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The tailor-made custom riding costume comprises authentic jodhpurs with balloon thighs and padded lower legs, along with white shirt with jabot, vest, jacket and bowler hat. The costume is labeled on the hat, vest and jacket "Pesterre's Beverly Hills, Cal" and is ink labeled on the vest "Miss Shirley Temple Date: 4-18-38 No. 2248". The bowler hat is labeled "Stetson's, Made Exclusively for Pesterre's". Generally excellent condition. Included is a vintage photograph of Shirley Temple wearing the costume.The well-tailored costume was worn by Penny (Shirley) in the opening scene of the film in which she is attending Miss Vincent's School for Girls. Pesterre's was a well-established tailor shop in Beverly Hills, noted for its traditional and conservative costumes, and also served as a source of British riding wear for Hollywood film studios of the 1930s, fitting other actors of the era including Elizabeth Taylor and Laurence Olivier.