Lightweight trousers in an olive green cotton mix. Trousers are front fastening with a zip fly leading to a green plastic button at the waistband. The waistband has five belt loops with button down closures, allowing for a 2 inch [5.08cm] belt to be worn. There are also waist adjusters at the side seams of the waistband which can be tightened for added security. At the front, either side of the fly, there are two, large angled pockets. At the reverse, there is a button down flap pocket and on the left leg there is a cargo pocket, both of these fasten with a green plastic button. The trousers are unlined.
Compton Sons & Webb Ltd
Khaki breeches in a heavy wool fabric. The breeches are front fastening via six khaki-coloured, plastic buttons on a concealed button placket. Six more buttons can be found at the waistband to enable braces to be attached. A further two buttons are located just below the waistband at the rear. On each side of the fly at the front of the trousers sits a type of slanted pocket known as a frogmouth pocket. Below the pocket on the right side is a first field dressing pocket. This is a box pleated, patch pocket [currently stitched closed] with a button fastening. The breeches are cut wide above the knees and tapering tight from the knee downwards. Reinforced patches made of cotton moleskin are sewn using dark, contrasting stitching, to the inner lower thighs. The calf opening [cuff] of each leg also features two matching buttons. The hem of each leg is trimmed with a hard wearing, cotton fabric in a lighter coloured khaki. The trousers are unlined. On the inside of the waistband is stamped the 'Broad Arrow mark' consisting of "W / [upwards pointing arrow] / D / 11."
British Army
White cotton trousers with pleats that run from the waistband and a crease down each leg. Trousers are front fastening via four white plastic buttons with an extended tab at the waistband. On one end of this tab there is a hook that fastens onto the outside of the waistband. At the other end of this tab, there are two button holes, through which two buttons that are on the inside of the waistband fasten. There is a small buckle fastening at each side of the waistband that can be adjusted for added security. At either side of the waist there is a vertical, in seam pocket. At the reverse there is a single, welted pocket with a button fastening. The trousers are unlined.
British Army
Jeans with an elasticated, ribbed waist and cuffs. The jeans are in black with contrasting grey patches to emphasise selected pockets and panels of red, cotton fabric at the bottom of each leg. Jeans fasten at the front with a zip fly and a brass, stud button at the waist. The jeans have six pockets. There are two curved pockets at the front at waist level, with a smaller, patch pocket inside the pocket on the right side and the Soul II Soul logo stitched in red inside the left; two zip pockets at the rear, and a patch pocket under the zip pocket on the right side. The right patch pocket is made from denim fabric in a contrasting grey colour and has "Soul II Soul London" stitched into it in red thread. There is an identical patch of grey fabric on the left side to mirror the patch pocket. Jeans are unlined.
Soul II Soul
Suit trousers in a satin fabric. The trousers have vertical stripes in red, yellow, purple and black. The stripes vary in width and between each colour is a thin, turquoise stripe, just under 3mm in width. Trousers fasten at the front via a zip with a single red, plastic button at the waistband. There is top stitching in red around the fly and to add detailing to the waistband. There are no belt loops. Angled pockets sit at either side of the waist and these are also outlined by contrasting red stitching. This stitching continues from the pockets to the back of the trousers, forming an M shape. There are no back pockets or darts. The hem of each trouser leg has been turned up by hand. At the back of the waistband there is also evidence that they were taken in at some stage. The trousers are unlined.
Mr Freedom
Face print wide leg jeans, with print comprised of greyscale faces at different scales, layered together with sweeps of yellow running throughout. The inside leg is lapped and twin needle stitched in yellow thread, and the outer leg is overlocked and twin needle stitched. The pocket has a rivet on either side, embossed with Gaultier Jeans. The fly closes with four small Gaultier Jeans buttons, and the centre front closes with a larger branded denim button, with worn away black paint. The back pockets are wide angled. with a rivet in each top corner. There is a narrow yoke on the back, with a Gaultier Jeans Paris metal plate on the right side. The centre back seam has a horizontal belt loop below the normal waistband belt loop.
Designed in France
Made in Tunisia
Gaultier Jeans
Waistcoat with a high, round neck and chunky, silver, zip fastening at the front. Front panel of waistcoat is made from a soft leather. A vertical, though slightly angled, zip pocket is located on the left side, halfway down from neck to hem and halfway across from the opening to side seam. Eight metal crosses on metal loops hang from studded leather tabs from the front of the waistcoat, four on each side of the zip. The back of the waistcoat is made from a green satin fabric and has two long tabs at the waist that adjust via a metal buckle. The inside of the waistcoat is lined in the same material.
John Richmond
Knitted shorts in blue wool. Shorts have an elasticated waistband and angled pockets at the waist, just in front of the side seam. The shorts are knitted in a repeating cable knit pattern, with the exception of the waistband and pockets which are in a more basic, ribbed pattern. There are is no additional detailing to the reverse. The shorts are unlined.
Everrette Bullen
Trousers made from a black, wool fabric. Trousers are front fastening with a zip and a black plastic button at the waist. A second concealed button is stitched to the inside of the waistband and fastens through a buttonhole on an extended waistband tab. The trousers have six belt loops at the waist but no outer waistband. On either side of the zip, just below each of the front belt loops, is a horizontal, jetted pocket. There is no back pocket. At the back of the trousers, there is are two 13cm darts from the waistband, halfway between the back seam and side seams. Six silver crosses hang down the side of each leg from platted loops of cord sewn into the side seams. The trousers are unlined.
John Richmond
Black casual trousers with a gathered, elasticated, drawstring waist and a concealed zip fly at the front. Trousers have two silver stripes down the outside of each leg, running from the waist to approximately 16cm before the hem. Beneath these stripes on each leg is a five pointed silver star. The stripes and star are made from leather. The hem of each trouser leg is is asymmetrical, lower at the back than the front and is bound in a black viscose fabric. Just in front of each side seam is a vertical, jetted pocket at waist level. Each pocket fastens with a zip that is concealed but for a metal toggle that can be used to open and close the fastening. There are no back pockets. Lining of trousers is made from acetate and is deep purple in colour.
John Richmond
