Militarywear

Nor is the timing apparently right for another of his recent excursions, militarywear. If he’s reading the tea leaves correctly, women now want sportive simplicity and colors as soothing as a nursery pudding: banana, vanilla, robin’s egg blue.

For a terrific overview of rare vintage militarywear, dip into Kaufman’s Army & Navy.

For example, he reproduces the video’s sartorial statements: Khan ties a red and white kuffiyah unconventionally as a bandana, and pairs this with a combat jacket, fusing traditional Arab clothing with elements of militarywear and street style to fashion a specifically young British Muslim code of dress conveying a political statement.

While padding and quilting were historically employed in traditionally male-dominated areas like militarywear, they also have a precedent in female clothing.