= Day (before 6 p.m.) = Evening (after 6 p.m.) = Bow tie colour = Ladies = Gentlemen
119-462: Full dress uniform , also known as a ceremonial dress uniform or parade dress uniform , is the most formal type of uniforms used by military , police , fire and other public uniformed services for official parades , ceremonies , and receptions, including private ones such as marriages and funerals . Full dress uniforms typically include full-size orders and medals insignia . Styles tend to originate from 19th century uniforms, although
238-433: A belt or suspenders (braces). Unless elastic, and especially for men, trousers usually provide a zippered or buttoned fly . Jeans usually feature side and rear pockets with pocket openings placed slightly below the waist band. It is also possible for trousers to provide cargo pockets further down the legs. Maintenance of fit is more challenging for trousers than for some other garments. Leg-length can be adjusted with
357-460: A fly or fall front opening. As a modernization measure, Tsar Peter the Great of Russia issued a decree in 1701 commanding every Russian man, other than clergy and peasant farmers, to wear trousers. Western dress shall be worn by all the boyars, members of our councils and of our court...gentry of Moscow, secretaries...provincial gentry, gosti,[3] government officials, streltsy,[4] members of
476-446: A hem , which helps to retain fit during the adolescent and early adulthood growth years. Tailoring adjustment of girth to accommodate weight gain or weight loss is relatively limited, and otherwise serviceable trousers may need to be replaced after a significant change in body composition . Higher-quality trousers often have extra fabric included in the centre-back seam allowance, so the waist can be let out further. In Scotland ,
595-696: A sari amounts to cruelty inflicted by the husband and can be a ground to seek divorce. The wife was thus granted a divorce on the ground of cruelty as defined under section 27(1)(d) of the Special Marriage Act, 1954. Until 2016 some female crew members on British Airways were required to wear British Airways' standard "ambassador" uniform, which has not traditionally included trousers. In 2017, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced that its female employees could wear "professional pantsuits and dress slacks" while at work; dresses and skirts had previously been required. In 2018 it
714-435: A 19th-century dragoon uniform, with metal helmet and white riding trousers, while the infantry regiments have a high-collared traditional gendarmerie uniform with the shako. The officer cadets and the staff of école des officiers de la gendarmerie nationale also wear uniforms whose styling dates back to the 19th century. The Indonesian National Armed Forces , Indonesian National Police , and other uniformed institutions of
833-543: A bicycle handlebar or the reins of a horse") was declared officially revoked by France's Women's Rights Minister, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem . The bylaw was originally intended to prevent women from wearing the pantalons fashionable with Parisian rebels in the French Revolution . In 2014, an Indian family court in Mumbai ruled that a husband objecting to his wife wearing a kurta and jeans and forcing her to wear
952-403: A choir cape (cappa choralis), is most traditional. It is a long black woolen cloak fastened with a clasp at the neck and often has a hood. Cardinals and bishops may also wear a black plush hat or, less formally, a biretta . In practice, the cassock and especially the ferraiolone have become much less common and no particular formal attire has appeared to replace them. The most formal alternative
1071-516: A cocked hat. This order of uniform lasted through the first half of the twentieth century. It was not worn for the duration of the Second World War, and was officially placed 'in abeyance' in 1949 (with permission being given at the same time for medals and swords to be worn with the undress jacket on state occasions). Full dress was, however, subsequently worn by senior naval officers at the coronation of Elizabeth II . In 1959, recognising
1190-696: A developmental history of its own and generally looks different from formal dress for social occasions. Many invitations to white tie events, like the last published edition of the British Lord Chamberlain's Guide to Dress at Court , explicitly state that national costume or national dress may be substituted for white tie. In general, each of the supplementary alternatives applies equally for both day attire , and evening attire. Including court dresses , diplomatic uniforms , and academic dresses . Prior to World War II formal style of military dress, often referred to as full dress uniform,
1309-484: A few different ceremonial dress uniforms for its commissioned officers, senior sailors, and junior sailors. Members of the Australian armed forces wear these uniforms for ceremonial occasions, commemorative events and special occasions. The Canadian Army 's universal full dress uniforms includes a scarlet tunic , midnight blue trousers with a scarlet trouser stripe, and a Wolseley helmet. However, most regiments in
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#17327724680401428-519: A horse hair plumes of the same colour. In the Swedish Navy , only one ceremonial uniform is still in use. It is restricted to naval officers serving on the royal barge "Vasaorden" (Order of Vasa); a ship used only on rare ceremonial occasions. The uniform dates back to 1878. The two officers serving wear the tricorne. Since the mid-eighteenth century, when naval uniforms were introduced, flag officers had different full-dress and undress versions,
1547-411: A level of flexibility is indicated (for example "uniform, morning coat or lounge suit", such as seen to the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in 2018), the hosts tend to wear the most formal interpretation of that dress code in order to save guests the inconvenience of out-dressing. Since the most formal versions of national costumes are typically permitted as supplementary alternatives to
1666-573: A mix of Prussian and British influences, having a sailor cap with the dress) while the Marine enlisted and NCO uniform is a dark-blue naval rig with trousers and a belt plus a peaked cap. The dress uniform of the naval academy "Arturo Prat" is also blue with trousers, but with headdress similar to that worn by Prat and the crew of the Esmeralda during the Battle of Iquique in 1879. The headdress worn
1785-564: A role in the worldwide dissemination of trousers as a fashion. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, sailors wore baggy trousers known as galligaskins . Sailors also pioneered the wearing of jeans – trousers made of denim . These became more popular in the late nineteenth century in the American West because of their ruggedness and durability. Starting around the mid-nineteenth century, Wigan pit-brow women scandalized Victorian society by wearing trousers for their work at
