Male Fashion Advice

It describes how wearing military clothing as a civilian, and particularly medals and awards, can be distressing for veterans. The assumption is that people wear the clothing in order to give the impression of being tough, having endured hazardous circumstances - even specifically having served - in order to gain respect and other benefits. Hence, stealing valour.

This is stupid. If you don't wear any of the patches or medals, no sane person will accuse you of stolen valor. Nobody gives a shit if you're wearing old BDUs or ACUs.

I've worn milsurp all my life and never felt any judgement or got any comments, even from my veteran friends and family. The main controversy (in my experience) comes from behavior and how the pieces are worn. If you go out in a full Desert Storm BDU suit and boots, you'll be projecting a much different image than just wearing some combat boots with jeans. I disagree with the author's take on clothing with soldier names on it. While I don't think it's always disrespectful to wear such clothes, I think that the names and badges look tacky and never add to the look of the outfit, speaking purely in terms of style.

The military style looks like crap. There are more comfortable and stylish choices that are just as practical for the civilian life. I wouldn't want to be confused for a soldier ever in my life.