The old adage is whisper a story to someone, and let it be passed around the room. When it gets back to you, usually the resulting story is not just like what was originally spoken. The same can be true across different iterations and production runs.
I’ve noticed over the years, that as we go forward, maybe someone takes liberty to tweak or add say ¼” to this spec or that, variances are passed onto other iterations, and can even be added to, in some cases.
Just as there are variances between jacket iterations, usually producing wider yokes and pocket flaps, pointed flaps, etc., something similar happens with the shirt: mainly with the pockets, epaulets and the oh, so important shirt color, shirt tails, etc. Let’s take a look shall we….
An initial comparison prompts you to start asking questions…what was the original? For that, you have to refer back to film….
As you can see, the epaulet extended about 1” past the vertical stripe and was block tapered. The pocket was not extremely wide or tall. If you consider the fact that “Khaki” can be made with a grey, green, yellow or other such basic color, and if you consider what the film shirt actually was, it was a much lighter shade of taupe, or brown base. HD has helped to highlight subtle nuances.
....back to basics!
