BSAA STANDARD EMPLOYEE OUTFIT.
whilst high-ranking members may wear a more personalised uniform, standard bsaa employee outfits are often shades of grey, green or blue, and brown and are fairly simple: a t-shirt and combat fatigues. id cards must be worn on the premises ( usually either on a lanyard or attached to the shirt or jacket ) and are necessary for entering the building.
the standard shirts bear the bsaa emblem on the shoulder, however this particular uniform seems to only be for those who work in the office as agents out on the field often wear their own shirts - though the bsaa emblem and logo is visible on their sleeves or jackets - seen with piers and chris' shirts in marhawa : chris is wearing a plain turtleneck, merah is wearing a white shirt with her queen bee graphic on it and piers is wearing a shirt with the american flag on it.
in the cutscenes during revelations, we get our first and only glimpses of the parts of the bsaa building ( the control room, o’brians office as director, the hallways ), likely the bsaa headquarters in london. the standard uniform from the concept art can be seen here, along with the uniform for the women too - which appears to be standard ‘office wear’ with a blazer and skirt in dark grey with a white shirt ( though it is likely the two uniforms are interchangeable depending on preference, as is a skirt / trousers ) - however the more ‘office’ wear may be reserved to staff who aren’t as active.
the casual jackets seen worn by bsaa members usually feature the bsaa patch belonging to their particular branch on the left arm, and are usually worn in shades of green - though other colours are available.
merah's jacket seems unique in that it has a graphic on the back ( inspired by the redfield's made in heaven jacket ) at first glance, however, piers' jacket also has a graphic on the back which is never entirely visible but appears to be the 'made in heaven' jacket which is... interesting? he's either wearing chris' ( i imagine it doesn't fit chris anymore, so maybe he gave it to him ) or he simply... stole the redfield's thing. with merah's jacket specifically, a different version of this jacket was available for purchase : this version was fabric rather than leather ( as shown in the cover art ) and bright red instead of a navy blue.
however, this is not the only style of jacket - many variations exist, but they follow a similar colourscheme. these ones in particular are merchandise, but i like to think they are based on in-universe options. the blue one shown below is specifically listed as the jill valentine windbreaker model ( there was a matching one for parker, but i can't find any photos of it ) with the green one being the "bsaa soft-shell jacket".
The soft shell jacket worn by the members of the special forces "BSAA" against bioterrorism appearing in the "BIOHAZARD" series has been renewed and released!! In addition to the existing color sage, military khaki color will be developed.
similarly, there was also concept art and merchandise of jill in another bsaa jacket, the 'jill valentine model n3-b jacket':
the standard uniform of the bsaa consists of:
(usually) light gray combat fatigues
ballistic helmet with a mounted flashlight
ear piece or shoulder mounted radio
the silhouette of the bsaa uniform remains the same for each branch, however certain aspects change depending on the local branch due to climate.
for example, the eastern european forces of the european branch wear thicker clothing, higher / tighter collars, longer sleeves and usually wear shades of white or grey due to the environment. in lanshiang, the uniform of the far east branch is very similar, though it has short sleeves. comparing this with merah’s outfit ( though this doesn’t seem to be standard sou and more like an soa outfit ), the far east branch seems to favour shades of blue/green. in west africa, the uniforms have more sandy colours, long sleeves and seem to be made from a different material - once again likely due to the environment. though we only see one agent from the oceania branch in the stage play who is an soa, her uniform is much simpler, wearing a simple tanktop with navy pants - though notably her vest is black as opposed to the usual shades of green. this could be the standard, but is more likely a personal choice.
as seen in the concept art above, the colour of the pants matches the sleeves of the uniform which implies that if sophie's outfit is a personalised version of the standard uniform for the oceania branch, that their main colour would be navy / blue.
we aren't shown any coloured panels of hendrick in heavenly island, but given the island of sindo de tortuga is in the caribbean, we can assume he is a part of the north american branch ( particularly as he comes with parker, who is seemingly part of the NA branch even if it would make more sense for him to be of the european branch ). his uniform is standard bsaa wear, but he wears a plain, short-sleeved t-shirt beneath his vest with the bsaa letters on his sleeve which matches what parker is wearing.
as mentioned previously, all sou uniforms bear a patch marking them as part of a unit which can be seen across various uniforms - these are often worn on the breast pocket, on the shoulder or on the vest. often this will be paired with military blood-type patch on the vest.
