: 18th Century Riding Habit*** click SHOW MORE for links Join me as I get dressed for the day in a Lady’s Riding Habit appropriate for the 1770’s! There are a lot of layers, but we look at each one in detail. You’re probably here to check out the links for where I got everything - those are listed below :D * Christina ***Connect with Me*** ***The Layers*** *Shift – drafted from the Shift in my absolute favorite book on 18th century original clothing “Costume Close-Up”: *Wrapper – “Cotton Wrappers” for women are mentioned in historical accounts, but none exist for us to study. This one is drafted by me based on an original diagram called a “Manteu de Lit”. It’s details are based on fancier wrappers seen in portraits from the er