Military fashions are ever more relevant in today’s postmodern fashion world. Historically, military styles have influenced mainstream fashion in many ways. For example, khaki pants were originally worn by the British Forces in India, “khaki” meaning “dust” in Hindi. Today, there is nothing about khaki chinos that seems military influenced at all, but if not […]

Military clothing is quite adaptable to civilian fashions. Throughout the centuries styles of clothing and accessories from the military have found their way into clothing worn by people who would never shoot a gun, much less participate in a war. Some of these are easily identifiable, but others take a little investigation to reveal their […]

Vintage clothing works well with modern styles for several reasons. One is that it avoids looking like the wearer is overly concerned about fads or fashion, but still looks put together and decent. Fashion trends cycle in and out, and generally a look that goes out of fashion and then comes back stays in for […]

In today’s fast-paced society, fashion trends move in and out like the tides. What is in today, might be completely un-cool tomorrow. However, despite the rapid mobility in clothing styles, and quickly passing fads, there are some looks that either never really go out of style, or cycle back in after going out of fashion. […]