WW2 pants to wear with your flight jacket

[Pa12]

I’ve always been razzed for not wearing blue jeans. Only have one pair and rarely wear them. Just never found them comfortable when bending squatting etc.

 

[ZuZu]

Who said I’d ever want to wear this ensemble in the streets? Do you think I'm taking the bus to work wearing pinks and a crusher cap? Did you, back in the day?

I wore the khakis and the A-2. This was enough to cause embarrassment- you know- the "...are you a pilot?" thing.

So where do you wear this stuff? Reenactor? Halloween? To watch Youtube?

 

[ZuZu]

‘Feminine’ is not a word that comes to mind about that look. More like ‘epic’ or ‘sharp’

Really? Give it an honest look! Give all the photographs I've posted an honest look. You're confusing the era and/or the WW2 pilot thing with the look. Hero worship's fine. I'm just saying that honestly those huge pants weren't "sharp".

I'm not impugning the men- you won't find the likes today in the USA facing WW2 statistics- especially the ETO USAAF- I'm just compaining about the pants.

 

[ZuZu]

best advice yet! That's one thing cool about living in NYC - you can wear whatever you like and no one blinks an eye.

You also pull it off from what I've seen! Somehow your look isn't costume.

 

[Greg Gale]

I wore the khakis and the A-2. This was enough to cause embarrassment- you know- the "...are you a pilot?" thing.

So where do you wear this stuff? Reenactor? Halloween? To watch Youtube?

Yeah, maybe one day at an airshow. Or at home in front of the mirror... Or to fly DCS in VR It doesn't matter...

Really? Give it an honest look! Give all the photographs I've posted an honest look. You're confusing the era and/or the WW2 pilot thing with the look. Hero worship's fine. I'm just saying that honestly those huge pants weren't "sharp".

I'm not impugning the men- you won't find the likes today in the USA facing WW2 statistics- especially the ETO USAAF- I'm just compaining about the pants.

Can't get any sharper than this. fortunately different people have different taste. Otherwise everyone would dress the same and the world would be boring

 

[ZuZu]

Yeah, maybe one day at an airshow. Or at home in front of the mirror... Or to fly DCS in VR It doesn't matter...


Can't get any sharper than this. fortunately different people have different taste. Otherwise everyone would dress the same and the world would be boring

What do you mean by sharp? The big billowy ass?

 

[B-Man2]

Just making an observation but todays Issued uniform pants don’t look much different than the issued pants of WWII.

 

[Pa12]

Just making an observation but todays Issued uniform pants don’t look much different than the issued pants of WWII. View attachment 162867

Is it just the picture or do the hats seem to be , umm, a bit much?

 

[B-Man2]

Is it just the picture or do the hats seem to be , umm, a bit much?

No the hats are way too much … I don’t know who approved those, but they look like they came right out of the Manuel Noriega fashion collection.

 

[Pa12]

No the hats are way too much … I don’t know who approved those, but they look like they came right out of the Manuel Noriega fashion collection.

Yeah I thought so. What do you think about the hats the cops wear in Chicago? I think it’s Chicago. Man , they take crusher to whole new level.

 

[B-Man2]

Yeah I thought so. What do you think about the hats the cops wear in Chicago? I think it’s Chicago. Man , they take crusher to whole new level.

The Philadelphia police dept Highway Patrol did the same thing with their hats .

 

[ZuZu]

Just making an observation but todays Issued uniform pants don’t look much different than the issued pants of WWII. View attachment 162867

There is sooooo much weird psychology/propaganda/insecurity happening with this stuff- truly the product of a dying empire!

"We were great in WW2- we still are! Look at the uniform..."

"Our hats are big!" and weirdly phallic and even an echo of the SS...

Strangely- you can't look good- only slovenly and strange...

 

[Pa12]

The Philadelphia police dept Highway Patrol did the same thing with their hats .View attachment 162869

Yeah, that’s a bit “too” crushed for me.

 

[Greg Gale]

Now THOSE are ill fitting pants. Not because of the style, but they're simply not the right fit. too long, wrinkled, not the WW2 look they were going for.

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]

American dress uniform always , looks not right on their pattern. Except Marine’s.

 

[Thomas Koehle]

Just making an observation but todays Issued uniform pants don’t look much different than the issued pants of WWII. View attachment 162867

Honestly and without disrespecting people which serve in the Army but those caps look like from a south american micro-country with and excentric dictator ...

 

[Cocker]

Really? Give it an honest look! Give all the photographs I've posted an honest look. You're confusing the era and/or the WW2 pilot thing with the look. Hero worship's fine. I'm just saying that honestly those huge pants weren't "sharp".

I'm not impugning the men- you won't find the likes today in the USA facing WW2 statistics- especially the ETO USAAF- I'm just compaining about the pants.

As we said on the other topic, it's a matter of opinion. Mine is that they do indeed look very sharp, way more than 90% of the male population under 50 (without counting specific groups like the metal heads and so on, of course ) where I live, who basically only wear either skinny trousers (be it denim, chinos, suit pants, etc), sweat pants, or even worse, those skinny trousers with elastic ankle cuffs!