E@H Blog Hop: Threads

Woohoo for Hillary over at Equestrian at Hart starting up her own blog hop now that L has retired hers.  I've been seriously slacking on blogging lately so hopefully this will get me back on track with some predetermined topics.

For the sake of making this post shorter I'm just going to talk about my summer riding attire, because living in New England means I have entirely different wardrobes for each season, and all the random weather in-between.  I'll start from the top and work my way down.

For as long as I can remember I've been an IRH fan.  They are hands down the best fit for my head, and I think they're classy enough for what I want to do (a whole lot of schooling).  It keeps my head fairly cool and I've had my current helmet for 2 years without it starting to "funk" yet.

In the past I've always worn random T-shirts (usually of the tie-dye variety) to the barn but since moving to a "classier" barn in the fall I figured I should at least attempt to dress the part.  Fluorescent solid fitted-ish shirts was the best I could do ;)  Target had a bunch of these shirts for sale this spring and I think I bought 5 of them in different colors.  They're all solids and pretty much match all my breeches, along with being super lightweight yet not see through.  Win all around for me.

I've blogged a time or two about my favorite breeches before, and I basically stick to two kinds... Tredstep and Kerrits (but the newer kerrits, not the tights).  I might be the only person in the whole entire world who likes Tredsteps, because everyone else I know has hated them, but they fit my random proportions perfectly.  They look very nice in my opinion, I love the material, the fact that they come in full seats, and the sock bottom.  My only complaint is that they don't have more colors :(

One thing that I'm not a snob at all about are tall boots.  I've always bought cheap-o boots, taken good care of them, and they do the job.  I've had these Ariats (from the children's department.... muahaha) for a few years and they're still chugging along.

As far as accessories go, I like functionality and I like to have fun.  I used to be a die-hard crochet gloves fan, but when they stopped making them in velcro closures I made the switch to the Noble Equine gloves posted above.  So far I really like them, and am hoping they hold up!!  Zocks are definitely my favorite socks for riding.  I haaaate thick socks in general, never mind under tall boots so I have a wide variety of Zocks to choose from.

And now for some photos of the outfits in action ;)