This Is Personal
We tend to have an aversion to recognizable logos here at OR, though we give exception to personal effects when they are decorated with an individual monogram, inscription, or (of course) nod to a beloved pet. We're drawn to the intimate flair of a clever emblem or carefully crafted trademark that makes an item uniquely one’s own...
Made in the Shade: Sun Protection for Riders
As two farm girls born and raised beneath the pervasive California rays, we’re well aware of the sun’s ability to cause premature aging and – if that’s not reason enough to protect your skin – cancer. This week, we share some of our favorite sun-mitigating techniques...
Put Some Spring in Your Step
It's not uncommon to spend upwards of ten hours per day in riding gear when one's life revolves around horses. While we admire those who elect to wear a more polished, street style expression of the equestrian flair, we are more likely...
All Dressed Up With No Place to Go
At OR we spend a lot of time doing dirty work in the stables, but we also have backgrounds in the fashion industry, and generally take pride in what we put on our bodies. That is, until bedtime...
A Bag That Can Do Both
Recently, the OR team arrived at LaGuardia airport to catch a flight for a quick thirty-six hour trip. Although we both carried the same indispensible handbag that accompanies us everywhere, one of us...
A Proper Topper
Like stock ties and saddlebags, brimmed hats transform from farm staple to fashion statement with ease. Furthermore, no season feels as fitting for a lid made of felt and feathers than the one we are in now. With this in mind...
Whatever Floats Your Goat
Cliffsnotes: Matt Scanlan, an ex-qualitative-analyst-turned-humanitarian, accidentally starts Naadam, a line of ethically manufactured luxury clothing, with a friend after drinking goat’s-milk vodka together in a yurt in Mongolia...
When Sea and Stable Collide
Our closets need another handbag like our tack rooms need another snaffle (hint: not at all). Although there is an abundance of brands, collections, styles, and often off-price overstock from which to choose...
The Best Seat in the House
As recently as a decade ago, english riding pants were not so flattering even on the youngest among us. Stretch-free fabric, faultfinding colors, and unforgiving textiles made for a less than complementary image...
An Exercise in Subtlety
We all know that moment in a perfume commercial when the model-esque foreign beauty in a revealing satin gown rushes past the handsome stranger, their eyes meet for the...
Stop Callin’, Stop Callin’, I’m Kinda Busy
The average smartphone wielding ‘murican checks his/her cell phone 46 times per day. Suddenly hoping you’re below average? There’s an app for that. Many of the applications on our phones are designed to cause...
On a Personal Note
Jewelry is a very personal thing, so when someone gets it right, we take note. Especially when we aren’t the bauble-dripping type. This happened recently to an OR’er who was gifted this...