{"product_id":"stan-ray-four-pocket-fatigue-trousers-military-green-made-in-usa-w28-x-26","title":"Vintage Stan Ray Four-Pocket Fatigue Trousers, Military Green - Made in USA - W28\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eMilitary green \u003cstrong\u003efour-pocket fatigue trousers\u003c\/strong\u003e by \u003cstrong\u003eStan Ray\u003c\/strong\u003e, made in USA. Two plain pockets at the front, two at the back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeasured flat, in inches: waist 28, hips 40, rise 11.5, inseam 26.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: great.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThese are fatigues, not cargos\u003c\/strong\u003e - four pockets and nothing on the thigh. The two get used interchangeably and they are not the same trouser; the fatigue is the older and plainer shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote the rise.\u003c\/strong\u003e Eleven and a half inches is high - these sit at the natural waist, not under it, which is how fatigue trousers were cut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStan Ray is a real place with real people in it.\u003c\/strong\u003e Earl Beard and his wife Billie Jean started the company in 1972 in Crockett, Texas, a town set between Houston and Dallas, and named it after their first son. Earl held to two rules: make it durable, and make it here - not out of patriotism but because he wanted to stand over the quality himself. Painter pants and fatigue trousers, sold to tradespeople across Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThen they went to Japan.\u003c\/strong\u003e Earl's OG-107 fatigues filtered into surplus stores, and from there into the hands of Japanese collectors combing postwar America for exactly this kind of thing. The trousers became cult objects in Tokyo and the orders started arriving direct from shops like Beams. Fifty years on they are still cut in the same Crockett factory, still run by Earl's family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1972 is the floor.\u003c\/strong\u003e The label gives the maker and the country and not another word.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eModern size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 28 x 26 (waist x inseam, in inches).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of one. Sold as found.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo returns - as is.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stan Ray","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44460788219991,"sku":"MT-TR-229","price":98.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0034\/8692\/files\/IMG_7013.jpg?v=1792606458","url":"https:\/\/shopmille.com\/products\/stan-ray-four-pocket-fatigue-trousers-military-green-made-in-usa-w28-x-26","provider":"MILLE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}