Lest we forget, long before there was Old Navy, there was a real navy - - specifically, our U.S. Navy, which clad its swabbies in cozy wool peacoats, CPO shirts and watch caps. Military goods are ...

Many baby boomers remember digging through bins overflowing with pistol belts, mess kits, and gas masks amid the smell of military canvas at one of their town’s standard Army-Navy surplus stores. In ...

PEOPLE IN SEATTLE love their gear. This is the ancestral home of REI, after all, and Filson, and a certain Patagonia jacket is almost a uniform in some parts of town. But while the local aesthetic and ...