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on</td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle"><a href="/wiki/Western_dress_codes" title="Western dress codes">Western dress codes</a><br />and corresponding <a href="/wiki/Clothing" title="Clothing">attires</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background-color:#ebebeb;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Formal_wear" title="Formal wear">Formal</a> (<a href="/wiki/Western_dress_codes#Full_dress,_half_dress,_and_undress" title="Western dress codes">full dress</a>)</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/White_tie" title="White tie">White tie</a> <span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Moon_at_night.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Suit" title="Suit">Suit</a> <span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Male_symbol_(black).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Male_symbol_%28black%29.svg/14px-Male_symbol_%28black%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Male_symbol_%28black%29.svg/21px-Male_symbol_%28black%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Male_symbol_%28black%29.svg/28px-Male_symbol_%28black%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_dress_uniform" title="Service dress uniform">Service dress uniform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cocktail_dress" title="Cocktail dress">Cocktail dress</a> <span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Female_symbol_(black).svg" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Female_symbol_%28black%29.svg/21px-Female_symbol_%28black%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Female_symbol_%28black%29.svg/28px-Female_symbol_%28black%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background-color:#ebebeb;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Casual_wear" title="Casual wear">Casual</a> (anything not above)</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Business_casual" title="Business casual">Business casual</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Casual_Friday" title="Casual Friday">Casual Friday</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_uniform" title="Combat uniform">Combat uniform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smart_casual" title="Smart casual">Smart casual</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Workwear" title="Workwear">Workwear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Streetwear" title="Streetwear">Streetwear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sportswear" title="Sportswear">Sportswear</a> known as <a href="/wiki/Sportswear_(fashion)" title="Sportswear (fashion)">Sportswear (fashion)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Athleisure" title="Athleisure">Athleisure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Undress_code" title="Undress code">Undress</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background-color:#ebebeb;;color: var(--color-base)">Supplementary alternatives</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_dress" title="Ceremonial dress">Ceremonial dress</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Court_dress" title="Court dress">law courts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court_uniform_and_dress_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Court uniform and dress in the United Kingdom">royal courts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diplomatic_uniform" title="Diplomatic uniform">diplomatic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Academic_dress" title="Academic dress">academic</a>, etc.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_clothing" title="Religious clothing">Religious clothing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cassock" title="Cassock">cassock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Religious_habit" title="Religious habit">habit</a>, etc.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folk_costume" title="Folk costume">Folk costume</a></li> <li>Distinctions <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Order_(distinction)" title="Order (distinction)">Orders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal" title="Medal">medals</a>, etc.</li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below"> <small>Legend:<div style="position:relative; margin:0 auto; padding:0; text-align:initial; width:-moz-fit-content;width:-webkit-fit-content;width:fit-content;"> <p><span class="nobold"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emoji_u2600.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Emoji_u2600.svg/13px-Emoji_u2600.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Emoji_u2600.svg/20px-Emoji_u2600.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Emoji_u2600.svg/26px-Emoji_u2600.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></a></span> = Day (before 6 p.m.)<br /><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Moon_at_night.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Moon_at_night.svg/13px-Moon_at_night.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Moon_at_night.svg/20px-Moon_at_night.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Moon_at_night.svg/26px-Moon_at_night.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> = Evening (after 6 p.m.)<br /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; color:black;"> </span> <span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:black; color:white;border:1px solid white;"> </span> = <a href="/wiki/Bow_tie" title="Bow tie">Bow tie</a> colour<br /><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Female_symbol_(black).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Female_symbol_%28black%29.svg/14px-Female_symbol_%28black%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Female_symbol_%28black%29.svg/21px-Female_symbol_%28black%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Female_symbol_%28black%29.svg/28px-Female_symbol_%28black%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> = Ladies<br /><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Male_symbol_(black).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Male_symbol_%28black%29.svg/14px-Male_symbol_%28black%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Male_symbol_%28black%29.svg/21px-Male_symbol_%28black%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Male_symbol_%28black%29.svg/28px-Male_symbol_%28black%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> = Gentlemen</span> </p> </div></small> <hr /> <span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Western_dress_codes" title="Template talk:Western dress codes"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Western_dress_codes" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Western dress codes"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Mess dress uniform</b> is the most formal (or <a href="/wiki/Semi-formal_wear" title="Semi-formal wear">semi-formal</a>, depending on the country) type of evening-wear <a href="/wiki/Uniform" title="Uniform">uniform</a> used by <a href="/wiki/Military_personnel" title="Military personnel">military personnel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Police_officer" title="Police officer">police personnel</a>, and other <a href="/wiki/Uniformed_services" title="Uniformed services">uniformed services</a> members. It frequently consists of a <a href="/wiki/Mess_jacket" title="Mess jacket">mess jacket</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trouser" class="mw-redirect" title="Trouser">trousers</a>, white <a href="/wiki/Dress_shirt" title="Dress shirt">dress shirt</a> and a black bow tie, along with <a href="/wiki/Order_(distinction)" title="Order (distinction)">orders</a> and <a href="/wiki/Medals" class="mw-redirect" title="Medals">medals</a> <a href="/wiki/Insignia" title="Insignia">insignia</a>. Design may depend on <a href="/wiki/Regiment" title="Regiment">regiment</a> or <a href="/wiki/Service_branch" class="mw-redirect" title="Service branch">service branch</a>, e.g. <a href="/wiki/Army" title="Army">army</a>, <a href="/wiki/Navy" title="Navy">navy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Air_force" title="Air force">air force</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marines" title="Marines">marines</a>, etc. In modern <a href="/wiki/Western_dress_codes" title="Western dress codes">Western dress codes</a>, mess dress uniform is the supplementary alternative equivalent to the <a href="/wiki/Civilian" title="Civilian">civilian</a> <a href="/wiki/Black_tie" title="Black tie">black tie</a> for evening wear. Mess dress uniforms are typically less formal than <a href="/wiki/Full_dress_uniform" title="Full dress uniform">full dress uniform</a>, but more formal than <a href="/wiki/Service_dress_uniform" title="Service dress uniform">service dress uniform</a>. </p><p>Prior to <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, this style of military uniform was largely restricted to the <a href="/wiki/British_Armed_Forces" title="British Armed Forces">British</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" title="United States Armed Forces">United States Armed Forces</a>, although the <a href="/wiki/French_Armed_Forces" title="French Armed Forces">French</a>, <a href="/wiki/Imperial_German_Navy" title="Imperial German Navy">German</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Navy" title="Swedish Navy">Swedish</a> and other navies had adopted their own versions of mess dress during the late 19th century, influenced by the British <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKnötelKnötelSieg1980442–445_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKnötelKnötelSieg1980442–445-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While mess dress uniform is predominantly worn at occasions by <a href="/wiki/Commissioned_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioned officer">commissioned officers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Non-commissioned_officers" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-commissioned officers">non-commissioned officers</a>, it may also be worn as an optional uniform by some senior <a href="/wiki/Enlisted_personnel" class="mw-redirect" title="Enlisted personnel">enlisted personnel</a>. It is also sometimes worn by members of <a href="/wiki/Royal_court" title="Royal court">royal courts</a> or certain civilian uniformed services. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mess dress uniform is also known as <i>mess uniform</i> and, more informally, as <i>mess kit</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Australia">Australia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sandy_MacGregor_talks_resiliency_with_173rd_paratroopers_140801-A-MM054-260.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Sandy_MacGregor_talks_resiliency_with_173rd_paratroopers_140801-A-MM054-260.jpg/220px-Sandy_MacGregor_talks_resiliency_with_173rd_paratroopers_140801-A-MM054-260.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Sandy_MacGregor_talks_resiliency_with_173rd_paratroopers_140801-A-MM054-260.jpg/330px-Sandy_MacGregor_talks_resiliency_with_173rd_paratroopers_140801-A-MM054-260.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Sandy_MacGregor_talks_resiliency_with_173rd_paratroopers_140801-A-MM054-260.jpg/440px-Sandy_MacGregor_talks_resiliency_with_173rd_paratroopers_140801-A-MM054-260.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2800" data-file-height="1867" /></a><figcaption>A retired colonel of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Army" title="Australian Army">Australian Army</a> in winter mess dress, 2013.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Australian Army has separate mess kits for summer and winter. The summer mess kit is a white jacket, almost identical between different branches of the army. The winter mess kit is made of thicker material, with jackets in the colour (scarlet or dark blue) of the wearers' corps. The winter mess dress includes a waistcoat. Both kits have the same barrathea blue trousers, but trousers vary in the colour and width of leg stripe denoting corps. Women's mess attire is the same, except that women may wear a skirt instead of trousers. Both versions are worn with a bow tie and white shirt; Marcella for winter and plain for summer. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Royal Australian Air Force</a> has different mess uniforms for summer and winter. The summer mess kit is marked out by a white jacket while the winter jacket is dark blue. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Belgium">Belgium</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Belgium"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The official name of the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Armed_Forces" title="Belgian Armed Forces">Belgian Armed Forces</a> mess dress is "Tenue 1C" or "<i>Spencer</i>". It is worn only after 18:00 hours, at ceremonies in the presence of HM the King, a member of the Royal Family or a foreign Head of State. It can also be worn when civilians are in white or black tie. </p><p>It consists of a dark-blue jacket with two golden buttons linked by a chain closure, dark-blue trousers and a low-cut marcella waistcoat. The waistcoat is of the regimental or corps colour. Regimental colours also figure on the edge of the shoulder straps. This is matched by a white dress shirt and a black bow tie. The ranks are embroidered onto the peak lapels of the jacket, except for the Navy where the rank curls are placed at the bottom of the sleeves. </p><p>The spencer dress is allowed for all ranks. Generals and cavalry, horse artillery or logistical officers may wear spurs. Women wear the same dress, with a long dark blue skirt and black lace instead of the bow tie. <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It should not be confused with 1A Dress (<i>Groot Galatenue</i>/<i>Grande Tenue de Gala</i>) or 1B Dress (<i>Galatenue</i>/<i>Tenue de Gala</i>), which resembles the <a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_British_Army#No.1:_Temperate_ceremonial" title="Uniforms of the British Army">British Army N°1 Blue Dress</a>. These orders are worn for weddings, military ceremonies and <i>repas de corps</i>. </p><p>An oversea version with a white jacket is available to Navy personnel (Tenue 5H1). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Canada">Canada</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Canadian_Highland_Officer%27s_Mess_Uniform,_1967,_Lieut._Ron_Wen,_The_Black_Watch_(Royal_Highland_Regiment)_of_Canada_-_Glenbow_Museum_-_DSC00653.