Royal Navy Mess Dress - Female
Royal Navy Mess Dress for Warrant Officers, Chief Petty Officers and Petty Officers.
Composition
Description
Specification
Gender
Female
Blue Mess fallback
Preserve the command/issue No. 1C fallback to No. 2B.
White Mess fallback
Preserve the command/issue No. 1CW fallback to No. 2BW.
Red Sea
Ordinary black lower garment and short-sleeved white shirt with exact shoulder rate.
Rank
Choose WO1, WO2, CPO or PO specifically; this is not a junior-rating Mess uniform.
Legwear options
Choose the existing skirt, dress or female-cut trouser outfit, or Blue Barathea Mess Trousers / Black Service 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
Royal Navy Warrant Officer Cap Badge
Conditional · Warrant Officer only; retain optional Mess headwear and actual No. 1 fallback configuration.
Footwear
Women’s Black Court Shoes
Conditional · Only with a skirt; plain or patent finish as permitted, non-stiletto heel within the prescribed maximum.
Hats
Royal Navy Warrant Officer Peaked Cap
Conditional · Warrant Officer only; retain optional Mess headwear and actual No. 1 fallback configuration.
Hats
Tricorn Hat
Choose one · Conditional
Rank
Royal Navy Warrant Officer Class 1 Miniature Mess Rank Badge
Conditional · Smaller embroidered Royal Arms badge for the optional blue Mess jacket; separate from full-size No.1 cuff badges and shoulder-slide carriers.
Rank
Royal Navy Warrant Officer Class 2 Miniature Mess Rank Badge
Conditional · Smaller embroidered crown within a gold laurel wreath badge for the optional blue Mess jacket; separate from full-size No.1 cuff badges and shoulder-slide carriers.
Rank
Chief Petty Officer Cuff Rank Buttons
Conditional · Chief Petty Officers
Shirts & Neckwear
Black Bow Tie
Required
Shirts & Neckwear
Marcella Shirt
Choose one · Conditional · Only with actual Mess jacket; the No. 1C/1CW fallback uses the ordinary shirt.
Shirts & Neckwear
Plain White Shirt
Conditional · Ordinary shirt only when No. 1C/1CW fallback is selected; actual Mess jacket uses Marcella.
Shirts & Neckwear
White Short-Sleeved Shirt
Conditional · White short-sleeved Red Sea shirt with shoulder rank; not long-sleeved Marcella.
Trousers, Skirts & Dresses
Black Service Trousers
Conditional · Ordinary black Service trousers; not high-fishtail formal Mess cut. · Optional trouser/overall outfit in place of the skirt or dress outfit; retain the matching pattern, rank, appointment and wearing conditions. Matching outfit: Ordinary black Service trousers; not high-fishtail formal Mess cut.
Trousers, Skirts & Dresses
Blue Barathea Mess Skirt
Required
Trousers, Skirts & Dresses
Blue Barathea Mess Trousers
Conditional · Optional trouser/overall outfit in place of the skirt or dress outfit; retain the matching pattern, rank, appointment and wearing conditions.
Trousers, Skirts & Dresses
Royal Navy No. 1 Skirt
Conditional · Ordinary black Service skirt; not long formal Mess skirt.
Waistcoats
Black Mess Cummerbund
Conditional · Cummerbund only in the command-authorised waistcoat alternative or actual senior-rating Mess branch. · Black cummerbund with senior-rating No. 2C.