From Boy Scouts to soldiers, nurses to UPS workers, chefs to nuns, Paul Fussell describes, in sharp and telling anecdotes, the history and meanings of various uniforms. He reveals their secret language and unfolds their cultural significance. Focusing on the American scene, he holds up a mirror to the folks who head off to work each morning in regulated clothing and charts the fault lines of the desire for conformity and individuality. In examining the way uniforms unite and divide us, he ranges over the globe, describing, among other things, the Russian love of shoulder boards, the German obsession with black, and the Italian enthusiasm for feathered military hats. According to Fussell, we are what we wear, and sometimes our get-ups say surprising things. Uniforms is vintage Fussell — a blend of vinegar and grace, of keen cultural insight and hilarious wit, equal parts spoof and illuminating social analysis.

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The SteamFast® SF-435 has earned the Good Housekeeping Seal.. Steams away wrinkles faster and easier than ironing. Just add water to the MAX line, plug it in and you're ready to steam. Easy to pack for trips and simple to use - no need to find an iron when you arriveSome of the many uses for the SF-435W. Shirts - freshen up your shirts, like new in no time. Blouses - get wrinkles out quickly & effectively. Uniforms - even dress uniforms will look crisp again.

The Crimean War is sometimes considered to be the first modern conflict and introduced technical changes which affected the future course of warfare.

In the years immediately before the First World War Archibald Haswell Miller, a young artist, traveled Europe to study painting. While he was there he indulged his other great interest - military matters. On his travels he observed first-hand the soldiers of the European Armies in the last days of the colourful and elaborate uniforms that were giving way to grey and khaki across the continent. Realizing that this was a great military heritage that was slipping away, he set out to record these splendid uniforms.In the uncertain days before the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Haswell Miller sketched and painted hundreds of figures, each wearing a different uniform from the armies of Britain, Germany, France, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Spain and Sweden. Just before the First World War the paintings were exhibited in Leipzig, and it seemed they might be published. But when war broke out they returned home and lay forgotten for nearly one hundred years.Now, published together at last, they represent a unique record of the uniforms of the last great age of military dress. Accompanied by, in Haswell Miller's own words, 'notes and memories of the days before "the lights went out in Europe" in the year 1914', this is a book of great historical importance.

1929. Illustrated. The study of the changes which have occurred in the garb of mankind, and of the devices used to designate his leaders, from the days of the bow and arrow to those of the magazine rifle, should appeal to all persons interested in the history of the human race. It is the purpose of this work to treat of these changes in such a manner that it may, it is hoped, prove helpful to those who might wish to learn something regarding dress in the different periods of history, and various countries of the world.

The magnificent color illustrations of the Elting books make extensive use of surviving eyewitness sketches and accounts, and show how widely most armies of the time made use of captured or improvised equipment. The glories of the Austrian, Prussian, Russian, and British armies, as well as the smaller German states are all gathered together here in a single work for the first time.

Bruno Alberti and Laurent Pradier have been collecting and writing about U S Marine Corps gear for more than a decade and, in that time, have contributed complete series of articles on the topic in the French Militaria Magazine. That sequence of articles is complete and the time has now come for a revised and expanded version of the results of their work as a single bound volume.The US Marine Corps has always enjoyed a special status among the American Armed Forces, as well as boasting distinctive uniforms and emblems.This new book presents the large variety of dress uniforms for both officers and enlisted men, as well as combat uniforms and specialty camouflage garments.Hundreds of items of clothing, equipment and insignia are illustrated by reenactment photos of the famous 'leathernecks' in the form of large format color plates. Many period photos found in official American archives are also reproduced and help place the reenactment shots in the correct historical context.This new volume maintains the usual exceptional quality standards of Histoire and Collections: carefully-researched historical background, hundreds of concisely captioned color photographs of authentic artifacts and reenactment photographs taken in studio conditions to allow the reader to see the uniforms and equipment in the greatest clarity. REVIEWS "lavishly illustrated study of US Marine Corps uniforms and individual equipment...sumptous photography...Hundreds of crisp, high quality color photos..."Military Trader.Com, 8/07

DIVFrom Boy Scouts to soldiers, nurses to UPS workers, chefs to nuns, Paul Fussell describes, in sharp and telling anecdotes, the history and meanings of various uniforms. He reveals their secret language and unfolds their cultural significance. Focusing on the American scene, he holds up a mirror to the folks who head off to work each morning in regulated clothing and charts the fault lines of the desire for conformity and individuality. In examining the way uniforms unite and divide us, he ranges over the globe, describing, among other things, the Russian love of shoulder boards, the German obsession with black, and the Italian enthusiasm for feathered military hats. According to Fussell, we are what we wear, and sometimes our get-ups say surprising things.brUniforms is vintage Fussell — a blend of vinegar and grace, of keen cultural insight and hilarious wit, equal parts spoof and illuminating social analysis./divDIVContents Acknowledgments ix A Thing About Uniforms 1 Colorful Tights for Men? 8 Sturdy Shoulders and Trim Fit 11 Russian Uniform Culture 16 The GermanWay 19 Are Italian Men More Vain than Others? 28 Admiral Zumwalt’s Big Mistake 30 Brass Buttons 35 Generals’ Dress 38 Blue Jeans 48 The Rise and Fall of the Brown Jobs 53 Uniforms of the Faithful 65 Deliverers 80 Transportationists 85 Police and Their Impersonators 93 Why Aren’t Grave Violations of Taste Impeachable Offenses, Too? 97 Youth on the Musical March 100 Doorpersons, etc. 105 The Pitiable Mis?ts of the Klan 110 Uniforms of the Sporting Life 113 Stigmatic Uniforms 121 Weirdos 126 Ernest Hemingway, Semi-Weirdo 132 Uniformity in American Higher Learning 136 Japan as a Uniform Culture 140 Academic Full Dress 142 Pretties 146 Chefs in Their Whites 153 The Nurses’ Revolt 156 Little Sailor Suits, and an Addendum on Sloppery 159 Uniforming the Scouts and Others 162 Women’s Nuptial Uniform 167 Broad-Brimmed Hats 170 Civilian Uniformities 174 Keepsakes 183 Note?è