What uniform to wear?

[Steve Wilkins]

Is this guy looking for his iron? It appears he lost it somewhere.

 

[TheBubba]

At least he has his... Mine were stole from my trunk the night before the wedding... ended up wearing my roommates...

 

[CaliStyle]

I read somewhere that the groom should carry his sword and wear white gloves at the reception. If that's the case, is it ok to not wear the cover since it'll mess up the groom's hair and be a nuisance all night?

 

[Lawman]

Let's see if I can get this straight ... some of this may be outdated. This was the way-it-was ... back-in-the-day. And as you can go 'round and 'round on this if you don't cross the "t's" and dot the "i's" ... pay attention:

---Dress whites ----- "Choker" Whites (i.e. no difference)

--- Dinner Dress White ---- Mess Dress White (jacket)

---- Dinner Dress Blue ----Mess Dress Blue (jacket)



I'm exhausted. Time for limes. If it's wrong ... Sue me ....

Is it just me or do Mess coats make you look like you should be in a Band playing for the event you dressed up for.

 

[MasterBates]

Never seen (in person) chokers worn without medals.

Mini for dinner dress, Full Size for Full Dress.

Ribbons & chokers would make a nice compromise for something not quite needing full dress, but more formal than what would be appropriate for summer whites.

Me personally, I wish the Aviation Greens and Service Dress Khaki (with the coat, not CNT's) would make a comeback. I always thought they look sharp.

 

[A4sForever]

Never seen (in person) chokers worn without medals. ....

ACTUALLY .... We used to do it/wear it all the time ... with ribbons .... medals were the "rarity" ... to wit:

Here's a pix of Admiral Kimmel (yes, THAT Admiral Kimmel) on a good day in middle 1941 ... please note the choker whites and ribbons --- also note the lack of "medal creep" back-in-the-day ... the guy's just got the hand-off to be CINCUS and sports 3 ribbons, instead of 5 rows of your typical shipboard based YN/PN of today.

... A side note --- "they" later changed CINCUS to read ... CINCPAC ... it was deemed to sound better phonetically than:

CINCUS i.e., "Sink Us" ...

 

[MasterBates]

A4s,

Was he wearing only "top 3" like is common now, or is that no-joke, only 3.

And I agree on the medal creep. We have a YN2 that has never been OUTCONUS except for Hawaii, and looks like a freaking war hero... Unless you know what you are looking at.

 

[A4sForever]

...Was he wearing only "top 3" like is common now, or is that no-joke, only 3. ....

All of 'em ... it was his "big day", remember ???

Here's another picture of him and some of his boys --- "Poco" Smith on the right --- note the ribbons.