A Look at Modernist Art in Camouflage
If you like camouflage and geometric art, than you’ll enjoy an old favorite from Dark Roasted Blend. It’s a great look at the history behind Dazzle camouflage and a really interesting read. Click below to read the article.
Design For Military Design Book Vol 1-3
If you like military graphic design, than you’ll probably enjoy the Design For Military series of books by Kesaharu Imai . They’re a great reference, and filled with technical, humorous, and obscure military design and illustrations. Click below for more pics.
German Field Blouse Design
A lot of thought went into the design of the uniforms of the WWII German army. Check out one of my favorite articles from lostbattalions.com, that looks at some of the ideas behind the design. Click below to read more.
DEUTSCHE SOLDATEN: The Uniforms, Equipment and Personal Effects of the German Soldier 1935-1945
At first glance, thought Deutsche Soldaten, would be the standard WWII uniform reference, but the level of detail and photography in the book is amazing. If you have any interest in WWII this really is a piece for your reference library. Click below to see more pics.
Closer Look at the Stone Island Camouflage Anorak.
C.P. Company did a similar pattern in SS’07 but been on the look out for either the Stone Island anorak or field jacket version which was done in the rarer z.60 Jehlici camouflage. Click below for more pics.
Original Design 07: Camouflage
Do you recognize any of these camouflages? Stone Island and C.P. Company have long been using inspiration from real military camouflage for patterns for their jackets. Click below to read more.
Original Design 06: DPM Windproof Smock
It’s not just the German and US military Stone Island gets its inspiration from. For the past few seasons there has been either a C.P. Company or Stone Island jacket inspired directly by the British Army Smock, Windproof, Arctic. Click below to read more.
Closer look at the Stone Island Ice Camo parka.
Really been procrastinating getting pics of this one up. Was trying to find a different look for the photos that would do justice for such an iconic piece, so settled on a vintage Osti style. Click below to see more pics.
Military Uniforms of the World.
Been a while since I posted some military stuff, so if you enjoy illustrations of uniforms, than you might check out Military Uniforms of the World. Out of print now, but you might be lucky and find a copy at your local library. Click below to see all the pics.
Original Design 04: Jacket, Flying Intermediate Type B-15
The B-15 and its variants was first introduced in the early 1940’s and continued to see action well into the 1960’s. The B-15 jacket is among those with the longest history of continued service in the USAF, a service history of almost 20 years. Click below to read more.
Kampfgruppe von Abt
Whenever I get burnt out of looking at jackets, always like to visit the Kampfgruppe von Abt website. They still haven’t updated in a while, but if you haven’t ever seen their work before, they do incredible 1/6th dioramas on an epic scale. These guys are truely in a league of their own. Click below for more.
Original Design 03: M1951 Parka
The M1951 Parka was developed as a flexible extreme cold weather solution for US Soldiers during the Korean war. More commonly know as the “Fishtail Parka”, it has been the inspiration for many Stone Island parka designs including the white label fur trimmed version to this season antique reflective. The iconic fishtail and diagonal pocket design make M1951 both an icon of fashion and military design, even 50 years after its creation. Click below to learn more about the M1951 Parka.
1940’s US Navy Pullover Jackets
WWII Naval fashion unfortunately gets a bad wrap. The image of sailors with bib shirts and dinky hats usually comes to mind. But like the army the navy had some really interesting designs. One of my favorite type of jackets from this period are the USN Navy pullovers. Click below to see more images.
Original Design 02: M-1943 Field Jacket
When most people think field jacket, the M-65 usually is the first that comes to mind, but the modern day field jacket like the Stone Island A349 owes its design inspiration to the WWII M-1943 field jacket. A design so successful that military forces around the world still wear field jackets remarkably similar to it. Click below for the history of the M-1943.
Original Design 01: M-41 Field Jacket
Ever wonder where the design comes from? The AW ‘05 Stone Island 4A21 gets the honor of being the first of the “Original Design” features. The 4A21 is based off the design of the WWII M-1941 field jacket, believe it or not this design is over sixty years old and was one of the most widely worn jackets by US soldiers during WWII. Click below to see the history of the M-1941.