“The British Army adopted khaki serge for its service uniform in 1902 and for the battledress field uniform 1939-1962,” says Thomas. “Khaki serge was a much heavier fabric than khaki drill ...

Military clothing, accessories and gadgets have time and again informed both menswear and womenswear. So much so that these ...

cultural historian and the author of British Army Uniform and the First World War: Men in Khaki. The solution was khaki, a drab brown color that evoked the environment soldiers occupied in India ...

The traditions of the United States Army, including its uniform and accoutrements, are rooted in the British Army of the ... wool serge for winter and cotton khaki for summer.

The US Army made it mandatory for all ... Uniforms at this point were replaced by khaki field uniforms that were inspired by the British pattern. The material of the uniforms at this time shifted ...

Khaki uniforms had become the universal "summer" field uniform for the U.S. Army and United States Marine Corps – and in the latter case, it even had a British connection. "The Marine Corps ...

The Continental Army was created on June 14, 1775, and in the beginning, uniforms were modeled on those of our allies and enemies, the French and British ... version made of khaki cotton.

Throughout this period the U.S. Army uniform and headdress ... than four patterns of the khaki field service coats being issued. Some of these even included the British Pattern 95 Foreign Service ...

University of the Arts London and author of British Army Uniform and the First World War: Men in Khaki. Even so, the story of the trench coat starts roughly 100 years before the outbreak of ...

1902: The U.S. Army changed its summer uniform to the brown khaki worn by British troops in India. The Army also adopted camouflage color for its winter service uniform-- a dull, greenish-brown ...