Journal article
'Fashionable pockets': The transnational rise of cargo pants into popular culture
The Australasian journal of popular culture, v 2(2), pp 183-195
01 Jun 2013
Abstract
During the twentieth century, cargo pants have gone from a traditional military uniform to a popular casual pant worn by almost every segment in the global consumer market. Since the 1970s, when hippies wore army surplus vintage styles as a sign of protesting the Vietnam War until today,
cargo pants have undergone a considerable transformation, changing in both fabrications and form. This article will examine the origins, histories and myths surrounding the development of cargo pants as a military garment. It will highlight the rise of cargo pants into mass culture through
various popular culture intermediaries such as the military, subcultural style, film, media, retail and merchandising; demonstrating how this garment has become part of world dress and transnational mass fashion, as well as an icon in global popular culture.
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- Title
- 'Fashionable pockets': The transnational rise of cargo pants into popular culture
- Creators
- Joseph H., II Hancock - Drexel UniversityEdward Choi Augustyn - Independent Scholar
- Publication Details
- The Australasian journal of popular culture, v 2(2), pp 183-195
- Publisher
- Intellect
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Retail and Merchandising
- Other Identifier
- 991019296803004721