Vintage Sportswomen

Suede jacket ("a dozen uses in its warmth and lightness")

Safari in sneakers

At the Duchess County show

Golf and Yachting

Watching the trotters

Upland shooting attire

Carrots to her horse

Archival Pageant

Campwear ("following a code and creed of dress")

Sweater, shorts and loafers

Holland and Holland

Here is Marion Taylor's report on some 1920 shopping options for the sportwoman looking for country clothing and attractive accessories (apologies for the June in January focus of her article).

Aside from Filson, Barbour and Beretta (and for a privileged demographic, Holland & Holland), who is minding the store for the current generation of archival sportswomen?

In the area of footwear, I'm happy to report that British Sporting Ltd still carries a scotchgrain boot for women by Crockett and Jones. Full country clothing selection, including Crockett and Jones, and Barbour, available here.

Crockett and Jones Barnwell boot

Footwear I did not buy: Crockett and Jones "Swan" country style walking shoes

I'm a huge fan of Reference Library's blog feature,"ebay items I did not win." I've been inspired by RL to create visual homages for items that I covet, admire, but cannot own (afford, find, fit, win). Here's my latest submission: a pair of beautifully overbuilt British walking/country brogues by top Northampton, England footwear maker, Crockett and Jones. CJ offers a beautiful line of brogues for women. I've admired their (largely unchanging) product line for several years and plan to purchase a pair of Barnwells at some point in the next five years. However, I do not have any early catalogs for CJ and I've never seen the "Swan" line of country shoes featured in this ebay auction. Fortunately, the seller will not ship to US so I'm going to have just capture her gallery images and admire these shoes from afar.