Mess Dress - Male — Irish Guards

Irish Guards Mess Dress - Male

Temperate mess dress combines the scarlet jacket, white shirt and black bow tie, dark-blue buttoned vest, striped netherwear and miniatures.

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Description

Temperate mess dress combines the scarlet jacket, white shirt and black bow tie, dark-blue buttoned vest, striped netherwear and miniatures.

Specification

Gender

Male

Entitlement

No. 10 Mess Dress – Officers is authorised for the stated wearers.

Commercial Boundary

Goldings’ WordPress catalogue records the customer-facing parent name “Irish Guards Jacket, Vest and Trousers Complete”.

Fittings & Lead Times

Measurements are taken and fittings overseen by Geoffrey Golding at the St Albans workroom, with each garment checked throughout the making process for fit, balance, finish and correct detail. Lead time is typically 8-12 weeks, depending on workshop capacity, fitting requirements and the date required.

Dress specification

Uniform composition

The articles that make up this order of dress. Separately listed pieces are available below; included pieces form part of the uniform itself. Where alternatives are shown, select the authorised combination for the wearer, rank and occasion—they are not all worn together.

Jacket or tunic

  • Irish Guards Jacket, Vest and Trousers Complete

Included in the WordPress uniform parent: Irish Guards Jacket, Vest and Trousers Complete.

Dress rule

Required

Goldings listing

Included

Trousers, overalls, skirt or equivalent

Choose one authorised option

  • Foot Guards Blue Dress Trousers
  • Guards Blue Overalls

Only officers entitled to wear overalls; alternative to trousers.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Shirt

Use the authorised combination for the selected dress variant

  • Stiff-Fronted Wing Collar Shirt
  • Marcella Shirt

ADR 02.220 prescribes both stocked officer shirt constructions for different occasions. They remain separate related products with mutually exclusive occasion conditions, rather than two shirts required at once.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Tie, bow tie or collar

  • Black Bow Tie
  • Stiff Wing Collar

Only with the stiff collarless shirt for Full Ceremonial and Ceremonial Evening.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Shoes or boots

Choose one authorised option

  • Black Leather George Boots
  • Leather Wellington Boots

Select the appropriate Wellington or George boot.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Socks, stockings or tights

  • Authorised socks or hose

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

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Not separately listed

Gloves

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

Dress rule

Not worn

Goldings listing

Not applicable

Headdress

  • Irish Guards No. 1 Forage Cap

Outdoors when ordered.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Rank

Select the authorised insignia for the wearer’s rank

  • Mess Dress

Officer Mess Dress rank is formed by the jacket cuff-cord construction: three rows for field officers, two for captains and one for subalterns. It is not a detachable crown or star product.

Dress rule

Required

Goldings listing

Included

Rank carrier

The officer Mess jacket expressly has no shoulder straps; cuff cord is integral to the jacket rather than mounted on a rank carrier.

Dress rule

Not worn

Goldings listing

Not applicable

Badges and insignia

  • Irish Guards Officer Mess Dress Collar Badges
  • Irish Guards Large Forage-Cap Badge – Officers and Warrant Officer Class 1

Only with the matching selected regimental cap and the named rank or appointment; in male Mess, outdoors when ordered.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Buttons

Choose one authorised option

  • Irish Guards 22 Ligne Buttons

Choose the matching vest button and fastening; distinct garment positions remain required.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Sword

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

Dress rule

Not worn

Goldings listing

Not applicable

Scabbard

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

Dress rule

Not worn

Goldings listing

Not applicable

Sword knot

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

Dress rule

Not worn

Goldings listing

Not applicable

Sword belt, slings or frog

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

Dress rule

Not worn

Goldings listing

Not applicable

Waistcoat or cummerbund

  • Irish Guards Officer Dark-Blue Mess Waistcoat

Officer Mess vest. Waistcoat retained as a uniform source specification; public sale listing withheld because no standalone WordPress product matches.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Not separately listed

