The word "jodhpurs" is often used interchangeably with riding breeches, though this is technically incorrect. Jodhpur boots, also called paddock boots, are worn with jodhpurs, but also may be worn with breeches if half-chaps are added which provide the functionality and look of a tall riding boot The use of the Indian-style, ankle-length Jodhpurs allowed riders to use short, less expensive boots, as their calves were protected by the reinforced design and snug fit. This British version was soon being produced by Savile Row tailors in London. Though the term "jodhpurs" was applied colloquially to this style of breeches, they were not true jodhpurs and are more accurately termed "flared-hip breeches". Early photographs of European polo teams show the continued use of tall boots and breeches. The full-legged design of the true Jodhpur was not adopted as British polo apparel.
Singh's jodhpur style of flared thigh and hip was rapidly taken up by the British polo-playing community, who adapted it to the existing designs of English riding breeches, which ended snugly at mid-calf, and were worn with tall riding boots. When he visited Queen Victoria in England during her Diamond Jubilee celebrations of 1897, he brought his entire polo team, who caused a sensation among the fashionable circles of the United Kingdom by their riding clothes. Sir Pratap Singh, a younger son of the Maharaja of Jodhpur, popularised in England the style of riding trousers worn in Jodhpur, a design that he apparently improved and perfected and first had tailored in India around 1890. This is a special traditional style of clothing in Northern India, especially in what is today the modern state of Rajasthan. It is still worn at traditional Jodhpuri weddings. The jodhpurs were adapted from an ancient style of Indian trouser called the Churidar, which is tight around the calf and loose at the hips.
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The thighs and hips were flared, a traditional South Asian style that allowed free movement of the hip and thigh while riding. Jodhpurs were adapted from traditional clothing of the Indian subcontinent as long trousers, reaching to the ankle, snug from the calf to the ankle, with reinforced fabric protecting the inner calf and knee from rubbing. Note the traditional long riding trousers, tight around the calf, reaching to Mojari slippers.
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