The Life Guards officer service dress — female

The Life Guards Service Dress - Female

Officer No. 2 Service Dress with ceremonial, undress, mounted and sword-ordered distinctions retained.

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Description

Officer No. 2 Service Dress with ceremonial, undress, mounted and sword-ordered distinctions retained.

Specification

Gender

Female

Legwear options

Choose the existing skirt, dress or female-cut trouser outfit, or The Life Guards Service Dress 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.

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

  • Service Dress

Included in the displayed Goldings uniform product: Service Dress.

Dress rule

Required

Goldings listing

Included

Trousers, overalls, skirt or equivalent

Choose one authorised option

  • Service Dress Skirt
  • The Life Guards Service Dress Trousers

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.

Dress rule

Required

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Shirt

  • Light Cream Shirt

The route-local source supplies the exact officer Service Dress article. Generic issue and WordPress placeholder shirts are suppressed from this composition.

Dress rule

Required

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Tie, bow tie or collar

  • Khaki Braided Tie

Household Cavalry Service Dress prescribes the braided officer tie, matching the existing source-backed Life Guards article. The exact relationship is independent of WordPress post status.

Dress rule

Required

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Shoes or boots

Choose one authorised option

  • Women’s Brown Court Shoes
  • Women’s Brown Service Shoes

An alternative to brown court shoes for the selected female Service configuration.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Socks, stockings or tights

  • Authorised stockings or tights

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

  • Brown Leather Gloves

Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Headdress

  • Life Guards No. 1 Forage Cap
  • Life Guards Service Dress Cap

Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

Dress rule

Required

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Rank

Select the authorised insignia for the wearer’s rank

  • Large Plain Brass Metal Crowns
  • Brass Metal Garter Stars

Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

Dress rule

Required

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Rank carrier

  • Authorised rank carrier for the wearer and garment

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

Badges and insignia

  • Life Guards No. 2 Khaki Hat Badge (FAD)
  • Household Cavalry Officer Forage-Cap Badge

Officer Service shoulder-title requirement is not established; retain soldier cloth stock.

Dress rule

Required

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Buttons

  • The Life Guards 30 Ligne Gilt Buttons
  • The Life Guards 40 Ligne Gilt Buttons
  • The Life Guards Mounted Peaked-Cap Chinstrap Button

Only with the selected appropriate cap; no male cap fitting is required with the female NCO skirt ensemble.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Sword

  • Household Cavalry Sword and Scabbard

When ordered, brown kit uses the Life Guards state-sword system rather than a generic Army sword.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Scabbard

  • Household Cavalry Sword and Scabbard

The local sword kit specifies its brown-leather scabbard as part of the same ordered branch.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Sword knot

  • Brown Leather Sword Knot

Use the Household Cavalry brown-leather sword knot with the Service Dress sword branch.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Sword belt, slings or frog

  • Sam Browne Sword Frog

The brown sword frog is carried only with the ordered Service Dress sword system.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Waistcoat or cummerbund

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

Dress rule

Not worn

Goldings listing

Not applicable

Belt or sash

Choose one authorised option

  • The Life Guards Sam Browne Belt

Choose the complete set or the necessary separate components, without duplicating the waist belt.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

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

With the selected Service trousers, not the skirt.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Spurs

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

Dress rule

Not worn

Goldings listing

Not applicable

Medals and decorations

  • Medals and Medal Mounting

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

  • Life Guards Red Officer Lanyard

Life Guards officers wear the red right-shoulder lanyard as a separable product. The customer product retains the male loose-end and female circular-loop construction variants. The Life Guards red lanyard is retained as a source requirement with the public product listing hidden at the owner’s request.

Dress rule

Required

Goldings listing

Not separately listed

Dress-specific accessories

  • Forage-Cap Black Leather Chinstrap

The dress evidence is retained. Items outside the approved Goldings stock range remain source components; any remaining public products in this slot are listed separately.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Not separately listed

aiguillettes

  • 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.

Dress rule

When applicable

Goldings listing

Listed separately

Related accoutrements

Complete
the uniform

Garments and accoutrements supplied to complete this order of dress.

Household Cavalry Officer Forage-Cap Badge

Badges & Insignia

Household Cavalry Officer Forage-Cap Badge

Required · Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

Life Guards No. 2 Khaki Hat Badge (FAD)

Badges & Insignia

Life Guards No. 2 Khaki Hat Badge (FAD)

Required · Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

The Life Guards 30 Ligne Gilt Buttons

Buttons

The Life Guards 30 Ligne Gilt Buttons

Required · Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

The Life Guards 40 Ligne Gilt Buttons

Buttons

The Life Guards 40 Ligne Gilt Buttons

Required · Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

The Life Guards Mounted Peaked-Cap Chinstrap Button

Buttons

The Life Guards Mounted Peaked-Cap Chinstrap Button

Conditional · Only with the selected appropriate cap; no male cap fitting is required with the female NCO skirt ensemble.

Women’s Brown Court Shoes

Footwear

Women’s Brown Court Shoes

Conditional · An alternative to brown Service shoes for the selected female Service configuration.

Women’s Brown Service Shoes

Footwear

Women’s Brown Service Shoes

Conditional · An alternative to brown court shoes for the selected female Service configuration.

Brown Leather Gloves

Gloves

Brown Leather Gloves

Conditional · Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

Life Guards No. 1 Forage Cap with Household Cavalry Officer Forage-Cap Badge

Hats

Life Guards No. 1 Forage Cap

Required · Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

Life Guards Service Dress Cap

Hats

Life Guards Service Dress Cap

Required · Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

Brass Metal Garter Stars

Rank

Brass Metal Garter Stars

Required · Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

Large Plain Brass Metal Crowns

Rank

Large Plain Brass Metal Crowns

Required · Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.

Khaki Braided Tie

Shirts & Neckwear

Khaki Braided Tie

Required

Light Cream Shirt

Shirts & Neckwear

Light Cream Shirt

Required · Life Guards officer Service Dress: cream or white officer shirt

No. 3 Staff Aiguillettes

Shoulder Details

No. 3 Staff Aiguillettes

Choose one · Conditional · 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.

Brown Leather Sword Knot

Swords & Belts

Brown Leather Sword Knot

Conditional · Use the Household Cavalry brown-leather sword knot with the Service Dress sword branch.

Household Cavalry Sword and Scabbard

Swords & Belts

Household Cavalry Sword and Scabbard

Conditional · When ordered, brown kit uses the Life Guards state-sword system rather than a generic Army sword. The local sword kit specifies its brown-leather scabbard as part of the same ordered branch.

Brown leather Sam Browne sword frog with two adjustable straps and brass buckles

Swords & Belts

Sam Browne Sword Frog

Conditional · The brown sword frog is carried only with the ordered Service Dress sword system.

Specification-based illustration of The Life Guards brown Sam Browne belt with shoulder brace and cavalry rings

Swords & Belts

The Life Guards Sam Browne Belt

Conditional · For formal Service Dress, not No. 2 Undress. Select a complete Sam Browne set or the required separate component; do not purchase the waist belt twice.

Braces

Trousers, Skirts & Dresses

Braces

Conditional · With the selected Service trousers, not the skirt.

Service Dress Skirt

Trousers, Skirts & Dresses

Service Dress Skirt

Required · Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.

The Life Guards Service Dress Trousers

Trousers, Skirts & Dresses

The Life Guards Service Dress Trousers

Conditional · Optional trouser/overall outfit in place of the skirt or dress outfit; retain the matching pattern, rank, appointment and wearing conditions. Matching outfit: Dismounted trousers and mounted breeches are coupled alternatives in Household Cavalry Service Dress.