wdbikemad Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Years ago now, I acquired a 1950's era British parka.........it was an experimental garment, and of "pullover" design with hood and 3/4 length...........it was made from windproof cotton-gabardine and of double-thickness, cammo on the outside and white on the inner, hence reversible.........it was noticeably lighter than the standard "middle parka" of the time...... Like a complete buffoon, I let it go.......but, somewhere, I do have a photo or two of the garment.......... The strange thing was, the cammo print was in the usual green and brown, BUT, in a different pattern more akin to "splodges" rather than "paintbrush strokes" as seen on the windproofs, Denison, etc........and the shade was rather dark......experimental ? I think so...........I have recently found a large piece of windproof fabric in cotton-gabardine, and printed in the same cammo pattern and colour..........once I get the camera up and running I will post a photo........ I have only ever seen such a similar cammo print on the wartime SOE canvas jump-suit.....and this pattern looks to be a derivative albeit in a different fabric......... I have seen the odd "rumour" about Korean-era British "cammo" parkas and always thought they were a possible confusion with troops wearing an oversized hooded windproof.......perhaps not....? :undecided: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdbikemad Posted November 25, 2012 Author Share Posted November 25, 2012 Not the world's greatest images, but this is the post-war cammo cotton-gabardine windproof fabric sample I have, that the parka was made from.........note the plain brown-colour fabric reverse side............and the "splodge" pattern rather than "brushstrokes"...........only ever seen similar ('though not identical) on wartime SOE jumpsuits (these being made in a heavy cotton-duck, not gabardine)........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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