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Canadian_Highland_Officer%27s_Mess_Uniform%2C_1967%2C_Lieut._Ron_Wen%2C_The_Black_Watch_%28Royal_Highland_Regiment%29_of_Canada_-_Glenbow_Museum_-_DSC00653.JPG/170px-Canadian_Highland_Officer%27s_Mess_Uniform%2C_1967%2C_Lieut._Ron_Wen%2C_The_Black_Watch_%28Royal_Highland_Regiment%29_of_Canada_-_Glenbow_Museum_-_DSC00653.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Canadian_Highland_Officer%27s_Mess_Uniform%2C_1967%2C_Lieut._Ron_Wen%2C_The_Black_Watch_%28Royal_Highland_Regiment%29_of_Canada_-_Glenbow_Museum_-_DSC00653.JPG/255px-Canadian_Highland_Officer%27s_Mess_Uniform%2C_1967%2C_Lieut._Ron_Wen%2C_The_Black_Watch_%28Royal_Highland_Regiment%29_of_Canada_-_Glenbow_Museum_-_DSC00653.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Canadian_Highland_Officer%27s_Mess_Uniform%2C_1967%2C_Lieut._Ron_Wen%2C_The_Black_Watch_%28Royal_Highland_Regiment%29_of_Canada_-_Glenbow_Museum_-_DSC00653.JPG/340px-Canadian_Highland_Officer%27s_Mess_Uniform%2C_1967%2C_Lieut._Ron_Wen%2C_The_Black_Watch_%28Royal_Highland_Regiment%29_of_Canada_-_Glenbow_Museum_-_DSC00653.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="5472" /></a><figcaption>Mess dress uniform for <a href="/wiki/The_Black_Watch_(Royal_Highland_Regiment)_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada">The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada</a> on display</figcaption></figure> <p>Mess dress is worn as formal evening attire for mess dinners. Uniforms range from full mess dress (with dinner jackets, cummerbunds or waistcoats) to service dress worn with a bow tie for individuals not required to own mess dress (<a href="/wiki/Non-commissioned_members" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-commissioned members">non-commissioned members</a> and members of the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Armed_Forces#Canadian_Armed_Forces_Reserve_Force" title="Canadian Armed Forces">Reserve Force</a>). Mess dress is not provided at public expense. However, all commissioned officers of the <a href="/wiki/Regular_Force" title="Regular Force">Regular Force</a> are required to own mess dress within six months of being commissioned. The winter mess dress (No. 2) for the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Navy" title="Royal Canadian Navy">Royal Canadian Navy</a> consists of a <a href="/wiki/Navy_blue" title="Navy blue">navy blue</a> jacket with gold laced rank insignia worn on the sleeve, gold-laced navy blue trousers worn by all commissioned officers (unlike in the Royal Navy they are not restricted to captains and flag officers) white shirt with soft or wing collar and a white waistcoat. Officers of the rank of <a href="/wiki/Ship-of-the-Line_Captain#Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship-of-the-Line Captain">Captain(N)</a> and above wear a tailcoat instead of the standard jacket. NCMs trousers are the same pattern, but without gold lace down the seam. Miniatures of medals earned are worn on the left lapel; regular size qualification badges earned are worn on the left sleeve, above the rank insignia (as they are worn in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> for naval aviators). Summer mess dress (No. 2A) is similar except that a white jacket with rank insignia on navy blue shoulder boards (gold covered for flag officers) is worn, and either the waistcoat or cummerbund is worn. </p><p>The winter standard pattern mess dress (No. 2) for the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Army" title="Canadian Army">Canadian Army</a> consists of a scarlet jacket with rank insignia worn on soft shoulder loops, scarlet-laced dark blue (almost black) trousers, white shirt with soft or wing collar and dark blue waistcoat. The details of regimental distinctions vary by regiments and are defined in detail in the Canadian Forces Dress Instructions. Miniature medals are worn on the left breast below miniatures of qualification badges earned. The summer standard pattern mess dress is similar except that a white jacket with rank insignia worn on black shoulder boards, and cummerbund, is worn. Army reserve regiments are authorized to wear mess dress that is distinctive to the regiment and which can consist of jackets of different cuts (for example high collar) and colours, rather than the standard pattern mess dress. Authorized summer dress (No. 2A), consisting of the white jacket in lieu of scarlet, varies from regiment to regiment, but typically is not authorized for NCMs below the rank of <a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Warrant Officer">Warrant Officer</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lt_Gen_Pierre_St_Amand_at_a_Canadian_Mess_Dinner.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Lt_Gen_Pierre_St_Amand_at_a_Canadian_Mess_Dinner.jpg/170px-Lt_Gen_Pierre_St_Amand_at_a_Canadian_Mess_Dinner.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Lt_Gen_Pierre_St_Amand_at_a_Canadian_Mess_Dinner.jpg/255px-Lt_Gen_Pierre_St_Amand_at_a_Canadian_Mess_Dinner.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Lt_Gen_Pierre_St_Amand_at_a_Canadian_Mess_Dinner.jpg/340px-Lt_Gen_Pierre_St_Amand_at_a_Canadian_Mess_Dinner.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1239" data-file-height="1532" /></a><figcaption>Lieutenant General <a href="/wiki/Pierre_St-Amand" title="Pierre St-Amand">Pierre St-Amand</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Royal Canadian Air Force">Royal Canadian Air Force</a> in winter mess dress, 2016.</figcaption></figure> <p>The winter mess dress of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Royal Canadian Air Force">Royal Canadian Air Force</a> consists of a midnight blue jacket with gold rank insignia worn on the sleeve, black-laced midnight blue trousers, white shirt with soft collar, and a cummerbund in the colours of the Royal Canadian Air Force tartan. Miniature medals are worn on the left breast above miniatures of qualification badges earned. The summer mess dress (No. 2A) is similar except that a white jacket with rank insignia worn on midnight blue shoulder boards is worn, and is authorized as an optional order for RCAF officers only. </p><p>No. 2B is authorized as an alternative for Regular Force officers who have not yet purchased mess uniform, and for Reserve Force officers and all NCMs as they are not required to purchase mess uniform. It applies to all three elements and consists of the standard service dress uniform appropriate to the element (rifle green for the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Army" title="Canadian Army">Army</a>, navy blue for the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Navy" title="Royal Canadian Navy">RCN</a> and light blue for the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Royal Canadian Air Force">RCAF</a>), a white long-sleeved shirt (as issued to navy personnel) and a black bow tie. Undress ribbons and nametag are worn. </p><p>No. 2C is a relaxed, ship-board only order of mess uniform, worn by members of all elements when dining formally onboard HMC Ships at sea. It consists of the service short sleeve shirt and service dress trousers appropriate to the element, and a cummerbund in black or authorized regimental colours. Name tag, medals/ribbons are not worn. </p><p>No. 2D is the CF standard pattern mess dress, now superseded, which was authorized for wear prior to the reversion to separate environmental uniforms for Army, Navy and Air Force. It is identical to Air Force No. 2 dress except that buttons and other accoutrements reflect the unified CF uniform prevalent from 1968 to circa 1987. It is authorized for wear by personnel who had joined '"and acquired their mess uniform'" prior to the re-establishment of distinctive environmental uniforms.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="France">France</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: France"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Military_uniform#France" title="Military uniform">Military uniform § France</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:French_spencer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/French_spencer.jpg/220px-French_spencer.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/French_spencer.jpg/330px-French_spencer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/French_spencer.jpg/440px-French_spencer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption> Male and female officer mess dress of the <a href="/wiki/French_Army" title="French Army">French Army</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Until World War II officers of the French Army wore their full dress (<i>grande tenue</i>) uniforms for evening as well as daytime formal and ceremonial occasions. Naval officers however had a special mess uniform similar in style to that of the Royal Navy. </p><p>Since the 1950s, officers of all service branches of the <a href="/wiki/French_Armed_Forces" title="French Armed Forces">French Armed Forces</a>, including joint services such as the Health Service, have a mess dress known as <i>Tenue 1A</i>. </p><p>It consists of a night blue jacket with ornamented shoulder straps with rank insignia, night blue trousers, a white shirt, a black bow tie, a night blue cummerbund, black polished shoes and black socks.<br /> </p><p>Women wear a similar uniform, with a night blue long skirt, a white satiny shirt and a white satiny bow tie.<br /> Headdress, a night blue cloak and white gloves may be worn outside only.<br /> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Fourrag%C3%A8re" title="Fourragère">Fourragères</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aiguillette" title="Aiguillette">aiguillettes</a> are not worn, with the exception of the aiguillette obtained for individual merits.<br /> Miniature medals are worn for most decorations, only the recipients of <a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_France" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of France"> national orders</a> above the rank of Commandeur may wear the collar and sash.<br /> </p><p>An overseas version with a white jacket is available.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Germany">Germany</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Germany"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a 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href="/wiki/File:BW_Gesellschaftsanzug_Heer_(Grundform_Frauen).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/BW_Gesellschaftsanzug_Heer_%28Grundform_Frauen%29.jpg/92px-BW_Gesellschaftsanzug_Heer_%28Grundform_Frauen%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="92" height="230" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/BW_Gesellschaftsanzug_Heer_%28Grundform_Frauen%29.jpg/138px-BW_Gesellschaftsanzug_Heer_%28Grundform_Frauen%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/BW_Gesellschaftsanzug_Heer_%28Grundform_Frauen%29.jpg/184px-BW_Gesellschaftsanzug_Heer_%28Grundform_Frauen%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:94px;max-width:94px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:230px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BW_Gesellschaftsanzug_Heer_(Grundform_M%C3%A4nner).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/BW_Gesellschaftsanzug_Heer_%28Grundform_M%C3%A4nner%29.jpg/92px-BW_Gesellschaftsanzug_Heer_%28Grundform_M%C3%A4nner%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="92" height="230" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/BW_Gesellschaftsanzug_Heer_%28Grundform_M%C3%A4nner%29.jpg/138px-BW_Gesellschaftsanzug_Heer_%28Grundform_M%C3%A4nner%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/BW_Gesellschaftsanzug_Heer_%28Grundform_M%C3%A4nner%29.jpg/184px-BW_Gesellschaftsanzug_Heer_%28Grundform_M%C3%A4nner%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="288" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/German_Army" title="German Army">German Army</a> formal dress</div></div></div></div> <p>Mess uniforms were worn by officers of the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_German_Navy" title="Imperial German Navy">Imperial German Navy</a>, though not by army officers. During the 1930s in <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a>, officers of the <i><a href="/wiki/Schutzstaffel" title="Schutzstaffel">Schutzstaffel</a></i> (SS) had the option of purchasing <a href="/wiki/SS_uniform#Special_SS_uniforms" class="mw-redirect" title="SS uniform">mess dress</a> uniforms. SS mess dress resembled a double-breasted dinner jacket, with collar tabs and white <a href="/wiki/Piping_(sewing)" title="Piping (sewing)">piping</a>. </p><p>In modern Germany, mess dress is a permitted uniform for officers and <a href="/wiki/Non-commissioned_officer" title="Non-commissioned officer">non-commissioned officers</a> (NCOs) of the <a href="/wiki/Bundeswehr" title="Bundeswehr">Bundeswehr</a> attending <a href="/wiki/White_tie" title="White tie">white</a> or <a href="/wiki/Black_tie" title="Black tie">black tie</a> festive social occasions. Female soldiers wear a long dark-blue skirt and a white blouse with the <i><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_Arms_of_Germany#Federal_Republic_of_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Coat of Arms of Germany">Bundesadler</a></i> ("Federal Eagle" coat of arms) on the right collar. This is combined with a long scarf across the chest and a dark blue short velvet jacket. A variant with a short white silk jacket combined with a blue blouse is also permitted. Purses and other accessories may be carried.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBundeswehr_Dress_Codepara._262/1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBundeswehr_Dress_Codepara._262/1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The basic mess dress (<i>Grundform</i>) for men consists of a jacket with a chain closure, trousers with black silk trim strips, and either a cummerbund (army, air force, navy) or a <i>Torerobund</i> (a <a href="/wiki/Torero" class="mw-redirect" title="Torero">torero</a>-style waist sash, for the army and air force). These sashes or cummerbunds are of black fabric for the army and dark blue for the air force and navy. The chain is gold for the navy and for army and air force generals; others wear a silver chain. This is matched by a white dress shirt (with a concealed <a href="/wiki/Placket" title="Placket">placket</a>; no stand-up collars, ruffles, or embroidery) and a black bow tie and black or black patent leather shoes.