@article{intel:/content/journals/10.1386/ajpc.2.2.183_1, author = "Hancock, Joseph H., II and Augustyn, Edward Choi", title = "‘Fashionable pockets’: The transnational rise of cargo pants into popular culture", journal= "Australasian Journal of Popular Culture", year = "2013", volume = "2", number = "2", pages = "183-195", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1386/ajpc.2.2.183_1", url = "https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/ajpc.2.2.183_1", publisher = "Intellect", issn = "2045-5860", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "Abercrombie & Fitch", keywords = "mass fashion", keywords = "world dress", keywords = "military", keywords = "cargo pants", keywords = "fatigues", keywords = "Ralph Lauren", abstract = "During the twentieth century, cargo pants have gone from a traditional military uniform to a popular casual pant worn by almost every segment in the global consumer market. Since the 1970s, when hippies wore army surplus vintage styles as a sign of protesting the Vietnam War until today, cargo pants have undergone a considerable transformation, changing in both fabrications and form. This article will examine the origins, histories and myths surrounding the development of cargo pants as a military garment. It will highlight the rise of cargo pants into mass culture through various popular culture intermediaries such as the military, subcultural style, film, media, retail and merchandising; demonstrating how this garment has become part of world dress and transnational mass fashion, as well as an icon in global popular culture.", }