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From: "Dawn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Yes, in the movie that was the nickname for the separatist/rebellion
fighters, because of the long brown leather coats they wore.
It's also turned into the nickname for fans of Firefly/Serenity... there are
Browncoat Balls, and there's a Browncoat charity organization (donating
coats, oddly enough =} ) and so on.
But you know, in the series pilot (also called Serenity), the Browncoat
soldiers were wearing something a lot more like Zoe's coat from Train
Job.... I need to go back and do some more freeze-framing! Mal's version of
the coat is irresistable, but it would be neat to make one that looks as
much like the 'real' brown coat as possible.
-E House
(OK, this DOES tie into historical costume, because if I can find some
pre-1600 garment that looks even vaguely like a browncoat, my husband will
wear it and attend SCA events with me!)
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