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBundeswehr_Dress_Codeparas._261–264_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBundeswehr_Dress_Codeparas._261–264-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a variation, a black smoking jacket with black silk collar and black silk-covered <a href="/wiki/Shoulder_strap" class="mw-redirect" title="Shoulder strap">passant</a> (Army, Air Force) may be worn instead. The ranks are embroidered onto the epaulettes. The jacket is worn without <a href="/wiki/Cuff_title" title="Cuff title">cuff titles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gorget_patches" title="Gorget patches">collar patches</a>, or any other coloured insignia. In the navy, rank insignia is placed on the sleeves. <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A4tigkeitsabzeichen" class="extiw" title="de:Tätigkeitsabzeichen">Activity</a>, <a href="/wiki/German_Armed_Forces_Badge_for_Military_Proficiency" title="German Armed Forces Badge for Military Proficiency">proficiency</a>, or specialist badges are often included in the embroidered portion. Miniature versions of any orders and decorations are worn from ribbons.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBundeswehr_Dress_Codeparas._261–264_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBundeswehr_Dress_Codeparas._261–264-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Greece">Greece</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Greece"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The mess dress of the <a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Armed_Forces" title="Hellenic Armed Forces">Hellenic Armed Forces</a>, adopted in 1953, resembles the "rolled collar" jacket, waistcoat and trousers pattern of the British Army as described in this article. It is classed as no. 4 dress. Colours are those of the historic <a href="/wiki/Full_dress" class="mw-redirect" title="Full dress">full dress</a> uniform of the particular branch or service (e.g. medium green with crimson facings for armored cavalry officers, dark blue with red facings for infantry officers). A white version is authorized for summer wear. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Indonesia">Indonesia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Indonesia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Indonesian_National_Armed_Forces" title="Indonesian National Armed Forces">Indonesian National Armed Forces</a> (TNI) version of the mess dress uniform is categorized in the "PDU" (<i>Pakaian Dinas Upacara</i>) or "<a href="/wiki/Full_dress_uniform#Indonesia" title="Full dress uniform">full dress uniform</a>" type "<b>II</b>" / PDU No. 2. It is only worn by <a href="/wiki/Officer_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer (military)">officers</a>, and is worn when attending state-level <a href="/wiki/Banquets" class="mw-redirect" title="Banquets">banquets</a> and official receptions in or outside the country. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Israel">Israel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Israel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In keeping with the <a href="/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces" title="Israel Defense Forces">Israel Defense Forces</a>' doctrine of a <a href="/wiki/The_People%27s_Army_Model" title="The People's Army Model">People's Army</a>, mess uniform is not worn inside <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> It takes the form of a khaki service uniform rather than the special evening dress as worn by many other nations. It is only worn abroad, either by <a href="/wiki/Military_attach%C3%A9" title="Military attaché">military attachés</a> or by senior officers on official <a href="/wiki/State_visit" title="State visit">state visits</a>. These rules also apply to the IDF <a href="/wiki/Dress_uniform" class="mw-redirect" title="Dress uniform">dress uniform</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Because of the small number of uniforms required they are <a href="/wiki/Bespoke" title="Bespoke">bespoke tailored</a> for the specific officer.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The mess uniforms are the only Israeli army order of dress to include a tie, and have a summer version and a winter version. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Jamaica">Jamaica</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Jamaica"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Both senior non-commissioned officers and commissioned officers of the <a href="/wiki/Jamaica_Defence_Force" title="Jamaica Defence Force">Jamaica Defence Force</a> may wear (No. 5 Dress) mess kit.<sup id="cite_ref-Jamaica_Defence_Force_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jamaica_Defence_Force-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="New_Zealand">New Zealand</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: New Zealand"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cape,_nursing_(AM_740068-7).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Cape%2C_nursing_%28AM_740068-7%29.jpg/220px-Cape%2C_nursing_%28AM_740068-7%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Cape%2C_nursing_%28AM_740068-7%29.jpg/330px-Cape%2C_nursing_%28AM_740068-7%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Cape%2C_nursing_%28AM_740068-7%29.jpg/440px-Cape%2C_nursing_%28AM_740068-7%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Cape worn with the mess uniform for the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Army_Nursing_Service" title="New Zealand Army Nursing Service">New Zealand Army Nursing Service</a>, during the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_New_Zealand_Navy" title="Royal New Zealand Navy">Royal New Zealand Navy</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Army" title="New Zealand Army">New Zealand Army</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Royal_New_Zealand_Air_Force" title="Royal New Zealand Air Force">Royal New Zealand Air Force</a> have mess uniforms of similar style to those worn by the equivalent British and Australian services. </p><p>New Zealand Army mess uniforms authorised for officers were simplified about 2000 in that the distinctive corps and regimental colours previously worn were replaced by a universal scarlet and blue pattern with only insignia distinguishing one branch or unit from another. </p><p>Royal New Zealand Air Force mess dress consists of grey/blue jackets, trousers and waistcoats with white shirts and black bow ties. Any medals are displayed above the left breast pocket. Individual flying squadron colours appear on mess dress belts worn by officers. Senior NCOs (sergeants, flight sergeants, and warrant officers) also wear mess dress for various special functions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Norway">Norway</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Norway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mette-Marit_av_Norge_%26_Haakon_Magnus_av_Norge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Mette-Marit_av_Norge_%26_Haakon_Magnus_av_Norge.jpg/170px-Mette-Marit_av_Norge_%26_Haakon_Magnus_av_Norge.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="245" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Mette-Marit_av_Norge_%26_Haakon_Magnus_av_Norge.jpg/255px-Mette-Marit_av_Norge_%26_Haakon_Magnus_av_Norge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Mette-Marit_av_Norge_%26_Haakon_Magnus_av_Norge.jpg/340px-Mette-Marit_av_Norge_%26_Haakon_Magnus_av_Norge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4016" data-file-height="5776" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Haakon,_Crown_Prince_of_Norway" title="Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway">Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway</a>, wearing <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Norwegian Navy">Norwegian Navy</a> mess dress during the <a href="/wiki/Wedding_of_Princess_Madeleine_and_Christopher_O%27Neill" title="Wedding of Princess Madeleine and Christopher O'Neill">wedding of Princess Madeleine and Christopher O'Neill</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Army" title="Norwegian Army">Norwegian Army</a> has no specific mess uniform, but uses its parade uniform or service uniform as appropriate.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Navy" title="Royal Norwegian Navy">Royal Norwegian Navy</a> uses a navy blue hooded jacket and waistcoat. As in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Air_Force" title="Royal Norwegian Air Force">Royal Norwegian Air Force</a>, the mess jacket is used with a white waistcoat for gala events.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pakistan">Pakistan</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Pakistan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Armed_Forces" title="Pakistan Armed Forces">Pakistan Armed Forces</a>, mess uniform may be worn for formal/official evening events e.g. mess dinner/guest nights. The Pakistani Army mess dress may be in khaki drill or rifle green, and largely resembles the daytime No.1 dress of the British Army rather than the special evening dress described in the United Kingdom section of this article. Mess uniform is authorized for all commissioned officers of the Pakistan Army, Air Force and Navy. This order of uniform is obligatory for military officers posted abroad, either as <a href="/wiki/Military_attach%C3%A9" title="Military attaché">military attachés</a> (<a href="/wiki/Air_attach%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="Air attaché">air attaché</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naval_attach%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval attaché">naval attaché</a>, <a href="/wiki/Defence_attach%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="Defence attaché">defence attaché</a>) or by high-ranking officers on official <a href="/wiki/State_visit" title="State visit">state visits</a>. All military officers are required to wear mess dress on appropriate occasions during such visits or while attending state inaugurations. All mess uniforms are bespoke tailored for specific officers according to their regiment/corps, assignments and ranks. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Russia_and_the_former_USSR">Russia and the former USSR</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Russia and the former USSR"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Mess_dress_uniform" title="Special:EditPage/Mess dress uniform">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. 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This uniform was abandoned in the 1990s but reintroduced under President Putin, again for senior generals only. The grey tunic uniform should be distinguished from the blue or dark green full-dress parade uniform regularly worn on holidays and ceremonies (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">парадная форма</span>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sweden">Sweden</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Sweden"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Full_mess_dress">Full mess dress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Full mess dress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Wedding_Stockholm_2010-Konserthuset-335.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Royal_Wedding_Stockholm_2010-Konserthuset-335.jpg/170px-Royal_Wedding_Stockholm_2010-Konserthuset-335.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="254" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Royal_Wedding_Stockholm_2010-Konserthuset-335.jpg/255px-Royal_Wedding_Stockholm_2010-Konserthuset-335.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Royal_Wedding_Stockholm_2010-Konserthuset-335.jpg/340px-Royal_Wedding_Stockholm_2010-Konserthuset-335.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1410" data-file-height="2108" /></a><figcaption>Lesser mess dress uniform for the <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Air_Force" title="Swedish Air Force">Swedish Air Force</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Swedish full mess dress (known as <i>stor mässdräkt</i>) is formal wear to be worn on occasions when a civilian would wear white tie or a morning dress.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Army" title="Swedish Army">Swedish Army</a> code for full mess dress is m/86, the <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Navy" title="Swedish Navy">navy</a> is m/1878, and the <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Air_Force" title="Swedish Air Force">air force</a> m/1938. The numbers represent the year in which the style was introduced. The full mess dress is thus the equivalent of <a href="/wiki/Full_dress_uniform" title="Full dress uniform">full dress uniform</a> for units which don't have their unit-specific full dress uniform traditions. </p><p>The uniforms consist of: </p> <ul><li>dark blue <a href="/wiki/Mess_jacket" title="Mess jacket">mess jacket</a></li> <li>white waistcoat; a white waist sash for female personnel</li> <li>dark blue long trousers with piping; dark blue long skirt for female personnel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dress_coat" class="mw-redirect" title="Dress coat">dress coat</a>; female personnel wear a white spread-collared, ruffle front blouse</li> <li>black bow tie</li> <li>dark blue cap (with certain variations between the branches)</li> <li>black socks</li> <li>black plain-toe, lace-up shoes (<a href="/wiki/Patent_leather" title="Patent leather">patent leather</a> is an option); female personnel wears black ladies' shoes (again with variations)</li> <li>white gloves</li></ul> <p>Additional clothing includes a <a href="/wiki/Cloak" title="Cloak">cloak</a> (akin to the boat coat), galoshes, and a scarf, as well as any medals. With the full mess dress one may also wear braces or a waistcoat in one's branch colours. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lesser_mess_dress">Lesser mess dress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Lesser mess dress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The "lesser" (<i>liten</i>) and "full" (<i>stor</i>) mess dress are two uniforms of the <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Armed_Forces" title="Swedish Armed Forces">Swedish Armed Forces</a> uniform subgroup of "social uniforms" (<i>sällskapsuniformer</i>). Aside from mess dress, this group also includes "formal wear" and "society wear". The Swedish lesser mess dress is the equivalent of the civilian black tie. It is the same as the British <i>mess undress</i> or the American <i>mess dress blues</i>. </p><p>It differs from the full mess dress in a number of ways: </p> <ul><li>the waistcoat/waist sash is dark blue; white is permitted if the gathering includes civilians</li> <li>there is no piping on the trousers</li> <li>black gloves</li> <li>shorter skirts are permitted, in combination with brown nylon stockings</li> <li>turnover collars are acceptable</li></ul> <p>Army officers and cadets may replace the blue vest and sash or the lining of a cloak with traditional regimental or branch-specific colours. A sabre may be carried, but is not obligatory.