1904-635: A side effect, a reversion to dress uniforms that combine smartness with some traditional features. Thus the U.S. Army announced in 2006 that uniforms of modern cut but in the traditional dark and light blue colours would become universal issue, replacing the previous grey/green service dress. This measure however proved a short lived one, being phased out after 2019. The French Army has, with the abolition of conscription, reintroduced kepis, fringed epaulettes and sashes in traditional colours to wear with camouflage "trellis" or light beige parade dress. The British Army with its strong regimental traditions has retained
2023-543: A single-breasted, three-buttoned jacket and tie of the same colour. Headgear worn is the beret. The air force uniform is of the same design, but medium blue. The naval uniform has a darker blue, double-breasted, six-buttoned jacket, with gold-coloured rank insignia on the cuffs, worn with the peaked cap. In 2016, the IDF Chief of General Staff Gadi Eizenkot announced that all officers ranked Tat Aluf ( brigadier general ) as well as certain lower ranked officers would wear
2142-522: A sword belt. The usual full dress uniform of the Chilean Army is based on twentieth-century German feldgrau uniforms; however, several units wear more colorful full dress uniforms. Cadets of the military academy "Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme" wear a Prussian blue uniform with Pickelhaube , based on the uniform worn by the Wilhelmine foot guard regiments . Some military units, including
2261-433: A synonym for breeches , that is, trousers. In these dialects, the term underdrawers is used for undergarments. Many North Americans refer to their underpants by their type, such as boxers or briefs . In Australia , men's underwear also has various informal terms including under-dacks , undies , dacks or jocks . In New Zealand , men's underwear is known informally as undies or dacks . In India, underwear
2380-598: A type of tartan trousers traditionally worn by Highlanders as an alternative to the Great Plaid and its predecessors is called trews or in the original Gaelic triubhas . This is the source of the English word trousers . Trews are still sometimes worn instead of the kilt at ceilidhs, weddings etc. Trousers are also known as breeks in Scots , the cognate of breeches . The item of clothing worn under trousers
2499-447: A waistband, belt -loops, and a fly -front. In these dialects, elastic-waist knitted garments would be called pants , but not trousers (or slacks ). North Americans call undergarments underwear , underpants , undies , or panties (the last are women's garments specifically) to distinguish them from other pants that are worn on the outside. The term drawers normally refers to undergarments, but in some dialects, may be found as
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#17327724680402618-627: A white buffalo hair plume is added. Bearskin hats dating from 1823 are still in use on special occasions. The cavalry, including the Swedish Cavalry Band , wear the royal blue uniform of the Life Guard Dragoons (1st Cavalry) from 1895. Officers have a somewhat lighter colour on their full dress uniform compared to the troopers. The pickelhaube type helmet is made of nickel-plated steel with brass details and dates back to 1879. Changes were made in 1900 which transformed
2737-556: A wide range of special features and dress items to distinguish individual units, in spite of recent amalgamations. Although there still exist official patterns for full dress uniforms for each regiment or corps within the British Army, this uniform is seldom issued at public expense, except for units which are often on public duties , such as the Guards Division , Regimental Bands and Corps of Drums , which are bought from
2856-408: A working-class costume including ankle-length trousers, or pantaloons (named from a Commedia dell'Arte character named Pantalone ) in place of the aristocratic knee-breeches ( culottes ). (Compare sans-culottes .) The new garment of the revolutionaries differed from that of the ancien regime upper classes in three ways: Pantaloons became fashionable in early nineteenth-century England and
2975-467: Is a clerical waistcoat incorporating a Roman collar (a rabat) worn with a collarless French cuff shirt and a black suit, although this is closer to black-tie than white tie. Historically, clerics in the Church of England would wear a knee-length cassock called an apron, accompanied by a tailcoat with silk facings but no lapels, for a white tie occasion. In modern times this is rarely seen. However, if worn,
3094-559: Is a peaked cap for men and a crusher cap for women, and for officers from special forces, as well as the Military Police, may wear their respective berets. MPs are also entitled to helmets when in full dress. When wearing the Mess dress uniform, no headdress is worn. The "PDU III" uniform is worn during receptions and/or during the welcoming ceremony of a visiting high ranking foreign guest ( head of state or head of government). While
3213-459: Is also referred to as innerwear . The words trouser (or pant ) instead of trousers (or pants ) is sometimes used in the tailoring and fashion industries as a generic term, for instance when discussing styles, such as "a flared trouser", rather than as a specific item. The words trousers and pants are pluralia tantum , nouns that generally only appear in plural form—much like the words scissors and tongs , and as such pair of trousers
3332-438: Is also sometimes worn by members of royal courts , orders of chivalry or certain civilian uniformed services, although some of the latter may resemble court uniforms . The phrase "full dress uniform" is often applied in order to distinguish from semi-formal mess dress uniforms , as well as informal service dress uniforms . Yet, a full dress uniform is sometimes simply called a dress uniform . Although many services use
3451-549: Is apparently no universal, overarching classification. There is some evidence, from figurative art , of trousers being worn in the Upper Paleolithic , as seen on the figurines found at the Siberian sites of Mal'ta and Buret' . Fabrics and technology for their construction are fragile and disintegrate easily, so often are not among artefacts discovered in archaeological sites. The oldest known trousers were found at
3570-713: Is called pants . The standard English form trousers is also used, but it is sometimes pronounced in a manner approximately represented by [ˈtruːzɨrz] , as Scots did not completely undergo the Great Vowel Shift , and thus retains the vowel sound of the Gaelic triubhas , from which the word originates. In North America, Australia and South Africa, pants is the general category term, whereas trousers (sometimes slacks in Australia and North America) often refers more specifically to tailored garments with
