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I am a female Royal Canadian Sea Cadet from somewhere in central Ontario, and there's something I've noticed a LOT with our uniforms.
They're designed for guys.
Yes, I get how it's not about fashion or looking good, I get that AND appreciate the fact that I'm not judged on how I look. What I care about is, though, the fact of how they fit.
I'm a curvy girl (NOT overweight or anything like that, just real curvy. I don't mind admitting that for sake of this post), and I've also noticed that with a lot of the other female cadets, our uniforms never truly fit proper. That's due to the difference in shape of our bodies from guys, as I am sure you are all well aware. Fact is, since the uniforms are designed for guys, they never fit us girls proper. We need to get the trousers over our thighs and hips, so we end up going many sizes larger than we need to, hem it up to our knees and move on. Then we have to cinch it around out waist, making it bulkier than it already is, hotter and uncomfortable. Now, for some that might be extreme, but the fact remains that it is true for many female cadets. The same goes for Gunshirts. Designed for guys, they have no extra fabric and mo give around the bust, so again, we go up, up and up in sizes, until it's down to our knees, and then again, all that extra material to cinch and tuck in. The tunics are probably the best designed, though. I've never seem anyone have a major problem of one peice being to out of proportion to the rest, and so therefore, almost always fits right, along with the boots, which comes in many sizes for both large, small, wide and thin feet.
So, my conclusion to this problem is that the Cadets program, in light of their recent changes to the uniforms and add a females type of the pieces mentioned above. I love the uniforms, with their traditional style and look, it makes me proud to be wearing something so traditional, but the Cadets program, in relation to the uniforms, states that their first priority is comfort. By adding the female line, they will achieve that goal even farther.
They're designed for guys.
Yes, I get how it's not about fashion or looking good, I get that AND appreciate the fact that I'm not judged on how I look. What I care about is, though, the fact of how they fit.
I'm a curvy girl (NOT overweight or anything like that, just real curvy. I don't mind admitting that for sake of this post), and I've also noticed that with a lot of the other female cadets, our uniforms never truly fit proper. That's due to the difference in shape of our bodies from guys, as I am sure you are all well aware. Fact is, since the uniforms are designed for guys, they never fit us girls proper. We need to get the trousers over our thighs and hips, so we end up going many sizes larger than we need to, hem it up to our knees and move on. Then we have to cinch it around out waist, making it bulkier than it already is, hotter and uncomfortable. Now, for some that might be extreme, but the fact remains that it is true for many female cadets. The same goes for Gunshirts. Designed for guys, they have no extra fabric and mo give around the bust, so again, we go up, up and up in sizes, until it's down to our knees, and then again, all that extra material to cinch and tuck in. The tunics are probably the best designed, though. I've never seem anyone have a major problem of one peice being to out of proportion to the rest, and so therefore, almost always fits right, along with the boots, which comes in many sizes for both large, small, wide and thin feet.
So, my conclusion to this problem is that the Cadets program, in light of their recent changes to the uniforms and add a females type of the pieces mentioned above. I love the uniforms, with their traditional style and look, it makes me proud to be wearing something so traditional, but the Cadets program, in relation to the uniforms, states that their first priority is comfort. By adding the female line, they will achieve that goal even farther.