Camouflage is an integral part of military combat gear as well as an extremely influential design motif within the world of fashion. One of the most successful designers working today, John Galliano, has brought street credibility to the venerable French fashion house of Christian Dior. By applying a military pattern to a silk evening gown, Galliano juxtaposes the iconography of warfare and sensuality. However, camouflage has many other symbolic attributes: antiwar protesters in the 1960s wore camouflage to ironic effect, while in more recent years hip-hop performers and fans have adopted it, both because army/navy surplus stores were inexpensive and because military uniforms and combat gear conveyed a tough, hyper-masculine allure. The plastic trim in brilliant emergency orange adds to the drama of this ensemble.