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Red Wool Whipcord Hacking Jacket with Brass Buttons

1990s · 1990s · British

Production

ready-to-wear

Material

wool whipcord

Culture

British

Movement

Supermodel Era

Influences

18th century English riding coat · traditional hunt livery

A traditional British hacking jacket in deep red wool whipcord, featuring a single-breasted front with brass buttons and notched lapels. The jacket displays classic equestrian tailoring with a fitted waist, flapped pockets, and structured shoulders. Worn over a cream waistcoat with ornate gold embroidered or brocaded detailing across the front. The ensemble represents traditional English country sporting attire, with the whipcord fabric providing durability for outdoor activities. The formal construction includes precise seaming and professional finishing typical of quality British tailoring, maintaining the heritage aesthetic of fox hunting and equestrian culture.

jacketregular fitcollarlesship length

Connected To

THE MET

Victorian Late / Bustle · 1880s

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1990s · 1990s

Scarlet Red Wool Melton Hunting Coat

71%

Red Wool Whipcord Hacking Jacket with Brass Buttons

Worn with·bootsWorn with·riding breechesFunction·sportswear

Echoes Across Time

Victorian Late / Bustle → 1990s · 110yr71%

SHARED

These two red riding coats reveal how equestrian formality has shed its Victorian theatricality while keeping its essential DNA intact. The 1880s hunting coat, with its exaggerated cutaway front and cream-colored vest insert, performs aristocratic leisure like a costume—all pomp and ceremony for the hunting field's social theater.

Worn with·bootsWorn with·riding breechesFunction·sportswear

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World War I Transition · 1900s-1920s

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1990s · 1990s

Red Wool Hunt Coat with Brass Buttons

70%

Red Wool Whipcord Hacking Jacket with Brass Buttons

Worn with·bootsWorn with·riding breechesFunction·sportswear

SHARED74 years

These two red hunting coats reveal how equestrian tailoring became a master class in functional minimalism across nearly eight decades. The earlier coat's fuller skirts and deeper button stance speak to Edwardian formality still clinging to field dress, while the '90s jacket strips away everything but the essential: a clean line from shoulder to hem that follows the rider's torso without the historical flourishes.

Text81%

Image82%

Entity47%

World War I Transition → 1990s · 74yr70%

SHARED

Worn with·bootsWorn with·riding breechesFunction·sportswear