Military clothing, especially wool pants, sweaters and coats ... "I still go out and look for surplus, because it was the first niche of the store," Schopf says. A stroll through the aisles ...

But while the local aesthetic and the local elements call for waterproof boots, layered flannel, beanie hats and hardy wool socks ... there is Federal Army & Navy Surplus in Belltown.

Since the end of the Civil War Americans have collected and worn military surplus. The clothing and gear that was originally produced for soldiers or other members of the ...