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Reblogging this specifically to show to @3liza, because I think she’d be intrigued by the shape and structure.

thank you!! i think i may have even reblogged this before, because youre right, its such a high fashion and modern construction. it really emphasizes one of the interesting things about military surplus: because it is a garment designed by the national government of a country, it often reifies preexisting stereotypes about that country, in this case the canny eye for the chic typified by the French. the sleekest and most stylistically interesting milsurp pieces are often french ime! many of the “sexiest” milsurp clothes ive seen are french productions

Marjorie & C. H. B.Quennell, Everyday Things in Archaic Greece (London: B. T. Batsford, 1931).

Wait, wait…. Is that seriously it? How their clothes go?

that genuinely is it

yeah hey whats up bout to put some fucking giant sheets on my body

lets bring back sheetwares

trust the ancients to make a fashion statement out of straight cloth and nothing but pins

Wrap Yourself In Blankets, Call It a Day

That last one looks dope

Squares and rectangles: easy to weave!! No cutting means no hemming.

And easy to construct, you don’t have to have complicated seaming and patterning to turn fabric into clothing!

Has anyone already reblogged this with saris? It’s cool how many cultures have similarities like this hidden in plain sight.

hang ten indeed friend

That's too many types of blade to be good at throwing