Mark Butler's weekly blog

Mark Butler is a stand-up comedian and writer from the UK now living in Melbourne, Australia. He performs stand-up comedy around Australia. And he likes dinosaurs.

Saturday, November 03, 2007

Fashion Crimes

What's happening to the world's military? They need to employ some new fashion designers. Standards of dress have slowly been slipping so that a 'man in uniform' is no longer considered dashing. In the Crimea War, soldiers wore smart red jackets. First World War - tidy trenchcoats. WWII - the Gestapo had some pretty cool leather jackets. But then it all started to go downhill in the Vietnam War. American G.I.s began wearing vest tops and cargo pants, and they even wore bandanas. But nothing is as bad as the current costume of choice for those fighting in Iraq - beige tracksuits. Pathetic.