Army Air Corps Mess Dress - Female

• Army Air Corps Mess Kit Dress

Included in the WordPress uniform parent: Army Air Corps Mess Kit Dress.

Choose one authorised option

• Mess Dress Trousers
• or Mess Taffeta

Choose one lower-garment outfit. The existing skirt/dress or female-cut trousers remain available, with the matching male-pattern trousers or overalls offered as alternatives by Goldings. Rank, appointment, occasion and mounted-duty conditions remain specific to each option.

The female AAC No. 10 pattern is the taffeta-style dress and has no separate shirt article.

Remove these articles from female officer AAC Mess; retain the black bow tie for both NCO Mess roles. Do not substitute a stiff wing collar for their prescribed turned-down shirt.

• Women’s Black Court Shoes

Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

• Authorised stockings or tights

Hosiery follows the selected lower garment and footwear under the cited dress rule; no separate Goldings product is asserted.

Not part of the standard composition for this role and order of dress.

• Army Air Corps Beret

Only for the officer taking the salute at beating retreat.

Select the authorised insignia for the wearer’s rank

• 3/8 Inch Gold Embroidered Crowns
• 3/8 Inch Gold Embroidered Stars
• 7/10 Inch Gold Embroidered Crowns
• 7/10 Inch Gold Embroidered Stars

The AAC female tailoring evidence distinguishes the Mess jacket's 7/10-inch rank from the gown's 3/8-inch rank. Both are stocked choices, but only for their named garment branch.

• Army Air Corps Mess Shoulder Cords

Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

• Army Air Corps Mess Kit Wings
• Syrena (Maid of Warsaw) Badge
• Army Air Corps Officer Silver-Wire Cap Badge

Serving members of 651 or 654 Squadron AAC only; right forearm, as directed by AAC serial 9 for the selected order. The Syrena badge are retained as a source requirement with the public product listing hidden at the owner’s request.

• 18 Ligne Petrol-Blue-Covered Cuff Buttons
• 30 Ligne Mounted Mess Buttons

30-ligne mounted button fastening the female officer jacket shoulder cord; not a male cuff-button specification. Petrol-blue-covered cuff buttons remain a source requirement; their public shopping link is withheld at the owner’s request.

Not part of the standard composition for this role and order of dress.

Not part of the standard composition for this role and order of dress.

Not part of the standard composition for this role and order of dress.

Not part of the standard composition for this role and order of dress.

• Authorised waistcoat or cummerbund where prescribed

A waistcoat or authorised cummerbund depends on the exact open- or closed-neck Mess Dress pattern.

Not part of the standard composition for this role and order of dress.

• Authorised shoulder cords, chains or details

Shoulder cords, chains or other details depend on the authorised local pattern.

This exact composition is skirt-only, so braces or other trouser support are not used.

This exact composition is skirt-only, so spurs and spur-box footwear are not used.

• Orders, decorations and medals as entitled

Orders, decorations and medals are selected by individual entitlement and the occasion.

• Authorised lanyard or aiguillette where entitled

A lanyard or aiguillette is worn only where local custom or individual entitlement requires it.

• Additional authorised item for the occasion

Any additional accessory is controlled by the cited occasion or local dress rule.

• No. 3 Staff Aiguillettes

Offer the same No.3 Staff pattern conditionally, only for an entitled ADC/Military Assistant/Flag Lieutenant appointment and official duty during that appointment; ordinary officer status alone confers no entitlement.