Talk:Jodhpurs

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This article is inadequate, it primarily addresses the modern tight fitting riding trousers that have inherited the “Jodhpur” name. If anyone knows more about the history of Jodhpurs it’d be quite interesting to see it. I only know a little, how about this:

The style was imported from India during the British occupation in the latter half of the 19th century and became popular for military uniforms, initially with cavalry and only in Britain, but eventually for all the armies of the world and later the air forces too. In the early 20th C until the 40’s Jodhpurs were common work trousers for farm labourers in many parts of the world, including Western and Eastern Europe, America, and Australia; it could be said that they fulfilled a role similar to denim jeans. During WW2 they lost favour as a uniform style but were famously retained by the German officers and such notable figures and General Patton.

After WW2 they only remained as riding trousers in the West, but were also used for motorcycle police uniforms. In Eastern Europe they were still used as work trousers as well as in the uniforms of many Soviet Bloc countries, including the USSR and East Germany.--OzoneO 03:26, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Interesting: I'd like to see something about their being worn by early American movie directors, and their association with big game hunters around this time as well.

Maybe add a picture? 71.116.83.87 04:49, 9 June 2007 (UTC)