USMC Dress Blue Jacket To Sherrifmuir Doublet

[JWLC]

The Dress Blue jacket are made of midnight blue gaberdine wool material, if I'm not wrong. Same as the USMC mess dress.

Wouldn't it be kind of defeating the purpose if you were to go all the way to de-militarise the blouse by removing the piping, pockets and buttons etc. It would make it indistinguishable from any generic military-cut tunic, even a civilian one.

[Chas]

The Dress Blue jacket are made of midnight blue gaberdine wool material, if I'm not wrong. Same as the USMC mess dress.

Wouldn't it be kind of defeating the purpose if you were to go all the way to de-militarise the blouse by removing the piping, pockets and buttons etc. It would make it indistinguishable from any generic military-cut tunic, even a civilian one.

But I thought that was the purpose of the exercise!

Regards

Chas

[JWLC]

True, but wouldn't it be just as worthwhile as to use a more understated stand-collared military jacket? The British No. 1 patrol blues spring to mind.

Given that you could also sidestep altogether the issue of 'dishonouring' the USMC uniform as was raised earlier in the thread.