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESwedish_Uniform_Regulations86–87_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESwedish_Uniform_Regulations86–87-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Dark red – <a href="/wiki/Artillery" title="Artillery">Artillery</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fallsk%C3%A4rmsj%C3%A4garna" title="Fallskärmsjägarna">Paratroopers</a></li> <li>Black – <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Engineer_Troops" title="Swedish Engineer Troops">Engineer Troops</a></li> <li>Yellow – <a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">Infantry</a> and Infantry <a href="/wiki/Foot_guards" title="Foot guards">foot guards</a></li> <li>Royal blue – <a href="/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">Cavalry</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Life_Guards_(Sweden)" title="Life Guards (Sweden)">Life Guards</a></li> <li>Light red – <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-aircraft">Anti-aircraft</a> troops</li> <li>Black with yellow piping – <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Armoured_Troops" title="Swedish Armoured Troops">Armoured Troops</a></li> <li>Green – <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Army_Signal_Troops" title="Swedish Army Signal Troops">Signal Troops</a></li> <li>Light blue – <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Army_Service_Troops" title="Swedish Army Service Troops">Service Troops</a></li></ul> <p>Mess dress is a permitted uniform, in that it is allowed to be worn on defined occasions, but possession is not obligatory. There is always a corresponding form of obligatory uniform that may be worn as an alternative (army: m/87 A, navy: m/48, air force: m/87). Full mess dress is thus matched by <i>högtidsdräkt</i> (formal wear) and the lesser mess dress by <i>sällskapsdräkt</i> (society wear). Formal wear is the same as <a href="/wiki/Military_uniform#Parade" title="Military uniform">parade dress</a>, when worn at the equivalent of a white tie occasion. "Society wear" is the service dress uniform, when worn to a black-tie occasion.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESwedish_Uniform_Regulations43_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESwedish_Uniform_Regulations43-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Formal and society wear (rather than mess dress) are the mandatory uniform types for any military event, funeral, parade, state visit, or any other non-festive occasion.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESwedish_Uniform_Regulations86–87_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESwedish_Uniform_Regulations86–87-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Royal_Household">The Royal Household</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: The Royal Household"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Court_uniform_and_dress_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Court uniform and dress in the United Kingdom">Court uniform and dress in the United Kingdom</a></div> <p>The officers of some ceremonial military <a href="/wiki/Corps" title="Corps">corps</a>, such as the <a href="/wiki/Yeomen_of_the_Guard" title="Yeomen of the Guard">Yeomen of the Guard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Honourable_Corps_of_Gentlemen_at_Arms" title="Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms">Gentlemen at Arms</a>, are authorised to wear the evening dress of the Royal Household <a href="/wiki/Court_uniform_and_dress_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Court uniform and dress in the United Kingdom">court uniform</a> as a mess dress.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEyeomenoftheguard.com_-_uniform_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEyeomenoftheguard.com_-_uniform-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEyeomenoftheguard.com_-_gentlemen_at_arms_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEyeomenoftheguard.com_-_gentlemen_at_arms-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETrendell192123–26_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETrendell192123–26-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Royal_Navy">Royal Navy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Royal Navy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Uni-UKRN-OF-No2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Uni-UKRN-OF-No2.svg/100px-Uni-UKRN-OF-No2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Uni-UKRN-OF-No2.svg/150px-Uni-UKRN-OF-No2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Uni-UKRN-OF-No2.svg/200px-Uni-UKRN-OF-No2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="1576" /></a><figcaption>Depiction of No. 2A mess dress for the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> distinguishes between mess dress, which is now the equivalent of civilian white tie, and mess undress, which is the equivalent of black tie. </p><p>Before 1939, there were three forms of evening dress: </p> <ul><li>Ball dress (No. 2) – undress <a href="/wiki/Tailcoat" title="Tailcoat">tailcoat</a>, gold <a href="/wiki/Epaulette" title="Epaulette">epaulettes</a>, gold-laced trousers, white waistcoat, black bow tie, <a href="/wiki/Cocked_hat" class="mw-redirect" title="Cocked hat">cocked hat</a></li> <li>Mess dress (No. 7) – mess jacket, gold-laced trousers, blue waistcoat, black bow tie, peaked cap.</li> <li>Mess undress (No. 8) – mess jacket, plain trousers, blue waistcoat, black bow tie, peaked cap.</li></ul> <p>Today, there are only two forms of evening dress: </p> <ul><li>Mess dress (No. 2A) – mess jacket, plain navy blue mess trousers, white waistcoat, black bow tie, peaked cap.</li> <li>Mess undress (No. 2B) – mess jacket, plain navy blue mess trousers, blue waistcoat or black cummerbund, black bow tie, peaked cap.</li></ul> <p>Officers of the rank of <a href="/wiki/Captain_(Royal_Navy)" title="Captain (Royal Navy)">captain</a> and above wear gold-laced trousers (the gold lace stripes are nicknamed "lightning conductors"), and may wear the undress tailcoat (without epaulettes), with either mess dress or mess undress. The undress tailcoat is so named to distinguish it from the full dress tailcoat that was worn during the day with full dress (No. 1), which is worn in a modified form by admirals today as ceremonial day dress. Both the undress tailcoat and the mess jacket are double-breasted, with peaked lapels and six gilt buttons, but cut to be worn single-breasted and fastened at the front with two linked gilt buttons. The undress tailcoat is fitted with scallop-flapped hip pockets with three gilt buttons on each pocket. Rank is indicated on the undress tailcoat and mess jacket by gold lace on the sleeves. When tropical rig is ordered, a white, double breasted mess jacket with a shawl collar is worn instead of the blue, with shoulder boards to indicate rank. The peaked cap can (optionally) be worn with both mess undress and mess dress. </p><p>Senior rates-Warrant Officers (of both grades), Chief Petty Officers and Petty Officer- may either wear their Number 1 Dress uniform with a bow tie and medal ribbons, or they may optionally wear a navy blue mess jacket with shawl collar that is worn with the black cummerbund and a white Marcella shirt and navy blue mess trousers. The relevant cuff buttons indicating rate are worn by Petty Officers and Chief Petty Officers, and miniature rate badges are worn on the upper left arm of the mess jacket by petty officers, and on the sleeve by both grades of Warrant officers. Miniature medals are also worn. Trade badges are not worn in this rig. In tropical climates, either a white bush jacket (as in number 1 rig) is worn with medal ribbons, or optionally; a white mess jacket similar to that worn by officers is optionally worn, only without shoulderboards. </p><p>Mess dress and mess undress are today worn with a soft <a href="/wiki/Piqu%C3%A9_(weaving)" title="Piqué (weaving)">marcella</a>-fronted shirt with a soft collar. Stiff marcella-fronted shirts and stiff wing collars were previously worn with all forms of evening dress, but were abolished first for mess undress, and finally in the mid-1990s for mess dress. Rear admirals and above may continue to wear the stiff shirt and collar with mess dress. Cummerbunds, which may be worn with mess undress instead of the blue waistcoat and with <a href="/wiki/Red_Sea_rig" title="Red Sea rig">Red Sea rig</a> (No. 2C), are frequently decorated with badges or colours proper to the ship or establishment in which the officer serves. For example, HMS <i>Glasgow</i> – <a href="/wiki/Black_Watch" title="Black Watch">Black Watch</a> tartan; HMS <i>Illustrious</i> – green with the ship's logo (three crossed trumpets) in gold; <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Engineering_College" title="Royal Naval Engineering College">Royal Naval Engineering College</a> (RNEC) – engineers' purple with the RNEC lettering in gold. Traditionally, half-<a href="/wiki/Wellington_boot" title="Wellington boot">Wellington boots</a> were worn with mess dress and mess undress, but today shoes are more common. The optional outer garment worn with evening dress is the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Boat_cloak&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Boat cloak (page does not exist)">boat cloak</a>, which is a knee-length navy blue cloak lined with white silk, with four gilt buttons, and fastened at the neck with two gilt lions' heads joined with a chain. Miniature medals are worn with both mess dress and mess undress, though previously medal ribbons only were worn with mess undress on routine occasions, such as by the <a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_day" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the day">officer of the day</a>. Officers who are members of <a href="/wiki/Order_of_chivalry" title="Order of chivalry">orders of chivalry</a> wear their stars and ribbons as appropriate. </p><p>The Elder Brethren of <a href="/wiki/Trinity_House" title="Trinity House">Trinity House</a> are authorised to wear a mess dress based upon that of a Royal Navy captain.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETrendell1921192_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETrendell1921192-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_Army">British Army</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: British Army"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/British_Army_mess_dress" title="British Army mess dress">British Army mess dress</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:232px;max-width:232px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:114px;max-width:114px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:348px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Uni-UK-OF-No10mess-York.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Uni-UK-OF-No10mess-York.svg/112px-Uni-UK-OF-No10mess-York.svg.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="349" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Uni-UK-OF-No10mess-York.svg/168px-Uni-UK-OF-No10mess-York.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Uni-UK-OF-No10mess-York.svg/224px-Uni-UK-OF-No10mess-York.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="1594" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-left">Officers'</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:114px;max-width:114px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:348px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Uni-UK-OR-No10mess-York.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Uni-UK-OR-No10mess-York.svg/112px-Uni-UK-OR-No10mess-York.svg.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="349" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Uni-UK-OR-No10mess-York.svg/168px-Uni-UK-OR-No10mess-York.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Uni-UK-OR-No10mess-York.svg/224px-Uni-UK-OR-No10mess-York.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="1594" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-left">Other ranks'</div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flow-root"><div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> No. 10 mess dress (<a href="/wiki/Royal_Yorkshire_Regiment" title="Royal Yorkshire Regiment">Royal Yorkshire Regiment</a>)</div></div></div></div> <p>Mess uniforms first appeared in the British Army in about 1845, initially utilizing the short "shell jacket" worn since 1831. This working jacket was worn open over a regimental waistcoat for evening dress.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The original purpose was to provide a relatively comfortable and inexpensive alternative to the stiff and elaborate full-dress uniforms then worn by officers for evening social functions such as regimental dinners or balls.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarman197790_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarman197790-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the general disappearance of full dress uniforms after World War I, mess dress became the most colourful and traditional uniform to be retained by most officers in British and <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth</a> armies. Immediately after World War II the cheaper "blue patrols" were worn for several years as mess dress, but by 1956 the traditional uniforms had been readopted.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The formal designation of the most commonly worn mess uniform in the British Army is "No. 10 (Temperate) Mess Dress". The form varies according to <a href="/wiki/Regiment" title="Regiment">regiment</a> or corps, but generally a short mess jacket is worn, which either fastens at the neck (being cut away to show the <a href="/wiki/Waistcoat" title="Waistcoat">waistcoat</a>, this being traditionally the style worn by <a href="/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">cavalry</a> regiments and other mounted corps),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBarthorp1984173_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBarthorp1984173-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or is worn with a white shirt and black bow tie (traditionally the usual style for unmounted regiments, corps, and services).