The Fit for Duty exhibit is housed in two locations on Cornell’s campus: the Human Ecology Building and Wortham Museum in Barton Hall. These two places host a plethora of historic military dress while also adding in student creations inspired by the fashion of our armed forces. Fit for Duty and its study of the past, present and future of military dress does not end in Barton Hall or the Human Ecology Building. This collaboration brings to light how military dress in film fulfills its own function. In film, military dress can carry either positive or negative connotations, bringing to mind high-adrenaline action or the violence of war.

Source: Daily Sun February 12, 2026 15:13 UTC