Hi,
This isn't strictly a movie replica issue, but it's possibly something people here will find interesting.
I need to come up with a uniform for a made-up military unit. What I'd like to end up with is a jacket in grey, black trousers (er, pants, americans) for the guys, black skirt for the girls. Something rather like what was done for Starship Troopers, although perhaps without the enormous lapels.
Ordinarily, I'd just go out and buy it all off the shelf, and dress it up with rank insignia, unit markings and so on. Most of it can probably be bought off the shelf; the problem is that I need somehow to obtain one jacket cut for a girl and one for a guy, in an identical fabric, and in a style that's both military, and similar enough that they look like part of the same uniform scheme.
Getting a girl's jacket and a guy's jacket in the same fabric is a surprisingly difficult problem, let alone one that looks right. The following solutions have occurred:
- Rent. Most places want to base it off existing military uniforms, often WW2 German stuff, and they don't usually have the ladies' version.
- Rework existing uniforms. This means antiques or tailored replicas. These are not things we want to pay a fortune for, then destroy for this.
- Go to the corporate apparel people. I can't find anyone who does anything in a suitably military style or the right colour.
- Build it or have it built. Hideously expensive, since this is full blown tailoring and our girl needs to look good.
I'm rather short on ideas. Can anyone think of any other options?
Thanks,
HF
This isn't strictly a movie replica issue, but it's possibly something people here will find interesting.
I need to come up with a uniform for a made-up military unit. What I'd like to end up with is a jacket in grey, black trousers (er, pants, americans) for the guys, black skirt for the girls. Something rather like what was done for Starship Troopers, although perhaps without the enormous lapels.
Ordinarily, I'd just go out and buy it all off the shelf, and dress it up with rank insignia, unit markings and so on. Most of it can probably be bought off the shelf; the problem is that I need somehow to obtain one jacket cut for a girl and one for a guy, in an identical fabric, and in a style that's both military, and similar enough that they look like part of the same uniform scheme.
Getting a girl's jacket and a guy's jacket in the same fabric is a surprisingly difficult problem, let alone one that looks right. The following solutions have occurred:
- Rent. Most places want to base it off existing military uniforms, often WW2 German stuff, and they don't usually have the ladies' version.
- Rework existing uniforms. This means antiques or tailored replicas. These are not things we want to pay a fortune for, then destroy for this.
- Go to the corporate apparel people. I can't find anyone who does anything in a suitably military style or the right colour.
- Build it or have it built. Hideously expensive, since this is full blown tailoring and our girl needs to look good.
I'm rather short on ideas. Can anyone think of any other options?
Thanks,
HF