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWar_Office1911Sections_578–582_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWar_Office1911Sections_578–582-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since regimental amalgamations, the "cut away" or cavalry-style jacket has been adopted by some British Army infantry regiments such as the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Wales" title="Royal Regiment of Wales">Royal Regiment of Wales</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Fusiliers" title="Royal Regiment of Fusiliers">Royal Regiment of Fusiliers</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and corps such as the <a href="/wiki/Adjutant_General%27s_Corps" title="Adjutant General's Corps">Adjutant General's Corps</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Logistic_Corps" title="Royal Logistic Corps">Royal Logistic Corps</a>. Officers of the Foot Guards, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Engineers" title="Royal Engineers">Royal Engineers</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Parachute_Regiment_(United_Kingdom)" title="Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)">Parachute Regiment</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Army_Medical_Corps" title="Royal Army Medical Corps">Royal Army Medical Corps</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland" title="Royal Regiment of Scotland">Royal Regiment of Scotland</a> amongst others still wear the infantry style of jacket. </p><p>The colours of mess jackets and trousers reflect those of the traditional full dress uniforms of the regiments in question, as worn until at least 1914. Jackets are, therefore, usually scarlet, dark blue, or rifle green, with collars, cuffs, waistcoats, or lapels in the former <a href="/wiki/Facing_colour" title="Facing colour">facing colours</a> of the regiments in question. In the case of those regiments which have undergone amalgamation, features of the former uniforms are often combined. Waistcoats are often richly embroidered,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though with modern modifications, such as a core of cotton for gold cording instead of the thick gold cord<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENewark1998129_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENewark1998129-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which made these items very expensive prior to World War II. Non-commissioned officers' mess dress is usually simpler in design, but in the same colours as officers of their regiment. </p><p>Most British Army regiments' mess dress incorporates high-waisted, very tight trousers known as overalls, the bottoms of which buckle under leather Wellington or George boots. Ornamental <a href="/wiki/Spur" title="Spur">spurs</a> are usually worn by cavalry regiments and corps that traditionally were mounted; some other regiments and corps prescribe spurs for <a href="/wiki/Field_officers" class="mw-redirect" title="Field officers">field officers</a>, since in former times these officers would have been mounted. <a href="/wiki/The_Rifles" title="The Rifles">The Rifles</a> do not wear spurs at any rank, following Light Infantry traditions since historically no Light Infantry officer rode on horseback.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scottish regiments wear kilts or tartan <a href="/wiki/Trews" title="Trews">trews</a>, and some wear tartan waistcoats as well. </p><p>In "No. 11 Warm Weather Mess Dress", a white drill hip-length jacket is worn with either a waistcoat in the same material or a cummerbund of regimental pattern. Blue and various shades of red or green are the most common colours for the cummerbund. Trousers or overalls are the same as in No. 10 Dress.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBarthorp1982137_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBarthorp1982137-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Female officers and soldiers wear mess jackets in a pattern similar to those of their male counterparts over dark-coloured ankle-length evening dresses. Black hand bags may be carried, and black evening shoes are worn. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Royal_Air_Force">Royal Air Force</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Royal Air Force"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_Glenn_Torpy_in_Mess_Dress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Sir_Glenn_Torpy_in_Mess_Dress.jpg/170px-Sir_Glenn_Torpy_in_Mess_Dress.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Sir_Glenn_Torpy_in_Mess_Dress.jpg/255px-Sir_Glenn_Torpy_in_Mess_Dress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Sir_Glenn_Torpy_in_Mess_Dress.jpg/340px-Sir_Glenn_Torpy_in_Mess_Dress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="660" data-file-height="888" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Air_Chief_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Chief Marshal">Air Chief Marshal</a> <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Torpy" title="Glenn Torpy">Glenn Torpy</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> wearing No. 5B mess dress.</figcaption></figure> <p>No. 5 Mess dress in the Royal Air Force is similar to that in the Royal Navy, except that the jacket and trousers are in mid-blue. For the most formal <a href="/wiki/White_tie" title="White tie">white tie</a> occasions, such as state dinners, court balls and royal evening receptions, a white bow tie is worn with a white waistcoat (No. 5A). For all other evening events, a black bow tie with a mid-blue waistcoat (No. 5B) or a slate grey cummerbund (No. 5) is worn. Cummerbunds of a particular squadron or unit design may also be worn. Among Scottish-based units, a kilt of grey <a href="/wiki/Clan_Douglas" title="Clan Douglas">Clan Douglas</a> tartan was initially authorised, but the recently approved official RAF tartan is now authorised. The tartan, designed in 1988, was officially recognised by the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Defence</a> in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-Royal_Air_Force_Tartan_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Royal_Air_Force_Tartan-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A variation of No. 1 Service Dress (SD) is also permitted; the usual blue shirt and black tie are replaced with a white shirt and black bow tie. This dress is referred to as No. 4 Mess Dress. In warm weather regions, a lightweight white jacket is substituted for the No. 5 mid-blue jacket. This uniform is designated No. 8 mess dress.. </p><p>For women, mess dress currently consists of the same style high-waisted blue-grey single-breasted jacket and white marcella shirt as men, a small bow tie and cummerbund, and a straight ankle-length blue-gray skirt, worn with patent-leather <a href="/wiki/Court_shoe" title="Court shoe">court shoes</a> and barely-black tights or stockings. Unlike the gentlemen officers' jacket, which has a pointed <a href="/wiki/Lapel" title="Lapel">lapel</a>, the ladies' jacket features a shawl collar. From the 1970s and prior to the introduction of current women's mess dress in 1996, female officers wore a royal blue <a href="/wiki/Empire_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Empire line">Empire line</a> dress made of <a href="/wiki/Crimplene" title="Crimplene">crimplene</a> material with a loose mandarin neck, long sleeves, and an ankle length hem. Rank was indicated on a small enamelled brooch worn near the neck. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_police">British police</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: British police"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Police_uniforms_and_equipment_in_the_United_Kingdom#Uniform" title="Police uniforms and equipment in the United Kingdom">Police uniforms and equipment in the United Kingdom § Uniform</a></div> <p>Police officers may wear mess dress to formal dinners if appropriate, but is it most typically worn by officers who have achieved the rank of <a href="/wiki/Superintendent_(police)" title="Superintendent (police)">superintendent</a> or above.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The mess dress of the Metropolitan Police is dark blue with black cuffs and a black 'roll' collar having an embroidered badge (<a href="/wiki/Brunswick_star" title="Brunswick star">Brunswick star</a>) on each lapel. That of the <a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_Police_of_the_Metropolis" title="Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis">commissioner</a> includes a two-inch oak leaf lace strip on the trousers and a set of <a href="/wiki/Aiguillette" title="Aiguillette">aiguillettes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Metropolitan_Police_mess_dress_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Metropolitan_Police_mess_dress-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A matching black waistcoat is worn and badges of rank are displayed on the epaulettes.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="United_States">United States</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The use of mess dress in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Uniformed_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Uniformed Services">United States Uniformed Services</a> started in the early 20th century. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="U.S._Army">U.S. Army</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: U.S. Army"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:403px;max-width:403px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GENCodyMessDress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/GENCodyMessDress.jpg/200px-GENCodyMessDress.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/GENCodyMessDress.jpg/300px-GENCodyMessDress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/GENCodyMessDress.jpg/400px-GENCodyMessDress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="1960" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)">General</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:197px;max-width:197px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Army_mess_blue_uniform_(PSYOP_officer_branch_color).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/US_Army_mess_blue_uniform_%28PSYOP_officer_branch_color%29.jpg/195px-US_Army_mess_blue_uniform_%28PSYOP_officer_branch_color%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="195" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/US_Army_mess_blue_uniform_%28PSYOP_officer_branch_color%29.jpg/293px-US_Army_mess_blue_uniform_%28PSYOP_officer_branch_color%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/US_Army_mess_blue_uniform_%28PSYOP_officer_branch_color%29.jpg/390px-US_Army_mess_blue_uniform_%28PSYOP_officer_branch_color%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="3744" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Major_(United_States)" title="Major (United States)">Major</a></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Mess dress for officers of various ranks in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a></div></div></div></div> <p>In 1902, when the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a> adopted its last standing collar blue uniform for full dress, a modified form of civilian tail coat was also introduced for evening dress, worn with a white tie and vest. This was known as the special uniform for evening wear. At the same time, a mess uniform resembling the British pattern was authorized for less formal evening occasions. The short mess jacket was either dark blue or white, according to climate. After 1911 the blue jacket included lapels in <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_branch_insignia#Branch_of_service_insignia" title="United States Army branch insignia">branch color</a> (yellow for cavalry, red for artillery, light blue for infantry, and so on). The individual officer could wear full dress or either of the evening dress alternatives for social functions. In view of the expense involved, it was usually senior officers who appeared in mess or evening dress uniforms. While the blue full dress was worn from 1902 to 1917 by all ranks for ceremonial parades within the continental United States, the two optional evening uniforms were authorized only for officers. </p><p>The various blue uniforms ceased to be worn after 1917. However, the white mess uniform for commissioned and warrant officers was authorized again in 1921. In 1928, wearing of the full range of blue dress uniforms was authorized for all ranks, but only when off duty, and at the expense of the individual. 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codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="480" data-height="360" /></video></span></span></div> <div class="description"></div></div></div></div> </div> <p>After World War II, the evening dress and mess dress uniforms were reintroduced, with the tail coat having a single <a href="/wiki/Austrian_knot" title="Austrian knot">Austrian knot</a> (trefoil) over the branch-of-service color (general officers had stars over an oak leaf braid), with the rank placed in the bottom opening of the knot. The mess jacket, intended for black-tie occasions, used an Austrian knot rank system with the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_branch_insignia" title="United States Army branch insignia">branch insignia</a> at the bottom. The number of knots indicated the officer's rank: five for colonel, four for lieutenant colonel, three for major, two for captain, one for first lieutenant, and none for second lieutenant. This complicated system, which required that the braid be altered with a change of rank, was replaced with the evening coat style in 1972, using a single knot and the rank placed above the branch-of-service color. A white mess jacket for summertime wear was introduced in the 1950s. The "special evening dress" (tails) was finally abolished in 1969, although officers already in possession of this uniform could continue to wear it until 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was replaced by the Army blue mess uniform, which in its modern form closely resembles that of 1911. It is common for soldiers to wear suspenders in their branch color with the army dress uniform trousers, although they are concealed under the coat. The uniform has two variations, the Army blue mess uniform and Army blue evening mess uniform. </p><p>The Army blue mess uniform is considered equivalent to black tie, and consists of the mess jacket, trousers, white semiformal dress shirt with a turndown collar, black bow tie, and black cummerbund. The Army blue evening mess uniform is considered equivalent to white tie/tails, and consists of the same jacket and trousers, but with a white formal dress shirt with a wing collar, white single-breasted vest, and white bow tie.