3689-469: Is called "Tradition Uniform". Personnel of units which were recipients of state orders of military honor include in the "Tradition Uniform" the fourragère of the orders received. Headdress worn with such is the kepi . Bands of the French Army are permitted to wear special uniforms depending on circumstances. On representation duty, they often wear a 19th c.-style full dress uniform dating from either
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3808-548: Is modeled after the Japanese custom in the Maritime Self-Defense Force, in turn the design used by many European navies. For ceremonial parades, a variant known as Pakaian Dinas Parade (PDP, Parade Full Dress) is worn by parade commanders. However PDP can also be a variant of the combat dress uniform pattern. The parade commander wears a M1 or PASGT helmet instead of the normal peaked cap. Each arm of
3927-674: Is often instructed to be worn with official full size orders and medals . The protocol indicating particularly men's traditional formal wear has remained virtually unchanged since the early 20th century. Despite decline following the counterculture of the 1960s , it remains observed in formal settings influenced by Western culture : notably around Europe , the Americas , South Africa , Australia , as well as Japan . For women, although fundamental customs for formal ball gowns (and wedding gowns ) likewise apply, changes in fashion have been more dynamic. Traditional formal headgear for men
4046-424: Is only regularly issued to officers of the rank of captain and above, all other officers being issued a white bush jacket , but are issued this uniform from stores if ordered to by command. Formal wear [REDACTED] = Day (before 6 p.m.) [REDACTED] = Evening (after 6 p.m.) = Bow tie colour [REDACTED] = Ladies [REDACTED] = Gentlemen Formal wear or full dress
4165-690: Is the Western dress code category applicable for the most formal occasions, such as weddings , christenings , confirmations , funerals , Easter and Christmas traditions , in addition to certain state dinners , audiences , balls , and horse racing events. Generally permitted other alternatives, though, are the most formal versions of ceremonial dresses (including court dresses , diplomatic uniforms and academic dresses ), full dress uniforms , religious clothing , national costumes , and most rarely frock coats (which preceded morning coat as default formal day wear 1820s-1920s). In addition, formal wear
4284-442: Is the top hat , and for women picture hats etc. of a range of interpretations. Shoes for men are dress shoes , dress boots or pumps and for women heeled dress pumps . In western countries, a "formal" or white tie dress code typically means tailcoats for men and evening dresses for women. The most formal dress for women is a full-length ball or evening gown with evening gloves . Some white tie functions also request that
4403-418: Is the army blue cape with branch colour lining. Certain clergy wear, in place of white tie outfits, a cassock with ferraiolone , which is a light-weight ankle-length cape intended to be worn indoors. The colour and fabric of the ferraiolone is determined by the rank of the cleric and can be scarlet watered silk, purple silk, black silk or black wool. For outerwear, the black cape (cappa nigra), also known as
4522-702: Is the peaked cap. As with many European countries, the French military used in the 19th and early 20th centuries many traditional and heavily decorated dress uniforms. Since World War II , they are not in common use and are usually restricted to special units in the French Army and National Gendarmerie . The Air and Space Force and the Navy do not issue full dress uniforms, but for special ceremonies, such as changes of command, military personnel should add swords or daggers and full medals to their service uniform. In
4641-528: Is the usual correct form. However, the singular form is used in some compound words, such as trouser-leg , trouser-press and trouser-bottoms . Jeans are trousers typically made from denim or dungaree cloth. In North America skin-tight leggings are commonly referred to as tights . There are several different main types of pants and trousers, such as dress pants , jeans , khakis , chinos , leggings , overalls , and sweatpants . They can also be classified by fit, fabric, and other features. There
4760-661: The braccae , loose-fitting trousers that were closed at the ankles. Both garments were adopted originally from the Celts of Europe, although later familiarity with the Persian Near East and the Germanic peoples increased acceptance. Feminalia and braccae both began use as military garments, spreading to civilian dress later, and were eventually made in a variety of materials, including leather, wool, cotton and silk. Trousers of various designs were worn throughout
4879-628: The Army Service Uniform with bow tie are accepted, especially for non-commissioned officers and newly commissioned officers. For white-tie occasions, of which there are almost none in the United States outside the national capital region for U.S. Army, an officer must wear a wing-collar shirt with white tie and white vest. For black tie occasions, officers must wear a turndown collar with black tie and black cummerbund. The only outer coat prescribed for both black- and white-tie events
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4998-560: The Austria–Italy border worn by Ötzi . In most of Europe , trousers have been worn since ancient times and throughout the Medieval period , becoming the most common form of lower-body clothing for adult males in the modern world. Breeches were worn instead of trousers in early modern Europe by some men in higher classes of society. Distinctive formal trousers are traditionally worn with formal and semi-formal day attire . Since
5117-749: The German Army was characterised by Prussian blue , the Russian by dark green, and the Austro-Hungary Army by a wide range of differing facing colours dating back to the 18th century. There were usually exceptions to each of these rules, often distinguishing unique units. This included the German cuirassiers , who wore white full dress; British rifle regiments , who wore rifle green ; and French mountain troops who wore large berets and light blue trousers. The U.S. Army with its "dress blues"
5236-696: The International Skating Union has allowed women to wear trousers instead of skirts in ice-skating competitions. In 2009, journalist Lubna Hussein was fined the equivalent of $ 200 when a court found her guilty of violating Sudan's decency laws by wearing trousers. In 2012 the Royal Canadian Mounted Police began to allow women to wear trousers and boots with all their formal uniforms. In 2012 and 2013, some Mormon women participated in "Wear Pants to Church Day", in which they wore trousers to church instead of
