A few weeks ago a suit made of camouflage was bought for the studio collection. It was made in Vietnam by a tailor and is a loose-fitting, semi-formal jacket and trousers.
In many parts of the world, camouflage is used for stalking, hunting, bird-spotting, animal counts… but in Zimbabwe the cloth has a troubling history because of the years of conflict leading up to, and after independence. Nevertheless the story of how it came into being is fascinating.
Rhodesian Brushstroke was a pattern that was developed by Di Cameron of David Whitehead Textiles Ltd and was used from 1965 until 1980 by the army. From 1980, and independence, Zimbabwe used another pattern called a lizard stripe before going back to the original in two versions, one for the wet and one for dry season. The whole story of this version of camouflage can be read on this link.
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