"What's your favorite uniform, any time, any place?" Topic

What is your favorite uniform? Could be any era, any army.

Any uniform that involves a great coat. From Napoleonic French or Russian, to WWII Soviet or German (or French or American)…they just look cool to me. I wear my WWII Swiss whenever it gets cold enough here.

Oh, and these:

French Fusilier Motorcycliste De GRDI.

Falklands era DPM, '58 pattern webbing, short puttees, ammo boots, Mark V helmets, SLRs….

WWI/WWII German Navy. Some of the best looking uniforms ever, IMO. I'm also partial to USN officer whites.

Martin Rapier is, as so often, wholly correct.

All the best,

John.

Redcoats, almost any time period. They just stand out.

For some reason, I am drawn to the 1806 Saxon Grenadier Uniform, and most of the 1806 Prussian Kurisassier Uniforms. There is something about those Bicornes.

Nurses

Grenadier a Cheval, 1812.

Fallschirmjager, early or later, close second.

DM

Gotta love the Swiss Guard

17th Lancers, Crimea, and the Heavy Brigade.

Tie: USMC dress blues (modern) and the U.S. Continental Army officer's uniform.
Confederate officer's dress grays come in a close third.

U.S. Army, the Mexican War. All of them are nice, but the dragoon uniform is especially attractive.

I also like the 1779 regulation Continental Army uniforms. Dunno if anybody actually wore them.

Any Paul Revere and the Raiders uniforms.

The USMC 1943 pattern Camo uniform of the Pacific war.

Empress Dragoons of la Garde Imperiale. From the shade of green (my favorite) to the leopard skins on the helmets, great stuff.

Grenadiers a Cheval of the Garde undress uniform of 1807, and Prussian 2nd Regt of Cuirassier 1806 (Yellow Riders).

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Probably whatever I am painting at the moment….if its horse and musket period!

Womens uniforms of Shado

Murat as King of Naples

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mongo

Anything with a bearskin.

Flecktarn/Tropentarn, so much better than ACU's.

3rd (Dutch )regiment of the Imperial Guard in the napoleonic wars or the 3rd Hussars of the same time period.

Allen

A swimsuit model's birthday suit!

Mrs P likes the uniform worn by australian rules football players…

Have to think about what might be my favorite…

Is there ANY question?

Chasseurs a Cheval de la Garde Imperiale, 1re Empire, a "la hussard" (dolman off the shoulder).

Anything else is peasant wear covered in "ordeur"!

Either

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I can't decide.

Do you have the legs for #2, Flintloque?

My choice is Nam Tigers and jungle boots.

The expression on Murat's horse looks like he can't believe his owner made him wear that outfit.

Dear sundance, are you referring to summer dress whites or Full Dress whites? We called the first The Godd Humor Man uniform, and the Full Dress whites are impossibly starched with an extra starched collar piece. Also try keeping the shoes white and clean.

The Women's Auxillery Balloon Corps.

Followed closely by the ECW Buff Coat, Lobster-Pot Helmet, and big booties. . . but then I am a less talented spitting image of George Clooney . . . the one from Port Talbot, South Wales!

Femeng, the full dress whites.

And if you're including sports in the mix, I can't believe none of you have ever heard of the lingerie football league. I certainly don't follow the stuff, but some of you, no doubt, do. :o)

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Franco-Prussian War, Bavarian Army. Love the raupenhelm.
Also, anything German in WWII. They had style, what can I say?

Black Brunswickers Hussars…

Doug

WWII German black panzertruppen uniform. Art Deco style at its finest, yet functional.

The Black Watch (42nd Royal Highlanders):

or the Napoleonic Lancers of Berg:

or the Napoleonic Battalion Neuchatel:

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are three of my favorite uniforms.

Jim

WW2 British Para.
The Barcelona FC kits looks smart too.

I agree with Andrew – has to be the Chasseurs a Cheval of the Imperial Guard, full dress!

Perhaps not quite a uniform, but since I first saw it in 'Arms and Armor Annual, Vol. 1,' I have been taken with the Winged Hussar equipage.

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Napoleonic French Marine de la garde.

FFL for me, early 1900's!

too many, otherwise I wouldn't bother with painting and collecting tons of little toy soldiers… ;)

A Greek Hoplite in Corintian Helmet.

DUH

Hooter's

And in a distant second, (and for much different reasons) the Boston Bruins uniform.

One is spoiled for choice here:

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MGM Spacers uniform, Queen of Outer Space link
and Forbidden Planet.

US tiger stripes, early-mid 70's…

USMC dress blues.