In 1437 the Spanish historian and traveler Pero Tafur wrote about the hunt he went on with the Byzantine Emperor and his wife, Maria: "The Empress rides astride, with two stirrups, and when she desires to mount, two lords hold up a rich cloth, raising their hands aloft and turning their backs upon her, so that when she throws her leg across the saddle no part of her person can be seen." Five years earlier, in 1432 the traveler Bertrandon de Broquire was in Hagia Sophia for a service wrote the following: "I went all day without food and drink, almost to vespers, very late, to see the Empress who had rested in a residence nearby which seemed to me as beautiful as a church, to see her come out and how she mounted the horse
125cm based on a UK size 8
Its over 20 years old and never goes out of style just like this fabulous old T-bird
This can be an overly bright tie, branded shirt, or cargo pants with excess pockets
I can see styling this dress in a few different ways like adding a pullover sweater and boots for the cooler weather, or a long cardigan and some loafers for a dressed down office look
