Welsh Guards Mess Dress - Female
Mess Dress – Officers - Female, with products grouped under the uniform rather than presented as an unconstrained regiment-wide stock list.
Description
Mess Dress – Officers - Female, with products grouped under the uniform rather than presented as an unconstrained regiment-wide stock list.
Specification
Gender
Female
Legwear options
Choose the existing skirt, dress or female-cut trouser outfit, or Blue Overalls with Scarlet Stripe / Mess 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
- Gold-cord Scarlet Mess Jacket
Specified by the dress evidence but not separately listed as a Goldings product for this uniform.
Dress rule
RequiredGoldings listing
Not separately listedTrousers, overalls, skirt or equivalent
Choose one authorised option
- Long Mess Dress Skirt
- Guards Blue Overalls
- Welsh Guards Blue Mess 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
RequiredGoldings listing
Listed separatelyShirt
Use the authorised combination for the selected dress variant
- Stiff-Fronted Wing Collar Shirt
- Marcella Shirt
The reviewed officer No. 10 rule contains two mutually exclusive occasion branches. Both stocked constructions are shown, but never as two shirts required at once.
Dress rule
When applicableGoldings listing
Listed separatelyTie, bow tie or collar
- Black Bow Tie
Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.
Dress rule
When applicableGoldings listing
Listed separatelyShoes or boots
Choose one authorised option
- Women’s Black Court Shoes
Select the appropriate Wellington or George boot.
Dress rule
RequiredGoldings listing
Listed separatelySocks, 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 applicableGoldings listing
Not separately listedGloves
Not part of the standard composition for this role and order of dress.
Dress rule
Not wornGoldings listing
Not applicableHeaddress
ADR 09.65 states that female Army personnel do not wear headdress with Nos. 10 or 11 Dress.
Dress rule
Not wornGoldings listing
Not applicableRank
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
RequiredGoldings listing
IncludedRank 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 wornGoldings listing
Not applicableBadges and insignia
- Embroidered Leek Mess Collar Badges
For the named rank or appointment worn, including acting or temporary rank; use the prescribed dark-blue Mess backing in Mess Dress.
Dress rule
When applicableGoldings listing
Listed separatelyButtons
- Five Mounted 22 Ligne Mess Buttons
Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.
Dress rule
When applicableGoldings listing
Listed separatelySword
Not part of the standard composition for this role and order of dress.
Dress rule
Not wornGoldings listing
Not applicableScabbard
Not part of the standard composition for this role and order of dress.
Dress rule
Not wornGoldings listing
Not applicableSword knot
Not part of the standard composition for this role and order of dress.
Dress rule
Not wornGoldings listing
Not applicableSword belt, slings or frog
Not part of the standard composition for this role and order of dress.
Dress rule
Not wornGoldings listing
Not applicableWaistcoat or cummerbund
- Authorised waistcoat or cummerbund where prescribed
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 applicableGoldings listing
Not separately listedBelt or sash
Not part of the standard composition for this role and order of dress.
Dress rule
Not wornGoldings listing
Not applicableShoulder 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 applicableGoldings listing
Not separately listedBraces or trouser support
This exact composition is skirt-only, so braces or other trouser support are not used.
Dress rule
Not wornGoldings listing
Not applicableSpurs
This exact composition is skirt-only, so spurs and spur-box footwear are not used.
Dress rule
Not wornGoldings listing
Not applicableMedals and decorations
- Orders, decorations and medals as entitled
Orders, decorations and medals are selected by individual entitlement and the occasion.
Dress rule
When applicableGoldings listing
Not separately listedLanyard or aiguillette
- Authorised lanyard or aiguillette where entitled
A lanyard or aiguillette is worn only where local custom or individual entitlement requires it.
Dress rule
When applicableGoldings listing
Not separately listedDress-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 applicableGoldings listing
Not separately listedRelated accoutrements
Complete
the uniform
Garments and accoutrements supplied to complete this order of dress.
Badges & Insignia
Embroidered Leek Mess Collar Badges
Conditional · For the named rank or appointment worn, including acting or temporary rank; use the prescribed dark-blue Mess backing in Mess Dress.
Buttons
Five Mounted 22 Ligne Mess Buttons
Conditional · Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.
Footwear
Women’s Black Court Shoes
Required
Shirts & Neckwear
Black Bow Tie
Conditional · Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.
Shirts & Neckwear
Marcella Shirt
Conditional · Other or non-ceremonial No. 10 Dress occasions when a bow tie is worn: white Marcella Dress Shirt
Shirts & Neckwear
Stiff-Fronted Wing Collar Shirt
Conditional · Full Ceremonial Evening, white tie and tails, or Ceremonial Evening unless otherwise ordered: Evening Stiff Shirt with wing collar
Trousers, Skirts & Dresses
Guards Blue Overalls
Conditional · Optional trouser/overall outfit in place of the skirt or dress outfit; retain the matching pattern, rank, appointment and wearing conditions. Matching outfit: Only officers entitled to wear overalls; alternative to trousers.
Trousers, Skirts & Dresses
Long Mess Dress Skirt
Required · Supplied through the displayed Goldings product options.
Trousers, Skirts & Dresses
Welsh Guards Blue Mess 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: Supplied as a separately displayed Goldings product.