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Avery Trufelman

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
249 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Planet Money
Strange threadfellows: How the U.S. military shaped what we all wear

And then it was peeled off and manufactured by a company called Primaloft, which first marketed it to civilians, to the mass market, through L.L.

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Strange threadfellows: How the U.S. military shaped what we all wear

Bean.

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Strange threadfellows: How the U.S. military shaped what we all wear

It's everything.

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Strange threadfellows: How the U.S. military shaped what we all wear

It's everything you wear.

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Strange threadfellows: How the U.S. military shaped what we all wear

It's literally everything you're wearing, Alexi.

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Strange threadfellows: How the U.S. military shaped what we all wear

Like, it's your jacket.

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Strange threadfellows: How the U.S. military shaped what we all wear

It's your khaki pants.

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Strange threadfellows: How the U.S. military shaped what we all wear

It's your beanie cap.

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Strange threadfellows: How the U.S. military shaped what we all wear

It's the layers.

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Strange threadfellows: How the U.S. military shaped what we all wear

It's everything you're wearing.

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Strange threadfellows: How the U.S. military shaped what we all wear

Yeah, this is all versions of military clothes.

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Strange threadfellows: How the U.S. military shaped what we all wear

Like, you can't unsee it once you start seeing it.

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Strange threadfellows: How the U.S. military shaped what we all wear

I'm Avery Truffleman, host of Articles of Interest.

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Strange threadfellows: How the U.S. military shaped what we all wear

It's a podcast about fashion.

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Strange threadfellows: How the U.S. military shaped what we all wear

Yeah, it's about the intersection of the military and the outdoor industry.

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Strange threadfellows: How the U.S. military shaped what we all wear

I mean, I think it starts in the founding of the United States.

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Strange threadfellows: How the U.S. military shaped what we all wear

But in the modern era, it really comes from World War II.

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Strange threadfellows: How the U.S. military shaped what we all wear

I mean, it was this like cataclysmic event that shaped every single part of modern life.

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Strange threadfellows: How the U.S. military shaped what we all wear

And every single industry got involved in the war effort, including the clothing industry.

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Strange threadfellows: How the U.S. military shaped what we all wear

And it fundamentally changed how everybody dressed, including soldiers.