The naval uniform is fun for me. I never went to a school with a dress code. I’m not one to agonize over what I wear, but not having to think about picking out clothing is nice (and it makes the experience of actually choosing which top an act of choice and freedom). But, prepping of the uniform is, well, focused. There are many details where things can go very wrong like putting the tablets on the wrong side, the name tag on the wrong side, the butter bar in the wrong place, having little threads hanging or a gig line askew.
My favorite thing about the uniform with pants is the shirt stay. But I just want to say this about woman’s uniform with pants-we look silly. Every woman I have ever seen looks ridiculous with the pants on. Basically, it is tight at the waist and voluminous in the hips and bottom and as a result, we all look rather apple-y. It is very unflattering.
Anyway, the shirt stays-picture suspenders but instead of clipping to your pants and going over your shirt to keep your trousers up, these clip to your shirt and go under your pants to keep your shirt down (so when you bend and such you are always tucked in). They clip to your socks at the other end also keeping your socks up. A nice bonus feature.
I was taught by my gunnery sergeant (in a thoroughly entertaining period of instruction) to wrap the shirt stays around my legs so that when you bend your knee they do not show. It looks ridiculous when half dressed and great when the whole thing is all together.
The hardest part of the shirt stays is clipping them to the shirt. Basically, it requires tensile strength which I lack. When I last attached my shirt stays, I had to have someone else with stronger hands do it for me. This morning, it was just me. So, being me on my own, what did I do? I used my teeth.
And I chipped some of the enamel off my front tooth. I don’t think it is especially noticeable, but it struck me as pretty funny at 7 am (especially since I did not so much sleep last night)
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