Victorian cycling outfit

Bicycling became almost a cult in the 1890s. The development of the pneumatic tyre and the mass production of machines meant that cycling was now comfortable and affordable, and as Queen Victoria Herself had purchased tricycles for her daughters (Starley's), it also became acceptable. As hundreds of young bicycle manufacturers competed for sales, prices dropped from over $100 to as low as $20 for a new cycle, making them in the reach of just about anyone. True or not?! The Pope Manufacturing…

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.

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

Historical costuming

1900 cycling suit

Der Bazar 1895

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Women don't have to wear skirts! If you have some puffy pants, those could work just as well.

By the 1890s, the bicycle was creating a social revolution in the United States. Nearly two million bicycles were being manufactured each ye...