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11-07-2007, 12:05 #1Senior Member
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I need a jacket that fits!!
At present I look like a small child playing dress-up in her dads clothing as my combat jacket is way way too big.
My clothing storeman has told m that this (160/8
is as small as the Army goes. Is this really true?? I'm not the smallest person in the world and I've never noticed shorter/skinnier people to be swamped in DPM marquees.
How large do cadet sizes go?"We have women in the military, but they don't put us in the front lines. They don't know if we can fight, if we can kill. I think we can. All the general has to do is walk over to the women and say, 'You see the enemy over there? They say you look fat in those uniforms"
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11-07-2007, 12:13 #2Senior Member
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Re: I need a jacket that fits!!
check cadetdirect.com
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11-07-2007, 12:18 #3Senior Member
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Just been on there and strangely there smallest size is 160-88.
Surely I'm taller than a cadet??"We have women in the military, but they don't put us in the front lines. They don't know if we can fight, if we can kill. I think we can. All the general has to do is walk over to the women and say, 'You see the enemy over there? They say you look fat in those uniforms"
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11-07-2007, 12:22 #4Senior Member
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Re: I need a jacket that fits!!
unfortunatly after trying several site the smallest i can find is 160/88
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11-07-2007, 12:26 #5Moderator
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Re: I need a jacket that fits!!
Have you seen the average 14 year old cadet recently? I think you will find that you can't get proper issue jackets any smaller than that. It doesn't have to look that bad if you make use of the various adjustments and drawstring thingies. Anyway it's not meant to be fashion.....
Somewhere in the distance there was a snapping sound. It sounded a bit like a soggy kit kat breaking......
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11-07-2007, 12:27 #6Senior Member
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why not get your unit tailor,, to mod it for you,, or ,,do it yourself,,,
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11-07-2007, 12:31 #7Senior Member
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Because I'm lazy :D
I know its not a fashion show I just don't like walking around looking like a cadet in his dads kit"We have women in the military, but they don't put us in the front lines. They don't know if we can fight, if we can kill. I think we can. All the general has to do is walk over to the women and say, 'You see the enemy over there? They say you look fat in those uniforms"
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11-07-2007, 12:38 #8Senior Member
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You appear to have a problem over your gender. In your first post you said "At present I look like a small child playing dress-up in HER dads clothing" . But now, "I just don't like walking around looking like a cadet in HIS dads kit"I used to be into apathy, but I can't be bothered any more.
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11-07-2007, 12:40 #9Senior Member
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I'm a girl but for some reason I assume that all cadets are male and all small children are female - don't know why
"We have women in the military, but they don't put us in the front lines. They don't know if we can fight, if we can kill. I think we can. All the general has to do is walk over to the women and say, 'You see the enemy over there? They say you look fat in those uniforms"
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11-07-2007, 12:59 #10Senior Member
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You need to rememberthat the Army only has two sizes, too big & too small.
Who me?
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11-07-2007, 13:06 #11Senior Member
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Ok now we've established you're a girl and you must be petite as your jacket's too big... you can feel free to PM me or post some pictures!! :D
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11-07-2007, 13:09 #12Senior Member
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Re: I need a jacket that fits!!
Just wear your civvies, sure no one will mind!
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11-07-2007, 13:11 #13Senior Member
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once upon a time Silvermans used to stock "Gurkha" jackets claiming they were for, ahem, Gurkhas. These were small and many cadets (myself included) got them as they were the only ones that would fit.
Had a quick look on thier overpriced web site and it doesn't look if they sell them anymore si fat lot of use that trip down memory lane was"Either way, a big Primark at 5.30pm on a Saturday is the closest you'll get to a physical manifestation of the mind of a pre-menstrual woman."
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11-07-2007, 13:28 #14Senior Member
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And if anything should actually fit you,you should be sent to the MO for a discharge medical as you are almost certainly DEFORMED!
Originally Posted by FFBox
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11-07-2007, 14:24 #15Senior Member
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Loubella should not worry about the kit being too big, as I recall, in no time at all, it will most probably be too small. Not in height though.
It was a well known fact that the rank of a WRAC was directly proportional to the size of their arrse.
Sorry, I know. This isn't the NAAFI - knuckle rapping accepted. Couldn't resist it though - probably my age!!I used to be into apathy, but I can't be bothered any more.
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