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MessDressF.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f3/MessDressF.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="306" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="306" /></a><figcaption>U.S. Army female officer blue mess dress uniform</figcaption></figure> <p>Miniature medals are suspended on ribbons one half the width of their normal counterparts, and are worn on the left lapel. Exceptions to the miniature medals are the <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom" title="Presidential Medal of Freedom">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> (although the PMF also includes an optional miniature version), and authorized foreign neck-borne decorations (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">Knight Commander of Order of the Bath</a>, <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Military_Merit_(Canada)" title="Order of Military Merit (Canada)">Commander of the Order of Military Merit</a>, <i>et al.</i>) Individual and unit awards that consist of ribbons only are not worn on the mess uniform. Miniature versions of <a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Army#Combat_and_Special_Skill_Badges_and_Tabs" title="Badges of the United States Army">combat and special skill badges</a> are worn above the miniature medals, along with miniature versions of <a href="/wiki/Ranger_tab" title="Ranger tab">Ranger</a> and <a href="/wiki/Special_Forces_Tab" title="Special Forces Tab">Special Forces shoulder tabs</a>, made of enameled metal. <a href="/wiki/Marksmanship_Badge_(United_States)#United_States_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Marksmanship Badge (United States)">Marksmanship</a> and <a href="/wiki/Driver_and_Mechanic_Badge" title="Driver and Mechanic Badge">driver/mechanic badges</a> are not worn on the mess uniform. Regimental distinctive insignia is worn on the right lapel. Identification badges worn on service uniform pockets, such as the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Military_Instructor_Badges#Army_Drill_Sergeant_Identification_Badge" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Military Instructor Badges">Drill Sergeant Identification Badge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Service_Badge" title="Presidential Service Badge">Presidential Service Badge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Recruiter_Badge#U.S._Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Recruiter Badge">Recruiter Badge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_Identification_Badge" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge">Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge</a>, <i>et al.</i>, are worn between the top and middle buttons on the applicable side of the mess uniform. </p><p>The lapels of enlisted mess uniforms are uniformly dark blue, rather than utilizing a branch color. Enlisted rank insignia is worn on the sleeve in the same manner as on the service uniform tunic. Below, on both sleeves, are long service stripes in place of the shorter stripes used on the service uniform. The same longer service stripes were worn on both sleeves of the blue dress uniform tunic until the blue dress uniform was reconfigured to be the Army's service uniform and replace the green service uniform. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="U.S._Air_Force">U.S. Air Force</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: U.S. Air Force"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1950s and 1960s, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a> formal uniform consisted of a civilian black tailcoat with added military sleeve braid and rank insignia. It could be worn as either a black tie or white tie combination. Due to the tails, it was not considered a mess dress uniform. </p><p>The original U.S. Air Force mess dress consisted of a short black jacket with black trousers, with a white jacket for summer wear. The jackets had satin lapels with matching satin sleeve braid. It entered service in the 1960s and was phased out in the 1980s. It is still sometimes worn by retired officers. The current mess dress is similar in cut and tailoring, but in a dark blue color for year-round wear. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USAF_Mess_Dress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/USAF_Mess_Dress.jpg/220px-USAF_Mess_Dress.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/USAF_Mess_Dress.jpg/330px-USAF_Mess_Dress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/USAF_Mess_Dress.jpg/440px-USAF_Mess_Dress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="1960" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> personnel in mess dress uniforms.</figcaption></figure> <p>The current pattern was introduced in 1981 and is also similar to the Royal Air Force design, except that the coat and trousers are dark blue. Dark blue bow ties and dark blue cummerbunds are used for black-tie affairs, and white bow ties with white waistcoats for white-tie affairs. Silver-trimmed shoulder boards and silver sleeve braid are worn rather than rank braids (enlisted members wear sleeve rank insignia instead of shoulder boards, and no silver sleeve braid), along with silver buttons. No hat is worn. General officers have solid silver shoulder boards and wider silver sleeve braid. Enlisted members also have the option to wear the semi-formal uniform, essentially an issued service dress with a white shirt substituted for the blue shirt, but many non-commissioned officers elect to purchase a mess dress. Women's mess dress uniforms have a long skirt replacing the trousers and delete the button chain clasp for the coat.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of August 2020, females have the option to wear mess dress trousers.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Members of the Civil Air Patrol, the United States Air Force Auxiliary, may wear the U.S. Air Force mess dress uniform with distinctive Civil Air Patrol insignia and trim. The Civil Air Patrol mess dress uniform is identical to the U.S. Air Force mess dress uniform, except that the silver braid on the jacket and officer rank insignia (shoulder boards) of the U.S. Air Force mess dress uniform is replaced with dark blue braid, and a Civil Air Patrol seal device 3" in size (either embroidered in bullion or finished in enamel) is worn in place of the middle button on the right side of the jacket. Members of the Civil Air Patrol NCO corps wear distinctive Civil Air Patrol NCO rank insignia in lieu of U.S. Air Force NCO rank insignia. </p><p>Civil Air Patrol cadets do not wear the U.S. Air Force mess dress uniform, but may wear the semi-formal uniform described above for U.S. Air Force enlisted members, consisting of the U.S. Air Force service dress uniform with the name-tag removed and with Civil Air Patrol distinctive insignia, a white dress shirt, and a U.S. Air Force satin blue bow-tie. </p><p>Military courtesy and etiquette requirements for these Civil Air Patrol uniform combinations are similar to those of the U.S. Air Force.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="U.S._Marine_Corps">U.S. Marine Corps</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: U.S. Marine Corps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Plate_V,_Evening_Dress_Uniforms_-_U.S._Marine_Corps_Uniforms_1983_(1984),_by_Donna_J._Neary.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Plate_V%2C_Evening_Dress_Uniforms_-_U.S._Marine_Corps_Uniforms_1983_%281984%29%2C_by_Donna_J._Neary.jpg/220px-Plate_V%2C_Evening_Dress_Uniforms_-_U.S._Marine_Corps_Uniforms_1983_%281984%29%2C_by_Donna_J._Neary.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Plate_V%2C_Evening_Dress_Uniforms_-_U.S._Marine_Corps_Uniforms_1983_%281984%29%2C_by_Donna_J._Neary.jpg/330px-Plate_V%2C_Evening_Dress_Uniforms_-_U.S._Marine_Corps_Uniforms_1983_%281984%29%2C_by_Donna_J._Neary.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Plate_V%2C_Evening_Dress_Uniforms_-_U.S._Marine_Corps_Uniforms_1983_%281984%29%2C_by_Donna_J._Neary.jpg/440px-Plate_V%2C_Evening_Dress_Uniforms_-_U.S._Marine_Corps_Uniforms_1983_%281984%29%2C_by_Donna_J._Neary.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2925" data-file-height="2325" /></a><figcaption>Marines wearing evening dress. The centre right male officer is wearing the boat cloak as an outer garment.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a> mess dress uniforms date from the late 19th century. Mess dress-style uniforms in the USMC are reserved for officers, and staff noncommissioned officers (SNCOs) of grade E6 and above (staff sergeant to sergeant major/master gunnery sergeant); NCOs and junior enlisted members wear <a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps#Blue_Dress" title="Uniforms of the United States Marine Corps">dress blues</a> or Service "A" (also known as "Alphas") as their most formal uniform. </p><p>The uniform coat of commissioned and warrant officers is fastened at the neck, similar to that of the dress blue uniform, but is cut away, "cavalry-style", to expose the white dress shirt and scarlet cummerbund (general officers have a scarlet vest with small gold buttons). This version is known as evening dress "B," and is equivalent to formal "black tie" civilian attire. It is worn to formal dances, balls, dinners, and events such as the annual USMC Birthday Ball. Officers (all ranks) may wear, in lieu of the scarlet cummerbund or vest, a white vest for white tie events (known as the evening dress "A" uniform, and equivalent to "white tie" civilian attire for the most formal occasions such as a State Dinner or Presidential Inauguration Ball).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Marine_Major_Mess_Dress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c6/Marine_Major_Mess_Dress.jpg/170px-Marine_Major_Mess_Dress.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c6/Marine_Major_Mess_Dress.jpg/255px-Marine_Major_Mess_Dress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c6/Marine_Major_Mess_Dress.jpg/340px-Marine_Major_Mess_Dress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>A United States Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel (left) in evening dress "B" uniform.</figcaption></figure> <p>Officer rank, in gold or silver wire, is embroidered directly on the shoulder epaulettes, which are bordered with gold wire and scarlet piping. The collar and cuffs are also bordered in gold wire and scarlet, bearing a <a href="/wiki/Quatrefoil" title="Quatrefoil">quatrefoil</a> for warrant officers and <a href="/wiki/Company-grade_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Company-grade officer">company-grade officers</a>, a single row of oak leaves for <a href="/wiki/Field_officers" class="mw-redirect" title="Field officers">field officers</a>, and a double row of oak leaves for <a href="/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">general officers</a>. The uniform is completed with midnight blue trousers with gold and red stripes. The individual also has the option to wear the boat cloak of dark blue broadcloth material lined with scarlet wool (for male officers and SNCOs) or an optional dress cape of dark blue polyester-wool tropical material lined with scarlet satin rayon cloth (for female officers and SNCOs).<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Staff noncommissioned officers wear a double-breasted evening dress uniform similar to that of navy officers, with high waist dress blue trousers with <a href="/wiki/Blood_stripe" title="Blood stripe">blood stripe</a>, scarlet cummerbund, and black bow tie. The jacket is cut so as to have no overlap, but with the sides clasped together. The grade chevrons are in the style of the 1890s, larger than other USMC enlisted grade chevrons, worn on each sleeve of the jacket. A white cummerbund with a white bow tie is authorized (for white tie events) for SNCO's.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Uniforms of the United States Marine Corps">summer white mess dress</a> (see link for pictures of the obsolete uniforms), similar in design to U.S. Navy and <a href="/wiki/U.S._Coast_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Coast Guard">U.S. Coast Guard</a> uniforms, but with shoulder epaulettes instead of rank boards, was worn until the mid-1990s when it was phased out. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="U.S._Navy,_Coast_Guard,_Merchant_Marine_and_others"><span id="U.S._Navy.2C_Coast_Guard.2C_Merchant_Marine_and_others"></span>U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine and others</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine and others"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2024</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Officers and chief petty officers of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Coast_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Coast Guard">U.S. Coast Guard</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Public_Health_Service_Commissioned_Corps" title="United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps">United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/NOAA_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA Corps">NOAA Corps</a>, and <a href="/wiki/U.S._Merchant_Marine" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Merchant Marine">Merchant Marine</a> use the same mess <a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Uniforms of the United States Navy">uniform</a>, referred to as "<a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Navy#Dinner_Dress" title="Uniforms of the United States Navy">dinner dress</a>". There are three styles of this uniform—dinner dress, dinner dress jacket, and tropical dinner dress. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:228px;max-width:228px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:112px;max-width:112px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USCGAUX_Mess_Dress_Blue.