-Skeletor- said:
Never really understood this type of thing(weddings and other events in your reenactor uniform)
There has been a number of similar weddings I've seen pictures of people getting married in SS and Wehrmacht uniforms as well as US Army and USMC dress uniforms.
http://img.chinasmack.com/www/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/nazi-cosplay-19.jpg
http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu178/lotsoffreetime/asian_nazi_wedding_640_01.jpg
http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2007/09/WWIIWedding_450x300.jpg
I never have understood it either. Apart from the sheer fallacy of pretending to be something they are not, those that dress up in military uniforms do untold insult to those that actually wear a uniform for a living.
I can't really imagine dressing up like that. Reneactors as part of a historical site are one thing, and those that dress up and play soldier on the weekend are certainly another, but chaps that do it for a wedding are beyond the cake in my view.
Most especially an Englishman donning a Luftwaffe uniform for his wedding. My English gran would smack me silly if I even mentioned hearing about someone that did that.
You linked to a couple of photos of Asians in SS garb.
I live in Taiwan, and SS and Nazi emblems are fairly common here. Some folks adorn their vehicle or house windows with a Nazi Party or SS rune sticker, others even have flags outside their houses, and still others drive around on a pink Hello Kitty scooter wearing a helmet with same symbols.
I haven't been able to completely figure it out, but from what I am told, it is because it looks "cool" or "powerful".
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