While looking for specific WWII-era US Army uniform references, I stumbled into the absolute treasure trove that is Osprey Publishing. They’ve been putting out military history illustrations for decades, and provide references for different uniforms, gear, and weaponry across factions and history.
everytime u see a old photo of a snazzy 1920s dude in a suit remember what lurks beneath
okay why are you guys reblogging this and tagging it as reference do you plan on drawing 20s gangsters in their underwear i better see these
I couldn’t help myself
To be fair, underwear that fully covers the body from neck to knees makes a lot of sense when you’re wearing a dry-clean-only suit as your everyday outfit; it prevents sweat from soiling the garment’s inner layer, and thus lets you go longer between launderings. The development of modern underwear tracks pretty much directly with the shift to washable daywear, which removes much of the need for such extensive protection.
The part that makes least sense is how it’s sleeveless and thus doesn’t protect suits from armpit sweat. Surely the armpit is one of the most important places to put this kind of undergarment? T-shirts were originally designed as an undergarment that does protect clothing from armpit sweat, but they weren’t popularized yet in the 20s.
Most union suits did indeed have full or partial sleeves; the ones pictured in the original post are more fashionable than functional, probably intended to be worn with eveningwear.
Wow this was informative
Eveningwear? So… this is 1920s men’s lingerie. GTK
Taking this from @ariestess because I keep wanting to post stuff from WIPs and keep missing Six Sentence Sunday!
It’s #WiPWednesday. Pick one or more of the following to answer:
What are you working on right now? What should you be working on, but
aren’t? What can you share a preview of?
Projects I’m working on right now:
A rewrite of an original fiction project
Supergirl Captain America AU
Finding more sources to research queer culture in America in the 30s
What I should be working on, but am not:
Supercatlex Hellfire fic
Inputting data for my girlfriend’s coding project
The story for a D&D-style RPG I’m DMing
And here is a preview of some more of the Captain America AU (and by preview of course I mean first draft that might get written completely differently by the time it is posted):
“Karl,” Lena says over the radio, and Kara bites back a sob, can’t think
of losing her, too, but—she needs to do this and they’re watching her,
she can’t reveal herself, she’ll survive this—(if she doesn’t…)
About
to hit the ice, Kara thinks of how she never got the chance to go
search for Alex’s body, about how her whole life on Earth has been about
searching for something or another when what her parents sent her to do
was protect. She is protecting people now.
Love is Alex not
hesitating to lay down her life for Kara’s, even when she knew Kara
would have survived because she’s an alien. It’s Kara willing to die for
Alex’s people when there’s no Alex left to die for, when she knows in
her heart Kal-El isn’t coming. (Kal-El never knows there’s another Kryptonian to search for, not his cousin, not the ship of them pulled into orbit with him).
Question of Smoke 