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/USCGAUX_Mess_Dress_Blue.jpg/110px-USCGAUX_Mess_Dress_Blue.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/USCGAUX_Mess_Dress_Blue.jpg/165px-USCGAUX_Mess_Dress_Blue.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/USCGAUX_Mess_Dress_Blue.jpg/220px-USCGAUX_Mess_Dress_Blue.jpg 2x" data-file-width="280" data-file-height="546" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Blue jacket</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:112px;max-width:112px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USCGAUX_Mess_Dress_White.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/USCGAUX_Mess_Dress_White.jpg/110px-USCGAUX_Mess_Dress_White.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/USCGAUX_Mess_Dress_White.jpg/165px-USCGAUX_Mess_Dress_White.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/USCGAUX_Mess_Dress_White.jpg/220px-USCGAUX_Mess_Dress_White.jpg 2x" data-file-width="280" data-file-height="546" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">White jacket</div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Mess uniforms of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Auxiliary" title="United States Coast Guard Auxiliary">United States Coast Guard Auxiliary</a></div></div></div></div> <p>Dinner dress uniforms, blue and white, are modifications of service dress blue or service dress white uniforms, with the service ribbons and breast insignia replaced by miniature medals and miniature breast insignia. Additionally, officers and chief petty officers wear an evening shirt and black bow tie with dinner dress blue. </p><p>Dinner dress blue jacket and dinner dress white jacket consist of a black waist-length jacket with gold buttons (officer) or silver buttons (petty officer first class and below). The jacket is double-breasted, but does not overlap, and is held with a clasp. (This, in contrast to double-breasted civilian evening jackets, which are worn fully open, or double-breasted smoking jackets which are worn fully overlapped and buttoned). Bullion or imitation bullion rank stripes are worn on the sleeves of the officers' blue jacket, and a rating badge and service stripes are worn by enlisted personnel. On the officers' dinner dress white jacket, hard shoulder boards are worn. A gold cummerbund is worn by officers and chief petty officers, and a black one by petty officers first class and below. Shirt studs and cuff links are gold for officers and chiefs and silver for petty officers first class and below. A hat or cap is not required with dinner dress jacket uniforms, but may be worn. For both genders, it must be worn with an outer garment, which is traditionally the boat cloak for males and cape for females. Females do not need to remove headgear indoors when wearing the tiara. The boat cloak, tiara, and cape, all being optional items, are very rarely seen.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tropical dinner dress blue incorporates dinner dress blue trousers, summer white (short sleeve) shirt, an appropriate cummerbund, and miniature medals and breast insignia. </p><p>An additional uniform, formal dress (white tie), is optional for all commissioned officers, but may be prescribed for captains and above. This uniform is worn as an equivalent to civilian white tie dress. It is almost identical to the dinner dress blue jacket, except a wing collar shirt, white waistcoat, and white tie are worn. A formal blue tailcoat may also be prescribed.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Members of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Auxiliary" title="United States Coast Guard Auxiliary">U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary</a> wear the same dinner dress uniforms as the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard, but with a silver cummerbund and silver Coast Guard Auxiliary officer insignia in place of the gold insignia. Petty officers and below may, at their option, wear this same uniform, but with a black cummerbund and silver buttons. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_organizations">International organizations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: International organizations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St_John_Ambulance_of_Canada_officers_in_mess_dress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/St_John_Ambulance_of_Canada_officers_in_mess_dress.jpg/220px-St_John_Ambulance_of_Canada_officers_in_mess_dress.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/St_John_Ambulance_of_Canada_officers_in_mess_dress.jpg/330px-St_John_Ambulance_of_Canada_officers_in_mess_dress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/St_John_Ambulance_of_Canada_officers_in_mess_dress.jpg/440px-St_John_Ambulance_of_Canada_officers_in_mess_dress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="610" data-file-height="313" /></a><figcaption>Two <a href="/wiki/St._John_Ambulance_Canada" title="St. John Ambulance Canada">St. John Ambulance Canada</a> officers in mess dress (black mess jacket, red vest), alongside Canadian Army personnel in mess dress.</figcaption></figure> <p>Various international organizations and civilian groups also use a form of mess dress. Several national <a href="/wiki/First_aid" title="First aid">first aid</a> organization under the <a href="/wiki/St_John_Ambulance" title="St John Ambulance">St John Ambulance</a> umbrella use mess uniforms as a part of the national uniform dress. Each mess uniform varies from nation to nation; however, it generally reflects the colours of St John, being Black, silver (white or grey) and red. The organization's cut and style, as well as accoutrements generally follow British military style. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_uniform" title="Military uniform">Military uniform</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Full_dress_uniform" title="Full dress uniform">Full dress uniform</a></li> <li>Mess dress uniform <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Red_Sea_rig" title="Red Sea rig">Red Sea rig</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_dress_uniform" title="Service dress uniform">Service dress uniform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_uniform" title="Combat uniform">Combat uniform</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Semi-formal_wear" title="Semi-formal wear">Semi-formal wear</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_lounge_suit" title="Black lounge suit">Black lounge suit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_tie" title="Black tie">Black tie</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mess_dress_uniform&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Source notes</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKnötelKnötelSieg1980442–445-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKnötelKnötelSieg1980442–445_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKnötelKnötelSieg1980">Knötel, Knötel & Sieg (1980)</a>, pp. 442–445.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">DGHR-REG-DISPSYS-001 Ed. 001 / Rév. 000 – 20th February 2006 </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A-AD-265-000/AG-001 Canadian Forces Dress Instructions, Chg 4 dates 16 March 2005</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> Etat-Major de l'Armée de Terre ; bureau logistique - Direction Centrale du Commissariat de l’Armée de Terre ; sous-direction logistique ; bureau réglementation - Instruction N° 10300/DEF/EMAT/LOG/ASH - DEF/DCCAT/LOG/REG relative aux tenues et uniformes des militaires des armes et services de l’armée de terre du 13 juin 2005.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBundeswehr_Dress_Codepara._262/1-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBundeswehr_Dress_Codepara._262/1_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBundeswehr_Dress_Code">Bundeswehr Dress Code</a>, para. 262/1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBundeswehr_Dress_Codeparas._261–264-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBundeswehr_Dress_Codeparas._261–264_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBundeswehr_Dress_Codeparas._261–264_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBundeswehr_Dress_Code">Bundeswehr Dress Code</a>, paras. 261–264.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Jamaica_Defence_Force-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Jamaica_Defence_Force_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jdfmil.org/equipment/uniforms/uniform_home2.php">"Uniforms"</a>. <i>Jamaica Defence Force</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="/wiki/History_of_clothing_and_textiles" title="History of clothing and textiles">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clothing_industry" title="Clothing industry">Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clothing_technology" title="Clothing technology">Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clothing_terminology" title="Clothing terminology">Terminology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_clothing_and_textiles_technology" title="Timeline of clothing and textiles technology">Timeline</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Headgear" title="Headgear">Headwear</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beret" title="Beret">Beret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cap" title="Cap">Cap</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baseball_cap" title="Baseball cap">baseball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flat_cap" title="Flat cap">flat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knit_cap" title="Knit cap">knit</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown" title="Crown">Crown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hat" title="Hat">Hat</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boater" title="Boater">boater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowler_hat" title="Bowler hat">bowler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fedora" title="Fedora">fedora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homburg_hat" title="Homburg hat">homburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Top_hat" title="Top hat">top</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helmet" title="Helmet">Helmet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hood_(headgear)" title="Hood (headgear)">Hood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerchief" title="Kerchief">Kerchief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mask" title="Mask">Mask</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turban" title="Turban">Turban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veil" title="Veil">Veil</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Neckwear" class="mw-redirect" title="Neckwear">Neckwear</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bands_(neckwear)" title="Bands (neckwear)">Bands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choker" title="Choker">Choker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collar_(clothing)" title="Collar (clothing)">Collar</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clerical_collar" title="Clerical collar">Clerical</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pussy_bow" title="Pussy bow">Lavallière</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neckerchief" title="Neckerchief">Neckerchief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neck_gaiter" title="Neck gaiter">Neck gaiter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Necktie" title="Necktie">Necktie</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ascot_tie" title="Ascot tie">ascot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolo_tie" title="Bolo tie">bolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bow_tie" title="Bow tie">bow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kipper_tie" title="Kipper tie">kipper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/School_tie" title="School tie">school</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stock_tie" title="Stock tie">stock</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scarf" title="Scarf">Scarf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tippet" title="Tippet">Tippet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Top_(clothing)" title="Top (clothing)">Tops</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blouse" title="Blouse">Blouse</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cache-c%C5%93ur" title="Cache-cœur">cache-cœur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crop_top" title="Crop top">crop top</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halterneck" title="Halterneck">halterneck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tube_top" title="Tube top">tube top</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cycling_jersey" title="Cycling jersey">Cycling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurta" title="Kurta">Kurta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mantle_(clothing)" title="Mantle (clothing)">Mantle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirt" title="Shirt">Shirt</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dress_shirt" title="Dress shirt">dress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henley_shirt" title="Henley shirt">Henley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polo_shirt" title="Polo shirt">polo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sleeveless_shirt" title="Sleeveless shirt">sleeveless</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-shirt" title="T-shirt">T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crew_neck" title="Crew neck">crew neck</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweater" title="Sweater">Sweater</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cardigan_(sweater)" title="Cardigan (sweater)">cardigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guernsey_(clothing)" title="Guernsey (clothing)">guernsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoodie" title="Hoodie">hoodie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jersey_(clothing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jersey (clothing)">jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polo_neck" title="Polo neck">polo neck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shrug_(clothing)" title="Shrug (clothing)">shrug</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweater_vest" title="Sweater vest">sweater vest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twinset" title="Twinset">twinset</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waistcoat" title="Waistcoat">Waistcoat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bottoms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Trousers" title="Trousers">Trousers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bell-bottoms" title="Bell-bottoms">Bell-bottoms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bondage_pants" title="Bondage pants">Bondage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capri_pants" title="Capri pants">Capri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cargo_pants" title="Cargo pants">Cargo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaps" title="Chaps">Chaps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Formal_trousers" title="Formal trousers">Formal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Go-to-hell_pants" title="Go-to-hell pants">Go-to-hell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High-rise_(fashion)" title="High-rise (fashion)">High water</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Low-rise_(fashion)" title="Low-rise (fashion)">Lowrise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeans" title="Jeans">Jeans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jodhpurs" title="Jodhpurs">Jodhpurs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overalls" title="Overalls">Overalls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palazzo_pants" title="Palazzo pants">Palazzo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parachute_pants" title="Parachute pants">Parachute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedal_pushers" title="Pedal pushers">Pedal pushers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phat_pants" title="Phat pants">Phat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shorts" title="Shorts">Shorts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bermuda_shorts" title="Bermuda shorts">Bermuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cycling_shorts" title="Cycling shorts">cycling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolphin_shorts" title="Dolphin shorts">dolphin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gym_shorts" title="Gym shorts">gym</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hotpants" title="Hotpants">hotpants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Running_shorts" title="Running shorts">running</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slim-fit_pants" title="Slim-fit pants">Slim-fit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweatpants" title="Sweatpants">Sweatpants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windpants" class="mw-redirect" title="Windpants">Windpants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_pants" title="Yoga pants">Yoga pants</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Skirt" title="Skirt">Skirts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A-line_(clothing)" title="A-line (clothing)">A-line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballerina_skirt" title="Ballerina skirt">Ballerina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denim_skirt" title="Denim skirt">Denim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Men%27s_skirts" title="Men's skirts">Men's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miniskirt" title="Miniskirt">Miniskirt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pencil_skirt" title="Pencil skirt">Pencil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prairie_skirt" class="mw-redirect" title="Prairie skirt">Prairie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rah-rah_skirt" title="Rah-rah skirt">Rah-rah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarong" title="Sarong">Sarong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skort" title="Skort">Skort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tutu_(clothing)" title="Tutu (clothing)">Tutu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrap_(clothing)" title="Wrap (clothing)">Wrap</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Suit" title="Suit">Suits</a> and<br /><a href="/wiki/Uniform" title="Uniform">uniforms</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_dress" title="Ceremonial dress">Ceremonial dress</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Academic_dress" title="Academic dress">academic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court_dress" title="Court dress">court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diplomatic_uniform" title="Diplomatic uniform">diplomatic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folk_costume" title="Folk costume">Folk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jodhpuri" title="Jodhpuri">Jodhpuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jumpsuit" title="Jumpsuit">Jumpsuit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_uniform" title="Military uniform">Military</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Full_dress_uniform" title="Full dress uniform">full</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">mess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_dress_uniform" title="Service dress uniform">service</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sailor_suit" title="Sailor suit">sailor</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_uniform" title="Combat uniform">combat</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pantsuit" title="Pantsuit">Pantsuit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_uniform" title="Political uniform">Political</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_clothing" title="Religious clothing">Religious</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cassock" title="Cassock">cassock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clerical_clothing" title="Clerical clothing">clerical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vestment" title="Vestment">vestment</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/School_uniform" title="School uniform">School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prison_uniform" title="Prison uniform">Prison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Workwear" title="Workwear">Workwear</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boilersuit" title="Boilersuit">boilersuit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleanroom_suit" title="Cleanroom suit">cleanroom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazmat_suit" title="Hazmat suit">hazmat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_suit" title="Space suit">space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scrubs_(clothing)" title="Scrubs (clothing)">scrubs</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dress" title="Dress">Dresses</a><br />and <a href="/wiki/Gown" title="Gown">gowns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Formal, semi-<br />formal, informal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Backless_dress" title="Backless dress">Backless</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bouffant_gown" title="Bouffant gown">Bouffant gown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coatdress" title="Coatdress">Coatdress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cocktail_dress" title="Cocktail dress">Cocktail</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Little_black_dress" title="Little black dress">little black</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evening_gown" title="Evening gown">Evening</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ball_gown" title="Ball gown">ball gown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debutante_dress" title="Debutante dress">debutante</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plain_dress" title="Plain dress">Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prairie_dress" title="Prairie dress">Prairie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_line" title="Princess line">Princess line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strapless_dress" title="Strapless dress">Strapless</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wedding_dress" title="Wedding dress">Wedding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrap_dress" title="Wrap dress">Wrap</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Casual</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/House_dress" title="House dress">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jumper_(dress)" title="Jumper (dress)">Jumper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romper_suit" title="Romper suit">Romper suit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheath_dress" title="Sheath dress">Sheath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirtdress" title="Shirtdress">Shirtdress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slip_dress" title="Slip dress">Slip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundress" title="Sundress">Sundress</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Coat" title="Coat">Coats</a><br />and<br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_outerwear" title="List of outerwear">outerwear</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Overcoats" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Overcoat" title="Overcoat">Overcoats</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Car_coat" title="Car coat">Car</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_coat" title="Chesterfield coat">Chesterfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covert_coat" title="Covert coat">Covert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duffel_coat" title="Duffel coat">Duffel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duster_(clothing)" title="Duster (clothing)">Duster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greatcoat" title="Greatcoat">Greatcoat</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Warm" title="British Warm">British Warm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guards_Coat" title="Guards Coat">Guards Coat</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greca_(clothing)" title="Greca (clothing)">Greca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Over-frock_coat" title="Over-frock coat">Over-frock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riding_coat" title="Riding coat">Riding</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shadbelly" title="Shadbelly">shadbelly</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trench_coat" title="Trench coat">Trench</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulster_coat" title="Ulster coat">Ulster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloak" title="Cloak">Cloak</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Opera_cloak" title="Opera cloak">opera</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paletot" title="Paletot">Paletot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pea_coat" title="Pea coat">Pea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polo_coat" title="Polo coat">Polo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raincoat" title="Raincoat">Raincoat</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mackintosh" title="Mackintosh">Mackintosh</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Suit coats</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frock_coat" title="Frock coat">Frock coat</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bekishe" title="Bekishe">bekishe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rekel" title="Rekel">rekel</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mess_jacket" title="Mess jacket">Mess jacket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suit_jacket" title="Suit jacket">Suit jacket</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blazer" title="Blazer">Blazer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smoking_jacket" title="Smoking jacket">smoking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_coat" title="Sport coat">sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teba_jacket" title="Teba jacket">Teba</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tailcoat" title="Tailcoat">Tailcoat</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/White_tie#Dress_coat" title="White tie">dress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morning_dress#Morning_coat" title="Morning dress">morning</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apron" title="Apron">Apron</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pinafore" title="Pinafore">pinafore</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blouson" title="Blouson">Blouson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cagoule" title="Cagoule">Cagoule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape" title="Cape">Cape</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ferraiolo" title="Ferraiolo">ferraiolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inverness_cape" title="Inverness cape">Inverness</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mantle_(clothing)" title="Mantle (clothing)">Mantle</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mantle_(monastic_vesture)" title="Mantle (monastic vesture)">monastic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mantle_(royal_garment)" title="Mantle (royal garment)">royal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozzetta" title="Mozzetta">mozzetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pellegrina" title="Pellegrina">pellegrina</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coatee" title="Coatee">Coatee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cut-off" title="Cut-off">Cut-off</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilet" title="Gilet">Gilet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacket" title="Jacket">Jacket</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Down_jacket" title="Down jacket">down</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flight_jacket" title="Flight jacket">flight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goggle_jacket" title="Goggle jacket">goggle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrington_jacket" title="Harrington jacket">Harrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leather_jacket" title="Leather jacket">leather</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mackinaw_jacket" 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