Italian Army 1970s Roma 75 Olive Drab Trousers

The trouser half of the Roma 75, the Italian Army's mid-seventies field uniform, in plain olive drab. The archive holds its safari jacket under the same name.

They are built for kneeling: shaped panels are set over both knees and the seams run around them rather than across. The cuffs close on long zips at the outside of each ankle so they can be pulled over boots and then shut down tight, and the waist takes a belt on wide loops. Two button pockets at the hip, two more behind, a hook and eye at the waist over a button fly.

Cotton throughout, in the same drab as the jacket.