militarywear

English

Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Indonesian and Indian military personnel in uniform during a parade in Rome, Italy

Alternative forms

• military wear, military-wear

Etymology

From military +‎ -wear.

Noun

militarywear (uncountable)

1. Clothing to be worn in the military.
   • 1990 November 5, “Designers embrace the shift”, in The Press of Atlantic City, volume XC, number 309, page B1:

     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.

   • 1998, New York, page 62:

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

   • 2012 July–September, Claire Chambers, “Four Lions”, in Ziauddin Sardar, Robin Yassin-Kassab, editors, Critical Muslim 3: Fear and Loathing, →ISBN, page 189:

     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.

   • 2014, Gemma Williams, “Voluminous Armour”, in Disegno, number 7, page 98:

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

Further reading

• Military uniform on Wikipedia.Wikipedia