UP-TO-THE MINTUE CAMO

Just because camouflage has military connotations doesn't mean that it can't be classy and feminine. The camo denim fabric and olive twill fabric that I found as a fabric trimming at a discounted price are drafted into a pencil skirt with camo aide bands, exuding a casual but classy look. Rock the camo skirt with heels for your girls' night out or flats sneakers paired with a simple white shirt for a relaxed but chic look. Click here for this pattern.

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Fun Fashion History: Camo

Like many stories of both style and military defeat, this one begins in the far reaches of France. After a devastating loss during World War I, the French military traded in their impeccable red knickers for hand­painted stealth attire. Civilian painters, illustrators and yes, fashion designers called “camoufleurs,” served on the front lines, changing uniforms from bright targets to useful shields. In this French World War I military poster, aptly titled “Vive la France!” by F.A. Crepaux, a woman, symbolizing France, stands dressed in the bright uniforms that have since retired. From camouflage inception, designers were there in the trenches, observing and creating the garments and other mechanisms for disguise. “The creation of camouflage was inherently an artistic process,” said Daniel James Cole, professor of fashion history at the Fashion Institute of Technology. “It naturally came out of many 20th­century artistic movements: post­impressionism, pointillism, and Cubismm.”

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​ Art work by F.A. Crepaux via Zazzle

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