With an immense pride in heroic patriotism, soon Americans and Hollywood would want them too. The chino and khaki trousers remained the most popular men’s style through World War II. However, the soldiers stationed in the Philippines wouldn’t be the only ones to wear them. Once there, they would be manufactured, duplicated and sold to the American soldiers fighting in World War I. One way or another China had managed to get its hands on the famous British Khakis. Now, around this time frame the birth of Chinos would come about. And it would yet again be worn in the Philippine-American Wars in the 1890s. In 1989 during the Spanish-American War, America had finally adopted it for their troops. Within time, the khaki color dye had been patented, making its popularity grow like wildfire. The modern clothing style could even be seen after the 1878 Sudan Wars and Afghan Campaign, and eventually become yet another official uniform.
In fact, it would spread all the way to South Africa and be worn by soldiers in the Kaffir War of 1851. The new invention of Khakis wouldn’t stop there.
Two years later in 1848, Khaki uniforms would be issued to all British colonial troops. However, little did he know, at the time his creation would spark the way for a Khaki standard in the military. By doing so, he had effectuality blended the color of the pants to match the local terrain. Thus Sir Harry Lumsden improvised once more, only this time by using Mazari, a native Punjab plant, as his inspiration. And if you’ve read any military history book, you’ll know a wise strategy can mean the difference between defeat and victory. He had effectively beaten the heat, of course, but now his troops stuck out like a sore thumb in the terrain. To problem solve, both he and his men wore vivid white Khaki pants and red tunics. There you’ll find Sir Harry Lumsden, a commanding officer of an English army in Punjab, India, seeking relief from the harsh locate climate. You know there’s a difference between the two pants, but what in the world is it? But throw Chinos in the mix, and suddenly all that comes to mind are a particular type of pants. When you think of the word Khaki, chances are you think of the color first, then the pants.
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