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Military style
Field jackets, flight bombers, cargo trousers and canvas boots in olive and khaki from independent boutiques.
Military style is a way of dressing built on functional army uniforms, heavy canvas coats, cargo pants and utilitarian field gear adapted for daily life. Relaxed cuts meet dense cotton twill and ripstop woven in shades of olive, black and grey. Every detail serves practical movement and weather protection rather than ornament.
Cargo trousers came from the British Army's battle dress of the late nineteen thirties and the American paratroopers of the Second World War, and the trench coat and the field jacket came out of the wars too. C.P. Company, known since the seventies for garment dyeing, cuts the cargo trousers here, and Helmut Lang flight trousers and a carpenter utility jacket in clean lines. Porter, the Tokyo bag maker, adds canvas waist and shoulder bags.
Field jackets, wide leg cargo pants and durable shoulder bags anchor the wardrobe alongside crisp cotton shirts and rugged lace up boots. Due West, WDLT117 and Utopia in Toronto carry these cargo trousers, field jackets and parkas.