5355-528: The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) ground forces , Navy and Air Force has its own dress uniform, with separate versions for summer and winter. These are similar in style to civilian business dress suits, or to the service dress uniforms worn by the British forces. The dress uniform includes a blazer-type jacket, worn with a white shirt, and a tie. The ground forces uniform is dark green, with
5474-556: The Madei Srad dress uniforms in official ceremonies on Yom HaShoah , Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha'atzmaut . Because of the small number of uniforms required they are tailor made for the specific officer. Prior to 2016, the dress uniform, the Madei Srad was only worn abroad, either by a military attaché or by senior officers on official state visits . The uniforms of the Russian Armed Forces were inherited from
5593-627: The Middle Ages . More widespread conventions emerged around royal courts in Europe in the more interconnected Early Modern era . The justacorps with cravat , breeches and tricorne hat was established as the first suit (in an anarchaic sense) by the 1660s-1790s. It was sometimes distinguished by day and evening wear. By the Age of Revolution in the Late Modern era , it was replaced by
5712-586: The Red Serge , a scarlet British-style military pattern tunic, complete with a high-neck collar and dark blue breeches with yellow stripes derived from British and Canadian cavalry uniforms of the same era, and usually a campaign hat (or " stetson ") and brown riding boots . The full dress uniform of the Chilean Air Force since 2001 has been a medium-blue tunic and trousers, worn with a peaked visor cap. For parade dress, officers additionally wear
5831-725: The Regency era . The style was introduced by Beau Brummell (1778–1840) and by mid-century had supplanted breeches as fashionable street-wear. At this point, even knee-length pants adopted the open bottoms of trousers (see shorts ) and were worn by young boys, for sports, and in tropical climates. Breeches proper have survived into the twenty-first century as court dress , and also in baggy mid- calf (or three-quarter length) versions known as plus-fours or knickers worn for active sports and by young schoolboys. Types of breeches are also still worn today by baseball and American football players, and by equestrians. Sailors may have played
5950-581: The Regiment of Mounted Grenadiers , and the 1st Artillery Regiment in the Buenos Aires Garrison. The Argentine Navy dress uniform is a navy blue rig with a visor cap for officers and senior ratings and sailor caps for junior ratings, epaulettes and sleeve rank marks (for all offers), a sword set and scabbard for officers, blue long pants (skirts for female personnel), a belt and black leather shoes or boots. Marines wear peaked caps with
6069-542: The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) consists of a blue plume, where the headdress allows, an air force light blue tunic, trousers and facings. The RCAF pipe band's full dress uniform is modelled after the uniforms used by Scottish Highland regiments. It includes a feather bonnet ; air force blue doublet, facings, and pipings; RCAF tartan kilt ; and blue garters . Air force full dress is authorized only for pipers and drummers. The full dress uniform for
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#17327724680406188-764: The Royal Canadian Navy includes a dark navy blue tunic, trousers, and white facings. However, full dress in the Royal Canadian Navy is no longer issued. Regulations for the wear of full dress are contained in the Canadian Forces publication Canadian Forces Dress Instructions , under No. 1B Ceremonial Dress. Amendments to dress regulations are issued through the office of the Vice Chief of the Defence Staff (VCDS), initially in
6307-620: The Soviet Armed Forces and modified throughout the years. Some features of modern full dress uniform worn by both army and navy personnel date from those of the final Czarist period, prior to 1917. Most notably these include the blue-green shade of the modern army officer's parade and walking out uniform; the dark blue and white dress uniform worn by sailors; and the ceremonial dress of the Kremlin Regiment. Various forms of full dress uniforms were used by all regiments of
6426-796: The Swedish Armed Forces for ceremonial purposes until the 1960s, when they were generally discontinued, with the exception of the Svea Life Guards and the Life Guard Dragoons still retaining colourful full dress uniforms of 19th century origin for ceremonial use. The remaining parts of the branches tend to apply a variant of the mess dress uniform called "full mess uniform" for formal wear purposes. White spats and belts may also be added to their service dress uniforms for parades or certain ceremonial purposes. There are three versions of full dress uniforms in use in
6545-643: The Swedish Army as of the present day, all belonging to the Life Guards . The infantry wears the dark blue uniform of the Svea Life Guards (1st Life Guards) with yellow collar, cuffs and piping which dates back to 1886. The Swedish Army Band wears the uniform of Göta Life Guards (2nd Life Guards), with red collar, cuffs and piping. The headdress of the infantry is mainly the pickelhaube typed helmet in black leather from 1887. On state ceremonies,
6664-609: The draped clothing of Greek and Minoan ( Cretan ) culture as an emblem of civilization and disdained trousers as the mark of barbarians. As the Roman Empire expanded beyond the Mediterranean basin, however, the greater warmth provided by trousers led to their adoption. Two types of trousers eventually saw widespread use in Rome: the feminalia , which fit snugly and usually fell to knee length or mid-calf length, and
6783-546: The semi-formal evening wear black tie from the 1880s and the informal wear suit accepted by polite society from the 1920s. The dress codes counted as formal wear are the formal dress codes of morning dress for daytime and white tie for evenings. Although some consider strollers for daytime and black tie for the evening as formal, they are traditionally considered semi-formal attires, sartorially speaking below in formality level. The clothes dictated by these dress codes for women are ball gowns . For many uniforms,
6902-673: The École Polytechnique also maintains 19th century military-styled full dress uniforms. Founded as a military academy , the institution was transformed into a state-sponsored civilian post-secondary school in 1970, although it is still operated by the French Ministry of Defence . It has the bicorne as headdress. The Republican Guard of the National Gendarmerie is the last unit to wear full dress uniform as service uniform, as guard of honour detachments are required to wear it while on duty. The cavalry regiment has
