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Gen. MacArthur's A-2

Officer Dibley

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General in his A-2.
He was a big dude and so his jacket must be huge as it's quite loose on him.

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Lebowski

You might not want to sell to this guy.
Gentlemen, should we discuss "creases"?))
P.S. Don't get me wrong please, it was a joke of course.
P.P.S. The photo shown above is fabulous, seriously.
 

Lebowski

You might not want to sell to this guy.
Looks comfortable, complete with creasing too, he obviously made the mistake of bending his arms while wearing it ;)
Yep, and it definitely caused to get those "creases" on his shoulders - which looked quite similar to (actually almost the same kind of) ones on your Platon's Dubow, Micawber.
Did Gen. MacArthur's A-2 start looking more like a repro? Or less "historically correct"? Or a bit less "original" because of that? ... LoL))
 
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Lebowski

You might not want to sell to this guy.
Every Gen. D. MacArthur's A-2 looked very cool on him, on each photo of him I've seen before.
This photo is no exception.
 
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Lebowski

You might not want to sell to this guy.
Seriously - when the wearer was/is great and was/is a real hero - every jacket fits and looks fantastic on such person.
Like Gen. D. MacArthur was. Still is.
That's the point.
Everything else (creases, fit, sleeve length, etc.) doesn't matter in this case. It just looked (and still looks) great on him. That's it.
So, it depends on the wearer of any A-2 I suppose.
P.S. In modern todays life looks like sometimes A-2 "is wearing" any person, but sometimes any person is wearing A-2. When the person is wearing A-2 - it looks/fits great then.
 
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