Royal Air Force No. 6 Warm-weather Dress - Female
RAF female No. 6 Dress with proper shirt rank; No. 6A has its prescribed ceremonial boards, white glove and sash rules, with plain white T-shirt under the specific table note.
Composition
Description
Specification
Gender
Female
Pattern
RAF female No. 6 Dress with proper shirt rank; No. 6A has its prescribed ceremonial boards, white glove and sash rules, with plain white T-shirt under the specific table note.
Legwear options
Choose the existing skirt, dress or female-cut trouser outfit, or Stone Warm-Weather Trousers / White Ceremonial Trousers. These are alternative outfits, not additional garments to wear together. Retain any rank, appointment, occasion and pattern conditions; select footwear and fittings to match the chosen legwear.
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.
Related accoutrements
Complete
the uniform
Garments and accoutrements supplied to complete this order of dress.
Badges & Insignia
Service Cap Badge
Required
Buttons
37 Ligne Gilt Buttons
Required
Footwear
Women’s Black Court Shoes
Choose one · According to rank, gender and lower garment
Footwear
Women’s Black Gibson Service Shoes
Choose one · According to rank, gender and lower garment · Highly polished black laced shoes
Gloves
White Cotton Gloves
Conditional · White gloves only in the prescribed sword-bearing/order circumstance. · White gloves in the ceremonial variant.
Hats
Female Officer Service Dress Hat
Conditional · Required · According to rank · officers; outdoors only where the order table specifies headwear
Shirts & Neckwear
Black Service Tie
Choose one
Shirts & Neckwear
Chaplain Clerical Collar
Conditional · Chaplain neckwear option
Shirts & Neckwear
Chaplain Spade Stock
Choose one · Chaplain neckwear option
Shirts & Neckwear
Stone Long-Sleeved Shirt
Required
Shoulder Details
Royal Air Force Aiguillettes
Conditional · Only the appointment entitled under Annex 9A/B and occasion under 0905; select exact type, shoulder and tag.
Swords & Belts
Air Officer Gold-and-Blue Ceremonial Sash
Conditional · Air Vice-Marshal and above only, with normal sword fitting; no sash when sword is hooked up.
Swords & Belts
Royal Air Force Blue and Gold Sword Knot
Conditional · For officers, with the RAF sword when ordered for the selected ceremonial occasion and order of dress.
Swords & Belts
Royal Air Force Sword & Scabbard
Conditional · Choose one · Sword only when authorised/ordered; select the rank-specific scabbard mounts and prescribed normal or hooked-up method.
Trousers, Skirts & Dresses
Stone Warm-Weather Skirt
Choose one · Select the stone skirt or matching stone trousers
Trousers, Skirts & Dresses
Stone Warm-Weather Trousers
Choose one · Conditional · Select the stone skirt or matching stone trousers · Optional trouser/overall outfit in place of the skirt or dress outfit; retain the matching pattern, rank, appointment and wearing conditions.
Trousers, Skirts & Dresses
White Ceremonial Trousers
Required · Conditional · Optional trouser/overall outfit in place of the skirt or dress outfit; retain the matching pattern, rank, appointment and wearing conditions.