7021-423: The "PDU IV" uniform is worn for occasions such as: Change of Command ceremonies, attending a passing out parade , and worn by military judges in the court. The mess dress uniform is basically the same for the three branches of the armed forces. For male Indonesian Navy officers wearing the full dress uniform ("PDUs" I and IA), will always carry his dress sabre wherever he goes, female personnel and officers in
7140-414: The "peacock" aspects of old-fashioned soldiering had a similar effect, except for ceremonial guard units and such limited exceptions as officers ' evening or off-duty uniforms. Modern armies are characterised by simple and drably coloured dress even for ceremonial occasion, with the exceptions noted above. However a general trend towards replacing conscript armies with long-serving professionals has had, as
7259-457: The 1960s, André Courrèges introduced long trousers for women as a fashion item, leading to the era of the pantsuit and designer jeans and the gradual erosion of social prohibitions against girls and women wearing trousers in schools, the workplace and in fine restaurants. In 1969, Rep. Charlotte Reid (R-Ill.) became the first woman to wear trousers in the US Congress . Pat Nixon
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#17327724680407378-433: The 20th century saw the adoption of mess dress -styled full-dress uniforms. Designs may depend on regiment or service branch (e.g. army , navy , air force , marines ). In Western dress codes , full dress uniform is a permitted supplementary alternative equivalent to the civilian white tie for evening wear or morning dress for day wear – sometimes collectively called full dress – although military uniforms are
7497-550: The Canadian Armed Forces, with uniforms provided free of charge and funded by the Department of National Defence . Full dress uniforms worn by cadets are modeled after the organisation's sponsoring service branch. The modern dress uniform of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is closely based on the everyday uniforms used by the predecessor North-West Mounted Police in the late nineteenth century. It features
7616-639: The Canadian Army maintain authorized regimental differences from the Army's universal full dress, including several armoured units, Canadian-Scottish regiments , foot guards , and voltigeur /rifle regiments. Full dress is authorized only for the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps , Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery and Royal Canadian Infantry Corps . Other army members have no authorized full dress uniform. Full dress uniforms for
7735-760: The Chacabuco and Rancagua regiments, wear a blue uniform from the War of the Pacific during parades as full dress, with kepis as headdress. The Buin regiment (2nd Army division in the Santiago Metropolitan region) has reintroduced the infantry regimental uniform of the Chilean War of Independence , having been formed in December 1810 as the 1st Infantry Regiment "Chilean Grenadiers", the original unit of
7854-662: The Chilean Army. The 1st Cavalry Regiment and the Krupp Artillery Battery of the 1st Artillery Regiment, both ceremonial units of the Army, have since 2012 worn the early twentieth-century Prussian-style full dress uniforms of the Army's cavalry and artillery branches. The Chilean naval officer's dress uniform is navy-blue with a peaked hat, sword strap (for petty officers, colour escorts and cadets, only during parades and ceremonies), navy-blue trousers, and black boots. The enlisted uniform (for sailors) evinces
7973-489: The Defence Services Secretary (if a naval officer)). In tropical climates, a single-breasted white tunic, with two patch pockets, five buttons down the front, worn with the peaked cap, white trousers, white shoes, shoulderboards and sword and sword belt is worn by commissioned officers. Before 1939, this was worn with a white tropical helmet; abolished in 1949, for full dress purposes. Since 1995 this
8092-991: The Middle Ages in Europe, especially by men. Loose-fitting trousers were worn in Byzantium under long tunics , and were worn by many tribes, such as the Germanic tribes that migrated to the Western Roman Empire in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages , as evidenced by both artistic sources and such relics as the fourth-century costumes recovered from the Thorsberg peat bog (see illustration). Trousers in this period, generally called braies , varied in length and were often closed at
8211-418: The Napoleonic or Third Republic eras. Military schools of the French Army, including the école spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr , the école militaire interarmes and the école nationale des sous-officiers d'active, have full dress uniforms dating back to the 19th century worn by both students and staff. The ESMSC has the shako while the two other schools have the kepi. In addition to the military schools,
8330-409: The Regiment's allowance. In the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic , the Argentine Federal Police , Argentine National Gendarmerie and Naval Prefecture, dress uniforms are worn during military and civil occasions, especially for the military bands and colour guards . They are a reminder of the military and law enforcement history of Argentina, especially during the early years of nationhood and
8449-462: The Royal Military College has remained essentially the same since the institution's founding in 1876, although the pillbox hat has replaced the shako . The pith helmet remains in use for ceremonial parade positions only. The youth cadet programs in Canada, the Royal Canadian Army Cadets , Royal Canadian Sea Cadets and the Royal Canadian Air Cadets each maintain their own dress uniforms. Youth-based Canadian cadet organisations are sponsored by
8568-557: The UK. The oldest known trousers, dating to the period between the thirteenth and the tenth centuries BC, were found at the Yanghai cemetery in Turpan , Xinjiang ( Tocharia ), in present-day western China . Made of wool, the trousers had straight legs and wide crotches and were likely made for horseback riding. A pair of trouser-like leggings dating back to 3350 and 3105 BC were found in
8687-491: The United Kingdom, the word pants is ambiguous: it can mean underpants rather than trousers. Shorts are similar to trousers, but with legs that come down only to around the area of the knee, higher or lower depending on the style of the garment. To distinguish them from shorts, trousers may be called "long trousers" in certain contexts such as school uniform , where tailored shorts may be called "short trousers" in
