They look slim cut - with a good rise, in a gaberdine. I'll put up some photos when I get them.

Yeah, its a weird fit. All the older military stuff is like that, trim around the hips with enormous legs.

I've ironed a stiff crease in my Rickson chinos and this makes a world of difference - quite acceptable, the wild baggy wilderness is tamed. The crease saves the day!

I watched a documentary with stock footage filmed on an aircraft carrier during the Vietnam war and I'm pretty sure some of the crew on deck were wearing these sort of things you posted Paul, except they were chambray or some such in a faded (by the sun and salt spray presumably) blue colour. Really cool.

I've tried doing a search for them online but I've not got a clue where to start really.

That would be cool. I know I'm not imagining it, though it was a good few years ago that I saw the documentary.

Best Army surplace place I ever encountered was in Montparnasse - I think Horace knew it too. I'm trying to wangle a trip back their if Chrissy Boy Lloyd will pay... And you wouldn't believe how grumpy he is that everybody thinks he's me!  Tra la la   

American Army 'Ivy' in Paris was a big deal once, as when the Americans departed after WWII they just dumped a ton of kit there as it was cheaper than schlepping it all home.

Camus loved the ol' Khaki & Olive army shirts especially.

In fact there is a case to be made that the original fashionable Existentialist 'uniform' before the cliche of the Black Poloneck, Shades & Beret was US Army surplus mixed in with Tweeds & Cords.

And coffee breath.

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Wearing a 1938 pattern Mackinaw 'jeep coat' today. double breasted, khaki canvas with wool collar. Also very fond of the old M51 field jacket, especially over the last few weeks with its winter liner in, but the jeep coat has the advantage of not looking too Travis Bickle or Band Of Brothers recreation society.

Don't have one (yet) but the N1 deck jacket is a thing of beauty indeed.

^You have to seriously de-bag the Buzz rickson chinos with a good alterations tailor to take them in and taper them. I've the USAAF 1942 chinos and the officer pinks and once they've been altered they are acceptable with a crease in them that eliminates the remaining bagginess. But you are not going to get away with just hemming them. Absolutely not, as this is how they look, first top left:
http://www.doolittleraider.com/images/Crew%2002.jpg

The original spec chinos are another problem altogether. According to the Buzz Rickson blurb their 'original spec chinos' feature "slimmer, tapered legs" which as you can glimpse from my photos above they are definitely not, suffering from the same Doolittle raid bagginess. My local alterations tailor won't taper them on account of the double-needle stitching. Having ironed them with a stiff crease, this helps and eliminates much of the problem, but only as long as the crease stays in them.