Shirt Question:

[The Arapaho Kid]

Kid, if anyone ever says anything about your shirts, which look SASS legal to me, tell them to take up a collection to buy you one they like. That ought to hush them up.

Oh!  Capital idea!

[Big John Denny]

If that doesn't work, shoot them.

[Griff]

Heck, .32-20's good 'nough fer the "Rifleman", good 'nough fer me! .  An' as fer snaps, do the Silver Screen class, and have all the snaps, tassles, or other fufferahs ya want

[Marauder]

Silver Creek Slim brings up a very good point. 

From what I've read, they cowboys often wore the less expensive shirts with collars such as on the work shirts.  The more expensive dress shirts had the collarless style so folks could change the collars and look their best.  Another point, is that it was improper to wear the dress shirt WITHOUT a collar attached.  So most of us are probably not wearing our shirts in the proper manner.  Sorta funny isn't it!

The outfit looks quite good to me, Arapaho.

[Bushwack Bill]

Arapaho kid,

In my study of Army Uniforms I found that Chambry was a fabric that the Army used as an shirt worn under the Uniform blouse.  It was a Pull Over.  I would suggest that you could modify one of the dungaree or dickie work shirts by sewing the front shut and leave only the first three or four buttons open.

Point of Reference is Randy Steffan's "The Horse Soldier 1776 - 1943"  University of Oklahoma Press.  Might be in some better stocked libraries.

[Wes Virginian]

Your dungaree shirt is fine for any SASS matches. I have worn them at regional's and no one say's anything. For a lot of our Pards just starting out, they can go to Walmart or some other store and get a pair of jeans and a denim shirt. This is a game that some like to dress up for, and look very period correct! Others can't afford all the fancy stuff and get by as best they can. I have seen old pictures of Cowboys with what look's like denim shirts, no suspenders, and no highheeled pointytoed Cowboy Boots.
I'll quit now,
Wes

[Book Miser]

Referring to something I posted here Tuesday, I am embarrassed to learn that Grapeshot's khaki outfit is a U.S. military uniform, NOT a British one as I had said.

From what he has told me, it is perhaps an obscure uniform, but historically accurate.

Looked real comfy in the hot weather too, BTW.

[Big John Denny]

Denim fabric was used for uniforms during the Civil War so I don't see why it wouldn't be period correct for SASS. If you're like me, you aren't going to enter any of those costume contests anyway. 

[Marshal'ette Halloway]

You look reeeeal purdy Arapaho.


Marshal'ette

[Birdgun Quail]

One of the reasons I like looking at the CAS City Profile's is so I can see what others wear. 

Kid, I wouldn't know if your shirt was bought from a vendor selling period correct shirts or from Wal-Mart or from military clothing sales.  My CAS shirts come from Cabela's.  My black pants from Wal-Mart.  All the other outter wear (hat, vest, tie, leather, boots) came from period vendors.  I've even been asked by folks who dress very period correct where I got my shirt.  I bet those same folks might ask you where you got yours!

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[The Arapaho Kid]

Birdgun:  My pants are from a couple Levis dealers on the net.  I have two pair of khaki colored Levis and one pair of brown Dickies.  Now these didn't come with suspender buttons, so I bought some of those hammer on Logger Buttons and fixed that.  I also have a pair of period correct spenders.  I also wear a light belt with these.  The reason for thst is...I made up three "keepers" for my gun leather.  When I strap on my guns....two steps and they start sliding down.  So I made up these three little belts and these pass behind my pants belt and over my gun belt.  Now my irons stay in place.  I know it isn't period correct, but I have no other options.  My gun belt slides down without them and I''m not about to attach a pair of spenders to my gun leather!