Keywords: 1842-La-Mode-riding-habit-contrast.gif An 1842 fashion plate from La Mode which seemingly deliberately plays up the contrast between a strongly masculine-fashion-influenced riding habit a garment which ladies wore in order to ride horses sidesaddle vs ultra-feminine high-fashion attire with perhaps slightly bizarre results La Mode 1842 unknown 1842 artist PD-old-70-1923 Fashion in 1842 Black and white drawings of dresses Gender-role reversals or women in power 19th-century caricatures Riding equipment Riding habits in art Riding crops in art Fashion plates |