8806-549: The Yanghai cemetery, extracted from mummies in Turpan , Xinjiang , western China, belonging to the people of the Tarim Basin ; dated to the period between the thirteenth and the tenth century BC and made of wool, the trousers had straight legs and wide crotches, and were likely made for horseback riding. Trousers enter recorded history in the sixth century BC, on the rock carvings and artworks of Persepolis , and with
8925-533: The appearance of horse-riding Eurasian nomads in Greek ethnography. At this time, Iranian peoples such as Scythians , Sarmatians , Sogdians and Bactrians among others, along with Armenians and Eastern and Central Asian peoples such as the Xiongnu / Hunnu , are known to have worn trousers. Trousers are believed to have been worn by people of any gender among these early users. The ancient Greeks used
9044-656: The armed forces, only the Republican Guard plus certain bands and military academies have a complete full dress ( grande tenue ) uniform issued to all personnel. Units of the Chasseurs Alpins , French Foreign Legion , Troupes de Marine , 1st Spahi Regiment and Tirailleurs are permitted to wear, in special circumstances such as military parades , a variant of the service or combat uniform which includes items of historic ceremonial dress such as headresses, fringed epaulettes, cloaks, waist sashes etc. This
9163-417: The autumn of 2017, and Paul Smith 's autumn 2018. Trouser Trousers ( British English ), slacks , or pants ( American , Canadian and Australian English ) are an item of clothing worn from the waist to anywhere between the knees and the ankles, covering both legs separately (rather than with cloth extending across both legs as in robes , skirts , dresses and kilts ). In some parts of
9282-735: The country have their own types of Dress uniforms known as "PDU", an abbreviation from Pakaian Dinas Upacara literally meaning "ceremonial uniform" in Indonesian ; worn during formal occasions and when attending ceremonies. The Dress uniform (PDU) of the National Armed Forces consists of several categories which are: Each uniform category is worn for different purposes and for certain occasions. The "PDU I" and "PDU IA" are regarded as "full dress uniforms" which are worn for formal state occasions and when attending ceremonial events of high significance. The headdress worn for this uniform
9401-429: The cuff or even had attached foot coverings, although open-legged pants were also seen. By the eighth century there is evidence of the wearing in Europe of two layers of trousers, especially among upper-class males. The under layer is today referred to by costume historians as drawers , although that usage did not emerge until the late sixteenth century. Over the drawers were worn trousers of wool or linen, which in
9520-555: The customary dresses to encourage gender equality within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . More than one thousand women participated in 2012. In 2013, Turkey's parliament ended a ban on women lawmakers wearing trousers in its assembly. Also in 2013, an old bylaw requiring women in Paris, France to ask permission from city authorities before "dressing as men", including wearing trousers (with exceptions for those "holding
9639-478: The dress coat from the transition period was maintained as formal evening wear in the form of white tie , remaining so until this day. By the 1840s, the first cutaway morning coats of contemporary style emerged, which would eventually replace the frock coat as formal day wear by the 1920s. Likewise, starting from the 1860s, fashion evolved to gradually introduce the more sportive, shorter suit jacket , likewise originating in country leisure wear. This evolved into
9758-606: The dress uniform. Epaulettes are only worn with the dress uniform. For the Argentine Air Force , a similar uniform to one used by the Royal Air Force in the United Kingdom, however the used the colour used is much brighter. Regardless of service branch military police personnel wear helmets with their dress uniforms, plus armbands to identify service branch. The Australian Army has several orders of ceremonial uniforms. The Royal Australian Navy also have
9877-437: The example of Byzantium led to the increasing use of long tunics by men, hiding most of the trousers from view and eventually rendering them an undergarment for many. As undergarments, these trousers became briefer or longer as the length of the various medieval outer garments changed, and were met by, and usually attached to, another garment variously called hose or stockings . In the fourteenth century it became common among
9996-401: The floor in defiance of the rule, and female support staff followed soon after; the rule was amended later that year by Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Martha Pope to allow women to wear trousers on the floor so long as they also wore a jacket. In Malawi women were not legally allowed to wear trousers under President Kamuzu Banda 's rule until 1994. This law was introduced in 1965. Since 2004
10115-481: The form of a CANFORGEN (Canadian Forces General) message, which is placed in the dress manual until an official publication amendment can be promulgated. Dress regulations may also be amplified, interpreted, or amended by the commanders of formations and units (depending on the commander's authority) through the issuing of Standing Orders (SOs), Ship's Standing Orders (SSO), Routine Orders (ROs), and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). This may include amplification where
10234-497: The general population. Men's clothes in Hungary in the fifteenth century consisted of a shirt and trousers as underwear, and a dolman worn over them, as well as a short fur-lined or sheepskin coat. Hungarians generally wore simple trousers, only their colour being unusual; the dolman covered the greater part of the trousers. Around the turn of the sixteenth century it became conventional to separate hose into two pieces, one from
10353-401: The guilds purveying for our household, citizens of Moscow of all ranks, and residents of provincial cities...excepting the clergy and peasant tillers of the soil. The upper dress shall be of French or Saxon cut, and the lower dress...--waistcoat, trousers, boots, shoes, and hats--shall be of the German type During the French Revolution of 1789 and following, many male citizens of France adopted
10472-482: The helmet into a cuirassier style helmet. In 1928 with the amalgamation of the 1st and 2nd Cavalry Regiments, a helm wreath was added, together with a golden laurel wreath. Officers' gold chin straps with lion "mascarons" from the Life Regiment Dragoons (2nd Cavalry) were also authorised for the new composite regiment. On modern state occasions officers wear white buffalo hair plume while troopers wear
10591-528: The job demanded it. In the post-war era, trousers became acceptable casual wear for gardening, the beach, and other leisure pursuits. In Britain during World War II the rationing of clothing prompted women to wear their husbands' civilian clothes, including trousers, to work while the men were serving in the armed forces. This was partly because they were seen as practical for work, but also so that women could keep their clothing allowance for other uses. As this practice of wearing trousers became more widespread and as
