I asked this question a couple years ago, and here it is again. Of all the wars in history, which featured the best-dressed soldiers?
I hope this thread isn't too shallow or superficial.
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Perhaps at the height of the Roman Empire and in the Napoleonic Wars era.
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I'm a bit partial to the clothing worn by soldiers of the Thirty Years War.
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I imagine they weren't quite as flashy as what we see in movies or reenactments, but I think Napoleonic era uniforms are pretty neat.
shareLansknechts were fond of flash schmutter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landsknecht
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Weren't the Nazi uniforms in WW2 designed by Hugo Boss?
As evil as they was, the SS looked pretty snazzy.
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Yeah, I was going to say this.
Hate the Nazis all you want, but you gotta admit they were sharp dressers.
My answer is very close to yours. I prefer the way Roman soldiers were equipped and dressed during the latter half of the 200s through 500s AD, though, especially the period between Constantine's rule and Julius Nepos' rule (up to 480 AD). It was not the height of imperial Roman power, but I like that the Romans eventually had a widespread adoption of trousers, for both soldiers and civilians. I also like most of the late Roman era helmets, armor, and weapons. Also, the Napoleonic Wars featured many grand uniforms, and there wasn't quite another time period like it, in terms of how elaborate and well-fitting the uniforms appeared to be, from pictures. Across virtually every Western civilized nation, many officers and soldiers also wore white, or otherwise light colored trousers or breeches during the time, something I would imagine was quite difficult to clean the dirt and stains off of. I also hold the 1700s and the rest of the 1800s in similar regard. Uniforms were generally quite good looking, I think, until camouflage superseded the previous khaki/solid colored uniforms, worn mostly until around the end of the Vietnam War era. Israel still has their soldiers wearing olive drab uniforms, which I like, and from a point of function, it still works for their environments.
Le Samouraï, 1967
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20th century German uniforms.
Google: "Wehrmacht in combat"
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