ODESA, Ukraine — There’s not much difference between designing dresses and bulletproof vests, says Ivan Fotesko, a fashion designer turned army outfitter from Odesa. Fotesko and his friends s… ...

If the collection’s printed silk dresses, elegant tunics, and colorful, exotic handbags reflect von Watzdorf’s pedigreed, globetrotter roots, the military jackets, sourced from armies around ...

In the window of a new store, mannequins sport fatigues, flak jackets, ... In May, Daquila, 45, opened The Surplus Guy, one of the only Army surplus stores left in the South Bay.

The group has been frantically buying military surplus equipment. They show us flak jackets, helmets, British Army rations and off-the-shelf drones, which have been donated. The military gear is old.

Business booms at army-navy surplus shops as the style set at global fashion weeks flock to get their hands on this $35.99 bomber jacket. MENU.

Kathy Smith drove from the Ada suburb of Whitneyville to pick up military jackets her 21-year-old daughter could convert into costumes for Anime conventions, which celebrate Japanese animation.