10710-473: The knee-length cassock is now replaced with normal dress trousers. In Western formal state ceremonies and social functions, diplomats, foreign dignitaries, and guests of honour wear a Western formal dress if not wearing their own national dress. Many cultures have a formal day and evening dress, for example: Although ceased as a protocol-regulated required formal attire at the British royal court in 1936 at
10829-415: The latter being worn from day to day, the former only for formal occasions. By the late nineteenth century, an officer's full dress uniform consisted of a navy double-breasted tailcoat with white facings edged in gold (on the collar and cuff-slashes), gold lace (indicating rank) on the cuffs, epaulettes, sword and sword-belt, worn with gold-laced trousers (except for sublieutenants and warrant officers ) and
10948-456: The local coal mines . They wore skirts over their trousers and rolled them up to their waists to keep them out of the way. Although pit-brow lasses worked above ground at the pit-head, their task of sorting and shovelling coal involved hard manual labour, so wearing the usual long skirts of the time would have greatly hindered their movements. The Korean word for trousers, baji (originally pajibaji ) first appears in recorded history around
11067-532: The men of the noble and knightly classes to connect the hose directly to their pourpoints (the padded under jacket worn with armoured breastplates that would later evolve into the doublet ) rather than to their drawers. In the fifteenth century, rising hemlines led to ever briefer drawers until they were dispensed with altogether by the most fashionable elites who joined their skin-tight hose back into trousers. These trousers, which we would today call tights but which were still called hose or sometimes joined hose at
11186-468: The men's clothing wore out, replacements were needed. By the summer of 1944, it was reported that sales of women's trousers were five times more than the previous year. In 1919, Luisa Capetillo challenged mainstream society by becoming the first woman in Puerto Rico to wear trousers in public. Capetillo was sent to jail for what was considered to be a crime, but the charges were later dropped. In
11305-400: The mid-twentieth century, trousers have increasingly been worn by women as well. Jeans , made of denim , are a form of trousers for casual wear widely worn all over the world by people of all genders. Shorts are often preferred in hot weather or for some sports and also often by children and adolescents. Trousers are worn on the hips or waist and are often held up by buttons, elastic,
11424-582: The need for a more formal uniform for flag officers, RN ceremonial day dress was introduced: this is similar to the old full dress but is less elaborate, without fringed epaulettes or cuff slashes, and is worn with a peaked cap. Nowadays it is worn only by very limited categories of senior flag officers (namely members of the Royal Family, the First Sea Lord, Admirals of the Fleet, full Admirals and
11543-496: The official clothing is unisex. Examples of this are court dress , academic dress , and military full dress uniform . Morning dress is the daytime formal dress code , consisting chiefly for men of a morning coat , waistcoat , and striped trousers , and an appropriate dress for women. The required clothing for men, in the evening, is roughly the following: Women wear a variety of dresses. See ball gowns , evening gowns , and wedding dresses . Business attire for women has
11662-584: The order of the short-reigning King Edward VIII , the frock coat - embodying the background for all contemporary civil formal wear - has not altogether vanished. Yet, it is a rarity mostly confined to infrequent appearances at certain weddings . The state funeral of Winston Churchill in 1965 included bearers of frock coats. To this day, King Tupou VI of Tonga (born 1959) has been a frequent wearer of frock coats at formal occasions. Also more recent fashion has been inspired by frock coats: Prada 's autumn editions of 2012, Alexander McQueen 's menswear in
11781-594: The other hand would carry her issued dress uniform purse except for those in command posts which are also entitled to sabres. Enlisted ratings of the Indonesian Navy (except those in the Marine Corps and Denjaka, which wears the purple beret and special forces operators of KOPASKA that wear the maroon beret) wear Japanese style dixie caps with the full dress, until 2021 the US design was worn. The new styled cap
11900-405: The previously-casual country leisure wear-associated front cutaway dress coat around the 1790s-1810s. At the same time, breeches were gradually replaced by pantaloons , as were tricorne hats by bicorne hats and ultimately by the top hat by the 19th century and thenceforth. By the 1820s, the dress coat was replaced as formal day wear by the dark, closed-front knee-length frock coat . However,
12019-526: The regulations are unclear or are not mandatory; amendments or reversal of some existing regulations for special occasions or events; or the promulgation of regulations regarding the wear of traditional regimental articles (such as kilts). The full dress uniform for an officer cadet of the Royal Military College of Canada is similar to the universal full dress uniform of the Canadian Army, with minor variation. The full dress uniform used by
12138-501: The same for day and evening wear. As such, full dress uniform is the most formal uniform, followed by the mess dress uniform . Although full dress uniforms are often brightly coloured and ornamented with gold epaulettes , braids , lanyards , lampasses , etc., many originated in the 18th and early 19th centuries as normal styles of military dress that, with the adoption of more practical uniforms, were eventually relegated to ceremonial functions. Before World War I , most armed forces of
12257-636: The tenth century began to be referred to as breeches in many places. Tightness of fit and length of leg varied by period, class, and geography. (Open legged trousers can be seen on the Norman soldiers of the Bayeux Tapestry .) Although Charlemagne (742–814) is recorded to have habitually worn trousers, donning the Byzantine tunic only for ceremonial occasions, the influence of the Roman past and
12376-494: The term dress generically for uniforms, allowing it to refer to more modern service dress ("combat") uniforms with suitable modifiers (e.g. the British Army 's obsolete Battle Dress ; and the U.S. Army 's obsolete Battle Dress Uniform ). Therefore, the term dress uniform without prefix typically refers to full dress uniform as described in this article. During the 19th century a division developed in most armies between
