Blood, Sweat and Tears are now a fashion accessory. (Update)
Well it seems that the people over at Urban Outfitters have decided that it would be trendy to added military patches and ranks to their clothing lines. Units such as the Third Ranger Battalion and the Army EOD patch are such the rage these days. I mean why actually serve in the military and have to deal with military life when you can look like you did for a low price of $85 dollars?
Our friends at Guardians of Valor are one of the first people to report this and are actively encouraging Veterans to write to the company to have these clothing items pulled.
Guess what Urban Outfitter’s this is NOT a fashion accessory, to include all the other patches you have adorned your clothing with. These insignia are not worn as fashion, Soldiers have died while wearing these patches and scrolls!!!
I am sure some will say “no big deal”, but I beg to differ! It is opening the door for posers to claim this crap. Oh you have a Ranger Scroll on your vest, must be a Ranger!! So don’t tell us it won’t hurt anyone, or someone wont get scammed, because it will happen eventually! Not to mention it is degrading the Scroll and the other patches!
We do ask if you contact them, or post on their FB page, keep it polite and professional! We have emailed them and explained our point of view, and why it should not be sold as some accessory.
I will post new updates to this story when we get a reply.
UPDATE:It looks like the item(s) in question will be removed from their clothing line.
“Thank you for your comments and we appreciate you bringing this to our attention. It is never Urban Outfitters’ intention to offend our customers. We respect the military and value our nation’s veterans and those in active duty. Although the use of military insignias is common practice within fashion industry trends, we understand your concerns and will remove the Standard Cloth Patches Blue Vest from our website.”
Category: Dumbass Bullshit, Society
@50.
Fuck you.
@50 Go tell your mama to change the parental control passwords on her computer.
@50- yeah, see, we have these things in America called “honor” and “respect”….. maybe you’ve heard of them, but I’m guessing they mean nothing to you.
The fact that you are childish enough to use a mental disorder like mental retardation shows that you have neither the mental capacity nor the intestinal fortitude to understand such things. You should crawl back into the Justin Bieber-whoreshiping crowd with the rest of the sheep.
Y’all need to take your blood pressure medication. Those who wear the monkey suits don’t like em, but God forbid someone take something out of context for fashion (that’s never been done before right?) I actually have my own issued bdu field jacked and class a jacket (female) that I wanted to figure out how to wear as fashion now that I’m no longer active. I think if I take in my class A jacket and crop it so it hits above my butt it wod be really cute. Do I want to disseminate it? I don’t know, but I’d get a lot of use out of it if I did!
I have to say this and throw my 2 cents out there. I signed up and took an oath to protect the rights of our citizens as I’m sure many of you guys did the same. Those rights we defended allow dumbasses to say and do things we won’t like, that is just one thing that makes America what it is. I don’t get worked up when I see people wearing old surplus uniforms or even goofy stuff like this. If these goofballs were going out and posing then I have an issue, but not something this minor. The goobers that wear this stuff most likely have no concept of sacrifice, commitment, or even fashion sense but we stood for their right to dress like goofballs and make some of us mad.
Wearing distinctive unit patches is very different from wearing cammo or a clean (nothing on it) Class a jacket. Why would anyone wear them as regular clothes is odd but ok.
@Alex, if you turned your Class A jacket into an Eisenhower-style jacket – ends just below waist, has a waistband, maybe add some wide elastic for comfortable wear — you might start a fashion trend as well as get extra use out of it.