This is just a guess, but there were far more enlisted men in my dad's infantry unit than officers. So there would logically be less officer uniforms than enlisted uniforms available on the civilian market.
Golly,
My first job was being paid 20 dollars for a weekends work at the family business when I was 12. I made it putting together different components of promotional products. I got there early and was offered either two cents per product or twenty bucks for the weekend. I thought two cents...
My grandpa served in WWII as an Able Seaman. He was later commissioned when he volunteered for the Korean war. He never actually was deployed, was stationed out east somewhere on a big army base.
He grew to be a Colonel in the reserves and my dad pretty much did the same thing, except that my...
Hello all,
I was on WPG and saw a couple things I was going to buy. I did buy two identical cravats/ascots (I don't know what you call them in other countries, here both terms are common). But I saw a white belted safari coat, a tan belted and a OD belted. I'm very tempted to buy the white...
Hi,
I'm a non drinker, but I like having booze on hand in case I receive guests.
So I'll be putting together a bar cart. Imagine setting up a cart of your own, what would you stock. I don't really know much about GE drinks, can anybody add some expertise and some suggestions.
What should I...
I've often wondered about being a Scoutmaster. I was a Beaver, Cub and Scout. So recently, I inquired about being a Scouter, and they're going to put me in touch with a local troop. I'm looking forward to the opportunity.
I have been informed that the uniform is Canadian red. I don't know if...
I own at least 5 Dickies khaki shirts and a good number of their khaki trousers. I used to wear them to work, but I wear them around town, I think they look sharp and at 24.99 a shirt, they can't be beat. I wear mine into the field sometimes but without a tie.
I believe the Dickies I own are...
From what I understand,
Many engagement rings from the GE were not what we would think of as fancy rings. They might have had a tiny piece of diamond instead of a whole. My grandma's ring wasn't much, but she was married right after WW2 and nobody really had any money.
Just bought a "utility" kilt off Ebay. Khaki canvas with two cargo pockets. Looking forward to some pants free hiking. I know it's not traditional, but being an Englishman by blood, I don't have much opportunity to wear a proper kilt.
C.
I wish I'd been around to see the old Banana Republic. It sounds like a cross between the local army surplus and the local travel wear shop.
I recently bought a TAG safari coat. I was wearing it to an appointment with my doctor (who is Afrikaner). She asked how I'd purchased it, she was...
I agree. You will find many women's belts which are not entirely feminine, but are skinny. Lots of women's dresses or suits will have a belt such as that as part of the set of clothing.
Also, consider a military belt, many web belts from the armed forces tend to be quite skinny.
Another...
Yes, I do have a suggestion.
Short sleeve Dickies work shirts. I own at least five of them, my dear old Mother has asked me to stop wearing them everywhere. In other parlance they might be called a safari shirt. Or a casual shirt. They do not need to be ironed, they are cheap (under thirty...
I have a local source for Dickies in my size (much taller than the Walmart sizes) and they charge 29.95CDN. I walk in, they know me and I walk out with 2-3 pair trousers in under five minutes. No shipping required.
They also offer Wrangler pants, which (not jeans, they are cotton trousers in...
I second seersucker. I wear a seersucker suit to church and occasionally to work when it gets hot.
I have had cheaper seersucker shirts before. I found that they are very much in a situation of "you get what you pay for". If you buy a seersucker suit, and you wear it like I wear mine, expect...
I have an extremely similar vest from a place called Lamellias or something like that. It's a chain and sells western wear. It cost me about 100CDN (it was on sale) and was available in certain sizes all the way up to an XXL.
Mondo, I believe I bought what you're describing is widely available...
This will make you laugh.
I was wearing a pair of repro pants and an old beater blazer and I was at a concert put on by a girlfriend. I bent down to tie my shoes and the pants split. Completely.
Luckily there was a funny haze in the air (this was when cigarettes were legal indoors) and I was...
Perhaps it allows a young man to buy fewer pair pants. After all, when a teenage man is growing, his inseam might extend faster than his waistline. By wearing trousers tucked into some kind of gaiter, it would be less obvious that he had pants which may have been 2-4 inches too short. It would...
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