Combat Threads
Charles W McFarlaneMeditations on the Intersection of fashion and Military Uniforms
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Cover the World: How MultiCam Went Global & Came Home
The good folks over at the Goldstein Museum of Design, at the St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota, invited me to take part in a webinar series as part of their exhibition “Illusive Objects.” I took the opportunity to present my r...
The Combat Threads Weekly Round Up 5.3
This is a Combat Threads roundup, a series of short thoughts on what I am reading, watching, etc. This week, the attack on Stars & Stripes, Eastern Europe’s new Comic Con rules, and a new probe into unofficial IDF patches.
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Over at GQ I Asked "Why Do 'Operators' Look Like That?"
And How Special Forces Guys Became Menswear Moodboard Staples
After an unscheduled little spring break, Combat Threads is back. Part of the reason for the absence was that I was busy doing a bit of traveling and shooting. The other reason...
The Combat Threads Weekly Round Up 4.12
Taliban sneakers, Four Freedoms, and Venezuela morale patches
This is a Combat Threads roundup, a series of short thoughts on what I am reading, watching, etc. This week, the Taliban’s favorite sneakers, Combat patches for Iran, and FDR’s...
Post Shah Schlock and Anti-Iran T-shirts
Today's pro-war crowd want to complete fantasies of the 1980s printed on T-shirts
Yesterday, it looked like President Trump was about to, in his words, “wipe out an entire civilization” of Iran. The already destructive and deeply unpopular...
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Combat Threads is by Charles McFarlane, a fashion historian and researcher focusing on military uniforms and popular fashion. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, GQ.com, and The Baffler.
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