militarywear

alternative military wear · alternative military-wear

1. uncountableClothing to be worn in the military.

   For a terrific overview of rare vintage militarywear, dip into Kaufman’s Army & Navy.

   1998, New York, page 62

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   Nor is the timing apparently right for another of his recent excursions, militarywear. If he’s reading the tea leaves correctly, women now want sportive simplicity and colors as soothing as a nursery pudding: banana, vanilla, robin’s egg blue.

   1990 November 5, “Designers embrace the shift”, in The Press of Atlantic City, volume XC, number 309, page B1

   For example, he reproduces the video’s sartorial statements: Khan ties a red and white kuffiyah unconventionally as a bandana, and pairs this with a combat jacket, fusing traditional Arab clothing with elements of militarywear and street style to fashion a specifically young British Muslim code of dress conveying a political statement.

   2012 July–September, Claire Chambers, “Four Lions”, in Ziauddin Sardar, Robin Yassin-Kassab, editors, Critical Muslim 3: Fear and Loathing, →ISBN, page 189

   While padding and quilting were historically employed in traditionally male-dominated areas like militarywear, they also have a precedent in female clothing.

   2014, Gemma Williams, “Voluminous Armour”, in Disegno, number 7, page 98