Motoring fashion

When the first cars appeared, women’s auto fashion (also driving fashion, car fashion, motoring fashion) was a kind of sportswear. The first cars were open and there was a need to protect clothes from the cold and bad weather, and the hair and hat should not be blown away by the wind. The outfit consisted of a duster, gloves, goggles and a veil. The duster, coat or fur coat varied depending on the season. In the second half of the 1910s, it became more common to drive in closed cars and the fashion for driving a car ceased to differ from the usual. Goggles disappeared from the outfit, remaining only in a more sporty fashion for female racers. In the 1940s – 1960s, you can see a veil on the head and sunglasses on ladies when they drive cars with an open roof.