12495-467: The term ἀναξυρίδες ( anaxyrides ) for the trousers worn by Eastern nations and σαράβαρα ( sarabara ) for the loose trousers worn by the Scythians. However, they did not wear trousers since they thought them ridiculous, using the word θύλακοι ( thulakoi ), pl. of θύλακος ( thulakos ) 'sack', as a slang term for the loose trousers of Persians and other Middle Easterners . Republican Rome viewed
12614-430: The time, emerged late in the fifteenth century and were conspicuous by their open crotch which was covered by an independently fastening front panel, the codpiece . The exposure of the hose to the waist was consistent with fifteenth-century trends, which also brought the pourpoint/doublet and the shirt , previously undergarments, into view, but the most revealing of these fashions were only ever adopted at court and not by
12733-487: The turn of the fifteenth century, but pants may have been in use by Korean society for some time. From at least this time pants were worn by both sexes in Korea. Men wore trousers either as outer garments or beneath skirts, while it was unusual for adult women to wear their pants (termed sokgot ) without a covering skirt. As in Europe, a wide variety of styles came to define regions, time periods and age and gender groups, from
12852-435: The uniform worn for parade and ceremony ("full dress"), active service ("field dress") and daily working ("barrack" or "fatigue" dress). The British and United States armies were dependent upon voluntary recruiting and found that a smart uniform served to attract recruits and improve morale amongst those already serving. The British regimental system fostered numerous distinctions amongst different units. However, this
12971-669: The uniformity of Western formal dress codes, conversely, since most cultures have at least intuitively applied some equivalent level of formality, the versatile framework of Western formal dress codes open to amalgamation of international and local customs have influenced its competitiveness as international standard. From these social conventions derive in turn also the variants worn on related occasions of varying solemnity, such as formal political , diplomatic , and academic events, in addition to certain parties including award ceremonies, balls, fraternal orders , high school proms , etc. Clothing norms and fashions fluctuated regionally in
13090-499: The unlined gouei to the padded sombaji . See also: the Laws section below. In Western society, it was Eastern culture that inspired French designer Paul Poiret (1879–1944) to be one of the first to design pants for women. In 1913, Poiret created loose-fitting, wide-leg trousers for women called harem pants, which were based on the costumes of the popular ballet Sheherazade . Written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1888, Sheherazade
13209-444: The waist to the crotch which fastened around the top of the legs, called trunk hose, and the other running beneath it to the foot. The trunk hose soon reached down the thigh to fasten below the knee and were now usually called " breeches " to distinguish them from the lower-leg coverings still called hose or, sometimes stockings . By the end of the sixteenth century, the codpiece had also been incorporated into breeches which featured
13328-479: The wars of independence that the country was a part. The Argentine Army 's modern dress uniform is green with a visor peaked cap, epaulettes, sword set and scabbard (for officers), long green pants, a black belt, and black shoes or boots. However, several regiments within the Argentine Army are authorized ceremonial full dress uniforms which date from the 19th century, including the Regiment of Patricians ,
13447-412: The women wear long gloves past the elbow. Formal wear being the most formal dress code, it is followed by semi-formal wear , equivalently based around daytime black lounge suit , and evening black tie ( dinner suit/tuxedo ), and evening gown for women. The male lounge suit and female cocktail dress in turn only comes after this level, traditionally associated with informal attire . Notably, if
13566-417: The world retained uniforms of this type that were usually more colourful and elaborate than the ordinary duty (known as undress ), or the active service dress uniform . While full dress uniform is predominantly worn at occasions by commissioned officers and senior non-commissioned officers , it may also be worn as optional wear at personal expense by enlisted personnel on occasions such as weddings. It
13685-460: Was an exception, with cavalry , artillery and infantry being distinguished only by the different branch colours. After World War I most full dress uniforms disappeared. Many of the royal or imperial regimes that had taken a particular pride in the retention of colourful traditional uniforms had been overthrown and their republican , fascist , or communist successors had little incentive to retain old glories. Elsewhere cost and disillusion with
13804-502: Was based on a collection of legends from the Middle East called 1001 Arabian Nights. In the early twentieth century, women air pilots and other working women often wore trousers. Frequent photographs from the 1930s of actresses Marlene Dietrich and Katharine Hepburn in trousers helped make trousers acceptable for women. During World War II , women employed in factories or doing other "men's work" on war service wore trousers when
13923-549: Was generally restricted to the British , British Empire and United States armed forces ; although the French, Imperial German , Swedish and other navies had adopted their own versions of mess dress during the late nineteenth century, influenced by the Royal Navy . In the U.S. Army, evening mess uniform , in either blue or white, is considered the appropriate military uniform for white-tie occasions. The blue mess and white mess uniforms are black tie equivalents, although
14042-419: Was not limited to volunteer armies, with conscript armies of continental Europe retaining many of the colourful features that had evolved during the nineteenth century, for reasons of national and unit pride. Thus, in 1913 most French soldiers wore red trousers and kepis as part of their full dress, the majority of British foot regiments retained the scarlet tunics for parade and off duty ("walking out"),
14161-501: Was the first American First Lady to wear trousers in public. In 1989, California state senator Rebecca Morgan became the first woman to wear trousers in a US state senate. Hillary Clinton was the first woman to wear trousers in an official American First Lady portrait. Women were not allowed to wear trousers on the US Senate floor until 1993. In 1993, Senators Barbara Mikulski and Carol Moseley Braun wore trousers onto
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