http://archive.org/stream/britishmilitaryp00nevi#page/n37/mode/2up British Military prints RCMP: http://www.rcmpolice.ca/dressregs.html
Cherrypickers yes, donkey wallopers not Fusiliers de Cherry! http://archive.org/stream/regimentalnickna00londuoft#page/n7/mode/2up
Perhaps the very opposite of uniform, but a certain flair. (And, of course, interesting variety of weaponry.) 80s Mujahideen . Via Forgotten Weapons... again,
https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=980&bih=620&q=4th+quuens+own+hussars&oq=4th+quuens+own+hussars&gs_l=img.12...4675.20865.0.22817.24.4.0.20.3.0.133.359.3j1.4.0....0...1ac..64.img..0.6.344.u7rXYWKMLv4#imgrc=IV7PWVtXRyvzeM%3A Ron
I think “Liberace” (post #67) or those chaps in bobbles are about the closest thing to a lady on here at the mo. You did say "military style in history" though so I’d have to say Amazon warriors, to redress the balance a tiny bit. To look for an example I’d not idly google though. Though wiki fortunately is (for now) quite restrained: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazons Looking specifically for WW2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_Russian_and_Soviet_military#World_War_II Possible these one’s here of some Russian female partisan snipers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_Russian_and_Soviet_military#/media/File:Kovpak_partisanki.jpg Brave gals and all that. There are some nice pictures out there of wrens too, though if you goodle that I think that you might probably find one or two different types of birds. I am musing though why so many pictures of men were posted though, first on this thread. Perhaps we are just more stylish I guess. And also shocked as to why I first thought of amazons here. ^_^ All the best, Rm. Ps. BTW - back in WW2 was the Wren uniform thought stylish - it looks pretty smart to me. But perhaps those that had to wear if had a different opinion. I wonder how they rated it - in terms of style as compared to those of the men? Probably a good job the WW2 designers didn’t take any tips from the Amazons though... ^_^
Assume I'm an American for a moment Mike (post#75) was that sarcastic? :P or heartfelt? :indexCAGHJY15: According to this the W.R.A.F have always "looked smart" but "now apparently they are even smarter" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcKMv1V9aUI Is it just though that men are peacocks and women are peahens
Winston Churchill in the uniform of the Fourth Queen's Own Hussars, February 1895 I'm not convinced by the hat (I'm unsure of the technical name), but the rest of the outfit screams: 'I am the man - step aside.'
Ah Winnie !................. He wasn't dressed like that when I dined with him http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/28/a4644128.shtml Ron
Ramilies. I know that Americans are said not to understand irony but none was intended here. I could never resist Honeysuckle Weeks in her uniform. Mike
That's a great anecdote, Ron. So, educate me here - does the ornate hat have a technical name? Is it a form of busby?