What goes with your A2?

[GHQ1]

Buzz Rickson's C-2 "vest with sleeves" aircrew sweater . . . .W&G's version looks the same . .

 

[Dr H]

Today for work - a pair of original officers' pinks, a white short sleeved shirt, Royal Aircraft Establishment tie (cool crest with a pteranodon) and a pair of RM Williams boots (with a russet Perry 42-16175-P, A-2).

 

[CR141]

I have a Good Wear SAT A2 so today I wore a Levi gray pocket t shirt, Levi 560 jeans and Wolverine floaters(by far the most comfortable shoe I've ever worn but sadly they are no longer being made). Really though, I believe the A2 looks good with anything one chooses to wear.

 

[John in Covina]

I do want to add to my other post that I will wear my A2 type jacket with khakis, white dress shirt and a 1940's bold look tie and fedora. There are scenes in the Natural where Redford has his leather jacket white dress shirt dress pants and tie topped of with fedora and it really comes off as a nice casual sporty dressy look.

 

[CR141]

Agreed John. I've seen the movie many times. It is a very smart looking combination.

 

[B-24J]

C-2

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Where's the "profile"? At the neck? (Can't find any pix of it online, altho if you GIS "glider sweater" you get some lovely female models. SFW, natch.)

I ran across this thread again while looking for info on a different sweater.

Here is a scan of the repro C-2 from a 1998 W&G Catalog...

...and a few pics of an original for reference.

The zipper pics illustrate the color better than the other photos.

John

 

[ButteMT61]

The A2 is awesome and versatile. It can be casual or somewhat dressy. I wear mine to the office all the time.
Jeans, khakis, t shirt and dress shirts.
Same with the G1. My two faves. Looking for some sweaters like those! Thx for posting.

 

[bentusian]

How I went to work last Sunday:

Toy's McCoy A-2, grey chambray shirt, LVC jeans and Redwing Beckman

 

[Fifty150]

Sometimes I like a hoodie.

 

[Corky]

You can't go wrong with an off-white turtleneck sweater, either an Aran wool or a simple one.

 

[Fifty150]

You can't go wrong with an off-white turtleneck sweater, either an Aran wool or a simple one.

You're wearing all of that in sunny, Southern California?

 

[ButteMT61]

You're wearing all of that in sunny, Southern California?

Um, it does get cold here. In my little town of Pasadena, it's in the 30's during winter months at night/evenings. I can wear that for months. I can wear a B3 as well.

 

[B-24J]

Swedish Sweater

The A2 is awesome and versatile. It can be casual or somewhat dressy. I wear mine to the office all the time.
Jeans, khakis, t shirt and dress shirts.
Same with the G1. My two faves. Looking for some sweaters like those! Thx for posting.

Hi ButteMT61,

Have a look at http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=759173 for a Swedish Military Sweater. It is not a C-2, but somewhat like one. They only have Medium and Large sizes. The C-2 is a rather light-thin sweater and the Swedish seems heavier.

John

 

[ButteMT61]

Hi ButteMT61,

Have a look at http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=759173 for a Swedish Military Sweater. It is not a C-2, but somewhat like one. They only have Medium and Large sizes. The C-2 is a rather light-thin sweater and the Swedish seems heavier.

John

Thanks John - I found those previously, but was sad to see none my size (**L, or, 50/52 Long)

Thanks for posting it though - might help someone else!

 

[Fifty150]

my little town of Pasadena

Ah yes. I know it well. There's a Hillstone Houston's restaurant there. I was refused admission. Now I've been kicked out of places better than that. But that was the first, for me, to be not even let in the door. Supposedly, I was under-dressed. What was I wearing? Tank top, surf shorts, and deck shoes. There were plenty of girls there that night who had more skin on show. Just about every other girl had spaghetti straps & little skirts. My shorts were down to my knees. And it wasn't like I wasn't wearing shoes.

See, this is why people throw bricks through windows.

 

[Jaime]

Love to wear my Rough Wear RMCNZ just with jeans and boots, two pics of the last winter here in Spain.

 

[Fifty150]

Hooded Sweatshirt

 

[Fifty150]

Ball Cap & Pendleton

 

[OldGreyBird]

I tend to wear my A-2 (a current-issue version that replaced the originals which I'd outgrown) with good jeans and an open-collar white shirt). Upcoming, however, is a cosplay project where it'll be a WW2 AAF uniform component. And I recently lucked onto a cotton version of a mechanic's A-1 sweater---well made, comfortable, great fit (I'm an XL)---it's a product of 'The Nautical Range' in the UK, and it was on sale through National Geographic. Cost was $70, US postage included...

 

[Stand By]

I just got a baseball cap from the Ideal Cap Co. in khaki cotton twill to go with my Aero ANJ-3. They look perfect together - and it's soooo well made! It's a real treat to have a ball cap made the way they used to be and that has the perfect fit.
http://idealcapco.com/World-War-2-Caps.html