Q: This Field
Blouse is "short!"
A: The WWII German
uniform rebuilt from M33 field blouse. But, instead of merely shortening the M33
field blouse by 6 inches, the designer reworked the entire garment to create the
false impression of greater height.
The resulting
uniform was an optical illusion which made every soldier wearing it appears
several inches taller than he actually was. And the shortening the field blouse
was to make it more suitable for wear in a motorized environment by raising the
skirt high enough so that the back hem would not touch a vehicle seat and become
soiled.
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See above photos, you can find the German look like a very
tall man. But actually, the tunic is short. So, just make us feel they're very
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The first step in
the process was to raise the sleeve cuff end up from the root knuckle of the
thumb to the wrist bone (a full three inches), exposing the entire hand. Then
the hem of the skirt front was raised up to the same height from down at the
first finger joint (about 6.5 inches). The third step was to raise the back of
the skirt another two inches, so only the top half of the butt was covered.
Lastly, the belt position was raised the width of the belt, so that the bottom
edge of the belt aligned right about bend of the elbow.
After all, the back
is 1.5” or 2” higher than the front.
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See photo. You
can find the back is higher than the front.
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So, after you received our tunic,
and feel the tunic really short. That's the correct cut like the original during
the war. |
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