Whoa. I've just been hit by a really unusual request to help research and make outfits for a reenactment of some events in Indonesian military history in the 1950s and 60s. I don't have any problems with the civilian stuff and solid-colour military uniforms, but after a while I'm getting stuck on finding sources of fabric in the dapple/duck hunter camouflage pattern widely used in the era. As far as I've learned, this pattern was a rather close copy of WW2 US camouflage suits used in the Pacific (and passed on to some Dutch units in the immediate postwar period), so I'm wondering if there's anybody who still produces this fabric for such purposes (i.e. Pacific War and decolonisation conflict reenactments). I'm reluctant to buy actual vintage items since they're too valuable to be exposed to the rigours of even a pretend campaign, though if all else fails I suppose I might get a vintage example and see if there's a local printing/dyeing company that might be willing to reproduce the pattern.
Thanks beforehand for any suggestions or ideas. I've been pestering people in more focused WW2 militaria/reenactment forums and mailing lists too, and here's hoping that at least one of those places (including this list) has the answer. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
