Victorian cycling outfit

bicycle outfit

It’s odd, last week I posted a set of photos that I really liked, but the photos were of a project I wasn’t very happy with. And this week it’s the other way around! I’m rea…

A red wool jacket and cycling bloomers made from an original pattern from the 1890s. The jacket is lined with cotton and both items feature hand-worked buttonholes and replica buttons.

Print of Bicycle Suits in American women's magazine "The Delineator". Issued in September, 1896. Riding with style.

1890s Victorian biking attire by Prior Attire, for The Victorian Dressmaker vol2,

Historical costuming

1900 Cycling suit

Those pants!!

cycling costumes

Before bloomers became acceptable for women cyclists, women had to deal with the problem of long skirts. An 1892 column in “outing” magazine provided helpful hints, such as ways to keep your skirt from flying about. These methods included sewing lead weights into the hem and using leather lined skirts. Still, long skirts hindered efficient peddling, interfered with balance and could become tangled in the bicycle.

Angela Clayton, Cycling Costume resize-6421

Early 1890s bicycling outfit

If you were horseback riding in 1901, you had to have the proper outfit. (In the Victorian Era, you had an eating utensil or dish for every option and you had the proper clothes for the proper activity.) This is titled "Riding suit Number 2" I wonder how fancy Number 1 was! Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, D.S. Dark, N.Y.

I can totally see Amelia Peabody sporting this outfit!

Edwardian Cycling Outfit- alternate 1901 cycling outfit for Madeleine