by SatansCabanaBoy Wed Aug 03, 2011 3:38 pm
The tunic has been significantly tailored. I believe that the liner on the collar has been added, or replaced as the colour does not match the rest of the interior liner. There is extensive pleating in the back, and there seems to me an extra pleat in the cuff. It may be just the construction of the tunic cuffs as I do not have enough uniforms to compare Tip Top's construction to other companies like the Workman's Uniform company, T. Eaton Company, Du-Val etc. The collar on the inside looks like it has been worn open a lot. There is slight folds in the cloth, and the hooks don't look too scuffed. I assume to allow for a tie, which Other Ranks were not suppose to wear.
I have thought about why this tunic to unit from Regina is from Tip Top Tailors of which were in Toronto and Montreal I believe, and not Devonshire Clothes from Winnipeg. I guess uniforms were just handed out, and not based on proximity to manufactures, if you understand what I mean..I'm not saying it very clearly...lol...
Over all, I guess what I was trying to say was that it just appears to be a higher quality of tunic than something issued to Other Ranks. It just remined me of a "walking out" BD uniform, with it's tailoring, crisp lines through the scalloping on the pockets, the extra pleats in the back...and even the material seems less course -but again that could just be Tip Top's allotment of material at the time...
Even the stitching through the shoulder flash has been neatly tucked into the green line -just another little detail...