I dunno, I liked the CF sweater. At least until we went to England, and saw the beautiful ones the British Army had - each Highland Regiment had its own "jersey", in colours that complemented the colours of their kilts (which they wore as "barracks dress" - some clowns from the Toronto Scottish actually wore their Garrison Jackets in conjunction with their Hodden Grey kilts while we were over there - GAG).
The bus driver jackets and lagoon green shirts were awful, and the Garrison jacket was poorly designed (the waistbelt rode way too high and the jacket was too hot to wear indoors and too light to wear alone on anything but a mild autumn or spring day). But I think the biggest complaint had to be the boots - high top, high polish boots were an insult to the Airborne Regiment, firstly, and secondly, were the cause of so much additional uniform maintenance - for those who did not join in the rush to get medical chits demanding combat boots.
Would be nice to see a new garrison dress similar to the old British working dress - a cotton OD green shirt that you can tuck in - combine with OD (combat) green denim pants (WITHOUT cargo pockets) you would have a sharp uniform that you could do the odd bit of maintenance or heavy lifting in as well. (You could also wear the shirt with trews or the kilt). Seems silly to wear camouflaged uniforms (this applies equally to garrison dress and the new camo combat uniform) to do office work or classroom lectures in.
