Archive - Combat Threads

Boutique Surplus Invasion

Apr 16, 2023

Jun 7, 2023

The zoomerification of military surplus

Oct 31, 2023

Reproducing a WWII "Jungle Shirt

Dec 12, 2023

Flight jackets take off

Apr 21, 2023

Welcome to Combat Threads.

Apr 11, 2022

Q&A with Wesley Morgan

May 15, 2023

Who's Shooting Who?

Nov 29, 2023

Banana Republic and Surplus Goes Mainstream

Apr 7, 2023

As the US involvement in Afghanistan comes to its calamitous end, I have been thinking about how this twenty-year conflict can be looked at through the…

Aug 18, 2021

In honor of the last night’s Academy Awards this week, I’m getting into movies.

Mar 14, 2023

Welcome to Combat Threads! I’m Charles McFarlane, a Master’s Student in Costume Studies at NYU. Combat Threads is a peek into my notebook as I research…

Aug 11, 2021

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