＊as of 2017, the bsaa changed both its logo and uniforms : they now wear black fatigues, boots, gloves, vest and are notably wearing full face headgear more often ( helmet, visor, gas mask, headset ). this change in uniform is, obviously, meant to show how much more militarised and corrupt they've become, but i personally don't like the direction the story is going in with the bsaa, so for my personal headcanon i am simply relegating this to the "faction" of corrupt bsaa soldiers / the "official" uniforms worn by the corrupt NA branch - whilst the founders and other branches continue wearing the old uniform / logo.
i also find it really silly hound wolf squad are wearing jeans and so simply ignore that, imagining they have a uniform that matches that of silver dagger ( who in themselves wore a darker / more armoured uniform to the usual bsaa soldiers due to their role as an elite, specialised unit ) as it makes sense to me that as a special, elite unit that chris temporarily took control of / became the leader of, that this is the same elite unit that he pulled the hound wolf squad members from ( and is also why i consider dc and nadia to be part of hws ).
members of the bsaa who are soa generally have more personalised and unique uniforms / gear - seen with chris, piers, jill, parker, barry and merah - and can differ based on the requirements for the particular mission ( such as the diving suits in revelations ).
in the same game chris also has shears and two vials ( likely either some type of anti-virus or first aid spray ) and is likely attached to a first aid kit given it is only him and jessica. high-ranking agents however also have uniforms more suited to their role - for example, piers’ concept art says :
as a sniper, we concentrated his equipment is concentrated around his legs and hips, and avoided putting anything on his chest so there wouldn’t be anything getting in the way when he laid down.
this is echoed with jill’s usual bsaa outfit too - notably she does not wear a vest and often doesn’t carry much on her in comparison to chris, possibly due to the fact she is the more lithe one and is more likely to be thrown / climb / backflip.
as mentioned before, merah and chris' outfits ( re6 / vendetta ) share a lot of design elements : featuring panels of white / grey / black and green ( which chris has had since his re5 outfit ) - though unlike the greens used prior, which are in the usual military range of greens, begin leaning towards a more blue-toned shade, closer to teal.
personally, i imagine jill's official bsaa uniform would probably be similar to merah's post re5 - though perhaps not as tight / form-fitting but they definitely have that shared blue palette ( which pairs nicely as - at least in my headcanon - merah was set up to be the next "jill" alongside piers as the new "chris", who much like his captain, wears khaki and green ).
personally, whilst the teal in chris' design in re6 ( for his china outfit specifically ) is due to him probably wearing the uniform of the far east branch, i believe the lean towards teal in his usual uniform is meant to be symbolic of jill - the teal being a mixture of their colours, blue and green.
whilst both wear practical outfits ( sheva too ) and neither are particularly "baggy", jill does not wear the same bulky body armour as chris does - as, mentioned prior, her abilities and movements are much more agile and gymnastic than chris', and bulky body armour would impede this.
so, whilst personal touches may be incorporated into their uniforms - both soa and sou ( sou however are very minor, such as piers' keffiyeh ) - they generally tend to follow certain patterns, styles and colourschemes. it is unlikely someone will have an entirely unique outfit that does not overlap in any way with the established uniform ( ie, barry may be wearing a red jacket with no emblem, but it's supposed to as seen in the concept art - he also has an alternative costume with the usual bsaa green jacket / concept art of him wearing the green jacket ).
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