Military use of blue denim

[jake431]

Nice shirt! Love the buttons especially.

-Jake

[Paul T]

Woah. Looks amazing.

[tmadd]

Not blue denim, but pretty awesome...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-WW2-Denim-Pants-Vintage-40s-Army-Denim-Trousers_W0QQitemZ330280309039QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item330280309039&_trkparms=72%3A1205|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Also not mine, but they would be if the waist was a little larger.

[tweeds]

Royal Navy Jersey Tunic (' regulation issue dark blue oiled wool') with pale blue denim epaulettes. Mid C20

this is pretty cool. are those epaulettes or a collar? this would probably be worn under a coat which would tell rank.

[slowdownarthur]

this is pretty cool. are those epaulettes or a collar? this would probably be worn under a coat which would tell rank.

Hi tweeds...I took the photos and made notes from the info at the exhibition; in the display cards the denim details were described as 'epaulettes' though, I agree, they form part of the collar. I do remember this particular piece was a keep-sake loaned by the wife of the serviceman who'd worn it... I'll check back and see if I have any other info on it, like his rank...

Edit: Finally sourced the original info from the exhibition (which will be on display in Portsmouth, UK. in January), here it is:

'Title: Royal Navy Jersey Tunic, regulation issue, dark blue oiled wool with pale blue denim epaulettes

Date: Probably mid 20th century

Caption: Standard issue for naval rating; although the denim tags occupy a small area of this tunic, they flag the associations between denim and masculine ideals of courage and the adventurous spirit. Worn by Reginald Woodward who saw active service in WWII, his uniform was carefully preserved by his widow.'

[Charlie Delta]

(now seriously considering painting a pin-up on the back of my MFSC CPO shirt, heh...)

[?uestionmark]

cool thread.

navy denim duffel bag. not much info but found it in ebay here.

[superBobo]

People interested in this topic really should get the NAVY-ism issue of Free & easy, great spreads on chambray shirts and navy work pants among others...

http://acontinuouslean.com/2008/03/12/the-navy-ism/

[jake431]

Like the "barber shop" picture from those South Pacific Life magazine shots. A very interesting assortment of young enlistees and dusty looking salts (in particular the two dudes with the graying horseshoes, though the tattooed barber is obviously no spring chicken either). Very neat slice of daily life.

-Jake

[poly800rock]

someone was selling selvedge denim norwegian army jackets on here a while back. i got one, but unfortunately sold it as i never wore it.

[Slub]

^^ There are a few interesting bits and pieces in this months Free & Easy too, including the CPO shirt, denim fatigue jacket, etc.

[Charlie Delta]

I guess it would be decent of me to credit ACL for finding these and the previous set I posted:

[Eccles]

nice example of navy work jacket that went on the bay for 4 bills

[robbie]

great thread, once I am able to rep I will be all over this thread.

[Charlie Delta]

Fucking incredible:

via Reference Library

[superBobo]

one of those navy work jackets, with shawl collars are reallyreally on my want list, but how...

[DrMoBueno]

so who has a large head around here?

http://cgi.ebay.com/MASH-Co-Type-USN-BA-2-Denim-Experimental-Cap_W0QQitemZ270372449439QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item270372449439&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

[i'm not affiliated with this seller, in any way.]

[Charlie Delta]

Via Reference Library:

[Paul T]

Lovely jacket. That denim looks very like Cone Deep Tone.

Great thread, of course. I might have mentioned this before but a coupl e of the early SF denim manufcatrers, including Can't Bust Em I think, had bell bottoms as a staple of their line and major moneyspinner, from the WWI era onwards.

[Slub]

That shawl collared jacket is just amazing.

Has me wondering about this Real McCoys repro http://www.realmccoys.co.jp/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=587

[Eccles]

Beautiful pair of Pre WWII cinch pants

went for high dollar on the bay

[Paul T]

Very nice. Thanks for posting. Looks like Jelt to me.

[Gaijin]

Great thread cotton. Love the history, great info

[Rivet Head]

Resurrection!!! Mine and my wife's navy denim deck jackets:

More here:

http://rivet-head.blogspot.com/2011/01/his-and-hers-wwii-us-navy-denim-deck.html

[stresMaldo]

wow, great thread.

some nice pieces. I love the denim pullover.

might just have to commision k-san to create one for me...

[Charlie Delta]

Some nice images over at Rivet Heads blog.

Since he posts here maybe ask him nicely if he wants to crosspost them?

[jean-claude]

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/kanful/zazvj183300/

and

http://www.sapporo-base.jp/SHOP/NEWJKT001.html

and

Same shirt?

[jean-claude]

Naval denim parka from Cabourn archives

[Paul T]

Yet another deck jacket - this one is the Coast Guard version.

More info at loomstate.

[spidereye]

Holla my first post here

Dont know which department wear this, but obviously army  related.