College equestrians and collegiate team fans, rejoice! Here’s your chance to show your school spirit in the saddle, while supporting an awesome new small business. In addition to their line of fashionable collegiate clothing, Collegiate Glamour LLC also produces licensed collegiate horse items such as saddle pads, breeches, and horse-themed shirts.
“We know that there are numerous folks out there that love the concept of representing their respective university on their horse,” said founder and CEO Tiffany R. Harvey. A native Marylander who began riding at age 11, Tiffany grew up riding hunter-jumpers, eventing, and dressage before becoming “an avid dressage queen.” After graduating from Virginia Tech and obtaining Masters’ degrees in Business and International Marketing and Business Administration, Tiffany combined her passions for horseback riding and college sports by creating Collegiate Glamour.
Knowing that the population of passionate college riders is ever-growing, Collegiate Glamour seeks to clothe riders and their horses in comfortable and fashionable gear. Students participating in organizations such as Intercollegiate Riding Show Association (IHSA), Intercollegiate Dressage Association (IDA), and the National Collegiate Equestrian Association (NCEA) can now order licensed gear from the University of Maryland and Virginia Tech, with other colleges and universities coming soon.
“We are looking to represent over 50 universities in the next year,” Tiffany explained. Their product line will include:
- Saddle pads (Collegiate Glamour was approved to produce the first ever retail collegiate saddle pad)
- Breeches
- Dress sheets
- Crocheted ear bonnets
- Polo wraps
- Coat bags
- Helmet bags
- Boot bags
The Collegiate Glamour equestrian line already has a large following on Facebook, and is excited to be in contract negotiations with the following schools to start carrying their products:
- University of Alabama
- University of Arizona
- Arizona State University
- Auburn University
- Clemson
- University of Florida
- Florida State University
- University of Georgia
- University of Kentucky
- Kansas State Univerity
- LSU
- University of Michigan
- Michigan State University
- University of North Carolina
- North Carolina State University
- Ohio State
- University of Oklahoma
- Oklahoma State University
- Penn State
- Stanford University
- UCLA
- University of Virginia
- University of South Carolina
- University of Tennessee
- University of Texas
- Texas A&M
- West Virginia University