Belated sympathies to the surfers and the skaters, who rolled their eyes in the early 2000s when my generation donned Roxy and Etnies without ever having set foot on either kind of board. The trend hounds have come for me. Welcome to “Horse Girl fall.”

This style moment, inescapable in my social media feeds, is feeding hungrily off of horse world, grabbing at our boots and breeches, our cowboy hats and bolo ties, even our canvas chore jackets and quarter-zip sweaters. The annoyance runs as deep as it must have for the surfers and skaters. Our look is not about creating a look. Everything the Horse Girl wears comes from a place of practicality. Heels so our feet don’t slip through stirrups. Coats with deep pockets for tools and horse treats. Anything and everything to stop the chafing.

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