This falls somewhere along my line of thinking. I see Marc's point (and yours, Lebeau) about the openness, but I also like the effect it has in creating "depth"... I was making a dealer visit this afternoon, and he had a 3-D ASAT suit hanging there and I looked it over pretty good. I had a buddy (Matt/PA) come hunt with me last fall, and he wore his 3-D suit and I liked it then, too.

To your point, mobow... I think the 3-D helped the Nat Gear pattern become more effective; I've never liked Nat Gear all that much (it's too monotone for my tastes; in other words, there's not enoughcontrast in it to effectively break up the human outline into different segments or blocks like I've written about before... I think the wearer is just a light blob instead of a dark blob.) -- BUT, the 3-D really helped it to realize its potential. It's sort of what you were saying -- start off with a lighter-than-normal pattern, and the 3-D effect really works then.

I also like the concept of how 3-D suits are usually strips of mesh tied together underneath the leafy fabric which would make wearing them in the sweltering heat a lot more feasible, as Lebeau said.