Military style pants

Kane said:

I recently bought a pair of heavy wool m1951 pants from a surplus seller on EBay for around $15. Really nice material, should be great for a cooler weather pant. They’re pleated and have buttons inside the adjustable waist band for a liner to attach, but I think they would also work for suspenders. They are very long and very baggy and will need to be tailored or altered to fit, but a heck of deal.

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patrick_b said:

The vietnam era 50's-70's utilities are my favorites. I like the 4 pocket variant. Vintage ones in 100% cotton are super soft and comfy. Earl's apparel makes a modern Made in USA version that's reasonably priced and well made.

https://www.allseasonsuniforms.com/products/ea1001p-stan-ray-4-pocket-fatigue-pant

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JustinW said:

Holy thread revival, Batman!

I was looking through this thread for info on Bronson, thinking I might pick-up a pair of their OG107s and then I saw this place. Has anyone here bought a pair of these?

As a side note, they also have some union made pocket tshirts that might be worth investigating.

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JustinW said:

Holy thread revival, Batman!

I was looking through this thread for info on Bronson, thinking I might pick-up a pair of their OG107s and then I saw this place. Has anyone here bought a pair of these?

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Cornelius said:

I have a pair of brown canvas Stan Rays which appear to be cut to the same pattern as the OG107s above. Solidly made & great price, but, for me, the front pocket openings are so ridiculously small that it's a fight to force my hand in to retrieve keys, etc. Totally bizarre & unprecedented; I don't know if this is a result of the company targeting the smaller-framed Japanese market or an absolutism regarding ~1940s pattern dimensions, but the end result is that pair of trousers lives in a drawer, will likely be donated to charity soon, and I doubt I'll ever buy a pair of Stan Ray pants again (unless I can try them in person first).

For reference here, we're talking a waist size 32, & a glove size 10.

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Fishbutcher said:

Fell in love with the Freewheelers aviators trousers as well, Corlection in Sydney stocked them, at an eye watering $459 aus ,
With a matching Jacket.

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Cornelius said:

I have a pair of brown canvas Stan Rays which appear to be cut to the same pattern as the OG107s above. Solidly made & great price, but, for me, the front pocket openings are so ridiculously small that it's a fight to force my hand in to retrieve keys, etc. Totally bizarre & unprecedented; I don't know if this is a result of the company targeting the smaller-framed Japanese market or an absolutism regarding ~1940s pattern dimensions, but the end result is that pair of trousers lives in a drawer, will likely be donated to charity soon, and I doubt I'll ever buy a pair of Stan Ray pants again (unless I can try them in person first).

For reference here, we're talking a waist size 32, & a glove size 10.

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Ernest P Shackleton said:

I've been lazily researching camos of the world. Like the tiger stripe and woodland, German flecktarn is another classic pattern. There's a 3-color and 5-color. I've come to like the M84 Danish pattern, which is similar to flecktarn. Other countries use the M84 with slight color variation for obvious reasons. The Polish woodland pattern is sort of neat because it reminds me of a militarized duck camo/beo gam of very long ago. There's an Italian camo that sort of looks like a cross between woodland and digital because of the smaller, more jagged shapes in similar coloration. I like that one a lot. I like the multicam too, and another modern pattern is the 3-color desert that is somewhere in-between multicam and woodland. That's a poor comparison, but oh well.

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Edward said:

One of the London museums - IWM I think - a few years ago had an exhibition on the historical development of camo and its use in fashion. I always found the latter concept fascinating: something designed specifically *not* to be seen transitioning into the fashion world where it's all about being seen!

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Cornelius said:

The origins of "Dazzle" camouflage make the connection to the worlds of avant-gard art, fashion, and theatre more obvious (as does the career of Homer Saint-Gaudens) so the transition is really more of a welcoming-home!

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Dav said:

First try on straight out of the box, Brandit M65 vintage trouser from Military 1st
Quite baggy but I think i can get used to them
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