Amid all the kerfuffle over the number of uniforms the U.S. Navy currently sports and proposed changes comes this story from Russia that puts us to shame:

Valentin Yudashkin, the first post-Soviet designer to bring a contemporary Russian look to the international fashion world, wowing critics with sumptuous theatricality as well as wearable styles, has taken on his biggest challenge to date: Russia’s armed forces.

Yudashkin’s most recent catwalk was Red Square itself, where he debuted his newest collection of uniforms on thousands of soldiers who marched across the cobblestones during a May 9 parade commemorating victory in World War II.

The 44-year-old has created 85 designs [emphasis added], which will come into use over the next three years to dress all branches of the Russian armed services for all seasons and circumstances, including battle.

I promise I won’t complain again.

At least not for a few days….

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