Belt or sash

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

Dress rule

Not worn

Goldings listing

Not applicable

Shoulder cords, chains or other details

  • Authorised shoulder cords, chains or details

The cited local dress schedule governs this contingent component category, but it does not identify a separate Goldings product or a safe atomic source article.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Not separately listed

Braces or trouser support

  • Braces

Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Spurs

  • Authorised spurs for an entitled wearer

Spurs apply only to an entitled wearer with compatible overalls or mounted footwear.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Not separately listed

Medals and decorations

  • Court-Mounted Miniature Medals

Specified by the dress evidence but not separately listed as a Goldings product for this uniform.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Not separately listed

Lanyard or aiguillette

  • No. 3 Staff Aiguillettes

Only established HQ Household Division or PS12(A) appointments and the Academy Adjutant RMAS; College Adjutants excluded. In Mess, only Full Ceremonial and Ceremonial Evening.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Dress-specific accessories

  • Additional authorised item for the occasion

The cited local dress schedule governs this contingent component category, but it does not identify a separate Goldings product or a safe atomic source article.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Not separately listed

Related accoutrements

Complete
the uniform

Garments and accoutrements supplied to complete this order of dress.

Irish Guards Large Forage-Cap Badge – Officers and Warrant Officer Class 1

Badges & Insignia

Irish Guards Large Forage-Cap Badge – Officers and Warrant Officer Class 1

Conditional · Only with the matching selected regimental cap and the named rank or appointment; in male Mess, outdoors when ordered.

Irish Guards Officer Mess Dress Collar Badges

Badges & Insignia

Irish Guards Officer Mess Dress Collar Badges

Conditional · Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

Irish Guards 22 Ligne Buttons

Buttons

Irish Guards 22 Ligne Buttons

Conditional · Select the 22-ligne button and fastening matching the ordered vest; mounted fitting for the officer vest. Select one compatible button, not duplicate purchases.

Black Leather George Boots

Footwear

Black Leather George Boots

Conditional · For officers in the appropriate trouser or overall configuration: Wellington or George boots; spur boxes for mounted officers. Do not wear spurs with Mess trousers.

Leather Wellington Boots

Footwear

Leather Wellington Boots

Conditional · For officers in the appropriate trouser or overall configuration: Wellington or George boots; spur boxes for mounted officers. Do not wear spurs with Mess trousers.

Irish Guards No. 1 Forage Cap

Hats

Irish Guards No. 1 Forage Cap

Conditional · Outdoors when ordered.

Black Bow Tie

Shirts & Neckwear

Black Bow Tie

Required · Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

Marcella Shirt

Shirts & Neckwear

Marcella Shirt

Conditional · Non-ceremonial No. 10 Dress when a bow tie is worn: white Marcella Dress Shirt

Stiff Wing Collar

Shirts & Neckwear

Stiff Wing Collar

Conditional · Only with the stiff collarless shirt for Full Ceremonial and Ceremonial Evening.

Stiff-Fronted Wing Collar Shirt

Shirts & Neckwear

Stiff-Fronted Wing Collar Shirt

Conditional · Full Ceremonial Evening, white-tie, or otherwise ordered Ceremonial Evening No. 10 Dress: Evening Stiff Shirt with wing collar

No. 3 Staff Aiguillettes

Shoulder Details

No. 3 Staff Aiguillettes

Conditional · Only established HQ Household Division or PS12(A) appointments and the Academy Adjutant RMAS; College Adjutants excluded. In Mess, only Full Ceremonial and Ceremonial Evening.

Braces

Trousers, Skirts & Dresses

Braces

Conditional · Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

Foot Guards Blue Dress Trousers

Trousers, Skirts & Dresses

Foot Guards Blue Dress Trousers

Required · Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

Guards Blue Overalls

Trousers, Skirts & Dresses

Guards Blue Overalls

Conditional · Only officers entitled to wear overalls; alternative to trousers.