Name: Elísa Icelandic Pony Girl Tack Fitting
Location: England
Date: 18/02/12
Camera: Nikon D3000 Digital SLR Camera
Model: My friend Elísa (Short hyperactive Icelandic/Norwegian Female! - Elísa Is Over The Age Of 18)

Elísa late last year started to talk about doing a big project this year, which was going to be unconnected to all of her educational course work. That is to say that she wanted to do photography that was outside of her course work, but some photographs taken would or could be used for her course work if she wished them to be. I and Elísa have spoken about doing a project like this before but we just simply didn’t have the time and at that point we didn’t have the know-how or inspiration to make it all happen. But this month we have sat down together over a cup of nice warm green tea and armed ourselves with a pen and note pad, and we got to work noting down ideas for a grand project. One thing we had each noted down was that we what ever we choose to do, it could last the whole of 2012 and maybe longer as well depending on how well the photograph shoots had gone, and how well people liked them. Elísa and I had already done Latex photograph shoots, in day time and indeed night time settings. So that idea had already been done, but we noted it down anyway, if only to make the list look longer than it needed to be! This mind mapping and note taken went on for ages.

Then Elísa clicked her fingers and called out “Pony Girls!” and I was half took what she in as I was note making and I looked up and remarked “oh where?” to which she gave me a puzzled look. She when picked up my copy of “The Human Pony” by Rebecca Wilcox, and said “this shall be a project of the year”, I must add that this book is a really well written and down to earth account on Pony Play and is not to be missed. I was lent this book by two of my closest friends Motoko and Jenny, and I found it so useful that after I returned the book to them I went out and brought my own cop, and it’s been on my bookshelf ever since then. Elísa is by no means a stranger of my books, and has read all of my Wilbur Smith books I own and my Ian Fleming ones as well. At the moment she has borrowed my copy of “The Hobbit” by the great author J R T Tolkien. But anyway I have swung away from the topic it had and I shall now return to it! Elísa had opened up the book and was scribbling down notes at an unreal speed on her note pad as she flicked though the pages.

So now that we wanted to do an on-going project on Pony Girls we then planned out the costume and pony tack that she was going to wear. This took a lot of planning indeed, and after many E-Mailing, Phone Calls and online hunting we tracked down the very same company that make Pony Girl Anna Rose’s Pony Girl Tack! After contacting them they agreed to make our Pony Girl harness and collar and wrist cuffs, the colour and design are bespoke as I and Elísa wanted to make this project different from any other.

We first worked out the colour scheme we were going to use, as Elísa and I wanted a colour scheme to run though her Pony Girl costume. The colours would be her personal image, something that would identify her. We sketched out many different colour schemes and in the end we chose to have black and red. All of her Pony Girl costume and tack would be black with red trim. Next had to figure out what her Pony Girl costume and tack was going to be, as there are so many different styled and materials used out there and it can be a bit of a task to choose one. But in the end we went for the latex and rubber look. We wanted everything to be fully bespoke and fully custom made, as well as to really practical and not just look good. I know going for fully bespoke Pony Girl costume and tack would be tricky but in the end we wanted something that would fantastic and be fully useable and not just look pretty. To help us plan it all out we broke each item up into sections so we knew what was what, and so we started to plan from the head downwards which seemed like a good way to start the ball rolling for our project, and at the same time we hunted around for leather makers and other skilled people to help us in out project, and my friends Motoko and Jenny have been amazing help in this project so far, so thank you Motoko and Jenny for all your fantastic help and work so far.


Pony Girl Hood
We were thinking about not having a hood but after looking an amazing load of Pony Girl pictures of the latex kind we thought that we didn’t have a hood we would really be missing out on many great photograph moments. I and Elísa had to think about what style of hood and we came up with an open faced latex hood that also covers the chin, its full black and we got it custom made by Libidex, who make the best rubber and latex gear and clothing in England. The hood has a back zip and has a hair guard so that the Elísa’s hair will not get caught up in the zip; the latex is 0.45mm thick.

Pony Girl Catsuit
This was tricky to design as we wanted coloured seams that would be in keeping with the rest of the costume and tack. Libidex was our answer again and we had them make a black catsuit with red seams, and it looks stunning. The type of catsuit fit and style was paramount as when the tack went on top of the catsuit the red seams of the catsuit needed to line up and match the colours and contours of the pony girl tack. Catsuit was also needed reinforcement areas on the knees, under the arms and backside. Due to the fact that comfort and durability was important the latex is 0.45mm thick. This means it’s a good fit, it’s flexible and strong at the same time. The catsuit also has built in feet as well, and has a three-way back zip fitted as standard.

Pony Girl Harness
This pony girl harness is something that I and Elísa worked and planned for a whole week, lots of draws and e-mailing each other designs and notes and phone calls made this fantastic harness come to life. I and Elísa managed to find the same people who made Pony Girl Anna Rose’s harness and they are also the official suppliers of other world famous Pony Girls! So we asked them to make one for us but a bespoke one. So we ended u with a 100% leather harness, rugged, heavy duty weight and construction, plenty of metal D-Rings for attachments and so on. It’s also adaptable as well so more than one person can wear it, this gives it flexibility for another wearer should I and Elísa want to photograph someone else in it. We also had it made in our colour scheme, so we have an all black pony girl harness with red leather trimming. The contours and shape of the harness complement the shape of the red seams on the catsuit, we really can’t be happier with how this turned out.

Pony Girl Collar
Now you can’t have a Pony Girl without a collar as Elísa pointed out, and didn’t go for half measure, we ordered from the same people we ordered the bespoke pony girl harness from a posture collar. Once again it’s 100% leather and all black with a red leather rim. A posture collar is about 3 Inches wide and limits the wears neck movements and makes the wearer looks straight forwards in a good posture and doesn’t allow the wearer to look down. It’s a little hard core but Elísa said that she didn’t want to look amateurish! As with the pony girl harness this is proper practical tack and has metal D-Rings.

Pony Girl Wrist Cuffs
Again we have ordered these from the same people as the pony girl harness and the collar. They are all black 100% leather with red leather trim, these are heavy duty and again practical and are rugged. They have metal D-Rings as well and like the collar they are strong and well made.

Pony Girl Tail
Elísa collected a lot of Icelandic Pony Hair while she was out and about in Iceland in January 2012. The tail is a mixture of synthetic and real pony hair. This tail slides on to the back though-strap and it looks fantastic.

Pony Girl Bridle
Once again this is made by the same people who supply Anna Rose and GORD. This is a 100% leather bridle (All of our tack is 100% I wish to add), and is very practical indeed as well as looking amazing. It’s fully adjustable and comfortable to wear, the bit like a real bridle and be removed so you can swap bit as you wish or not have a bit at all. The bit can be changed without having to remove the whole bridle, this means the bride can stay on. Also the bridle colour is fully back with only a red leather trim around the blinkers.


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