Still in relation to the research on early Indonesian post-independence
fashion, I'm just starting to notice on contemporary photographs from 1945-1955
that many men who wore suits or sport coats without ties often wore their
unbuttoned shirt collars _outside_ the coat (i.e. on top of the coat's collar
rather than tucked underneath). Before this I only knew of the practice from
Japanese and German army desert or tropical uniforms, so was this really a
particular fad of the 40s throughout both civilian and military spheres? If so,
I suppose this could be one of those small details that could add a great deal
of verisimilitude to the reconstructions with virtually no additional cost and
very little effort.
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