Unable to resist the draw of cool new camouflage patterns, I was drawn like from a Death Star tractor beam to the small setup belonging to a company called Special Operations Department — an inartful name, for sure, until you meet the product technical manager Max Valente and realize his company is Italian.
Max showed me an interesting pattern his company developed for the Italian special operations forces called Vegicam. He wouldn’t let me take a pic of the scheme and the only reason he talked about it was because I was snooping around his display and pulled a shirt in the Top Secret camo out of his duffel bag.
The camo was basically like a digitized multicam, but Valente said his camo is deployed to Afghanistan and “works much better than the MultiCam.” I asked him how he could say that and he just said photosimulation tests have proven it. Sorry I can’t provide a photo, but suffice it to say the camos I’m seeing here emulate the Crye colors, but veer away from the organic shapes.
Valente also pointed out his Desertico scheme, which is pictured above, and his intriguing Hybrid Coyote Sage solid color that he said spec ops and gendarmerie units wanted as an alternative to blatantly military patterns, particularly for PSD missions and semi-covert operations in town. All materials are Nomex FR.
Maybe some of the secret squirrel US types “shopping” here will be interested in this gear.
– Christian
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Oh my God! Yet more camo clothes. Does someone on this site have a camo fetish with the amount of posts dedicated to them?. How about concentrating on highlighting some weapons that will actually win the so called 'war on terror'. Ones that are affordable and effective. Instead of worrying whether Hugo Voss or Pierre Cardon would be impressed, why not try to impress the Taliban.
This war (and the new ones in Iran and Yemen) are not going to be won or lost by the side that won the most fashion parades. It will be (as all wars have been) won by the side that can outfight the other side with better tactics and training. Ask Sun Tzu.
Pete, a lot of work is going into developing camouflage these days and there's probably no more visible sign of a service's identity and esprit than their combat uniform. I'm sorry you don't get the import of this kind of coverage on DT, but the idea that the US Army is looking at what to issue its 1.2 million force tends veer us more toward serious coverage rather than fashion fetish, no?
No.
Good Morning Christian,
I see that Benetton Group S.p.A. of Treviso Italy is showing their Fall 10 line a bit early. I assume that these will be in Benettons ,”United Colors of Benetton”, boutiques on 5th. Ave in New York by mid Summer.
Is this what the fashionable broker or investment banker ,there unisex so gender doesn’t matter, will be wearing after Labor Day on Wall and Broad Streets?
ALLONS,
Byron Skinner
Cava, Byron…see reply above.
Why does the mannequin have manboobs? Are those supposed to be pecks?
Pretty cammo…….LMAO.
LOL! I was just about to write the same thing. They should of made a female version cami's