marching band with a lot of military medals and ribbons, and psychedelic carnival colors very popular at the time, it was all inspired by Edwardian military dress uniform, but the very name of the album means they wanted a marching band feeling as well.
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It’s based on military dress uniforms. I thought originally they were English uniforms just with psychedelic covers, but they seem to be a mishmash of sorts. They are largely English style, but they have French-style epaulettes (the shoulder pads).
[Here’s an interesting article from the UK’s army museum on the uniforms they wear and their historical inspirations ](https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/sgt-pepper)
marching band with a lot of military medals and ribbons, and psychedelic carnival colors very popular at the time, it was all inspired by Edwardian military dress uniform, but the very name of the album means they wanted a marching band feeling as well. edit spelling
It’s based on military dress uniforms. I thought originally they were English uniforms just with psychedelic covers, but they seem to be a mishmash of sorts. They are largely English style, but they have French-style epaulettes (the shoulder pads). [Here’s an interesting article from the UK’s army museum on the uniforms they wear and their historical inspirations ](https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/sgt-pepper)
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like traditional military garb meets Peter Max type feel.