History of camouflage in pictures Camouflage has undergone a massive evolution since it was first used by the British Army in the mid nineteenth century. These images track the development of ...

In 2004, the U.S. Army made a colossal mistake. It introduced a new digital camouflage called the Universal Camouflage Pattern (UCP), a single pattern designed to work across all environments. Only a ...

As the international fashion weeks come to a close, the top brass of critics are choosing the garments we'll wear next winter because fashion, by its nature, is fast-paced and future-obsessed. The ...

This post is in partnership with History Today. The article below was originally published at HistoryToday.com. During the First World War, patterns of “disruptive coloration” were applied directly to ...

During World War I, ships were painted in zebra stripes to deceive the enemy. The effectiveness of this “dazzle” camouflage was never quite clear, but a new study suggests that these zigzag patterns ...

03:07, Mon, Jul 30, 2018 Updated: 03:22, Mon, Jul 30, 2018 Camouflage continues to be a fashion favourite for young people. My 13-year-old son is permanently clad in a variety of green and brown blobs ...

Lottery chiefs have given nearly £50,000 to investigate the role of a World War II team which helped camouflage buildings from the enemy. The camouflage directorate, based in Leamington Spa, ...

Inspired by the octopus, we’re on the road to creating materials that render things almost invisible. Yet as Philip Ball points out, the history of camouflage and our limited understanding of how ...