1950s Roundup Riding Pants Medium

1950s. Tailored worsted wool gabardine riding pants in taupe. Tailor's label 1954. Two side slit pockets. Belt loops. Left side talon metal side zipper fly. Button tab closure at the waistband. Continuous waist with sartorial split waistband. Stirrup buttons on the inside hem. Multiple darns. Beautiful single-needle topstitching.

Modern size equivalent: Medium, 8
Actual measurements:
Waist 28"
Hips 50"
Front Rise to top of waist 12"
Rear Rise to the top of the waist 17"
Inseam 31"
Outseam 41.5"
Calf 15"
The hem of the opening at the bottom of the leg is 17"

Provenance: Custom Tailored Label for JSS Losse, 520 Olive Street, Saint Louis, 11-16-54. The Custom Taylor's Union Label United Garment Workers of America tag, located in an inner pocket, features a manufacturer number at the center of the label, introduced in the 1930s and often used decades later until the tailor's supply ran out. These were custom-made for Mrs. C. Lamy. Mrs. C. Oscar Lamy was a St. Louis socialite named in the Who's Who Women of Achievement, University's Top 100.

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