Personnel will wear knee-length mess skirts no longer than 1 inch above or 2 inches below the crease in the back of the knee. The black evening mess skirt is worn full length. Personnel may wear the black dress gloves when wearing the black all-weather coat. Personnel may wear white gloves with all uniforms. The black pumps with sheer stockings are the only authorized footwear for the white mess and white evening mess uniforms. The…
a. Accessories. (1) Buttons (para 27â4). (2) Capes (officers only). (a) Black (para 27â6a). (b) Blue (para 27â6b). (2) Coat, black all weather (para 27â8). (3) Gloves. (a) Black, leather, unisex, dress (only when the black all-weather coat is worn) (para 27â12b). (b) White, dress (para 27â12c). (4) Handbags. (a) Black, dress (carried with white mess and evening mess only) (para 27â13b). (b) White, dress (carried with all-white mess only) (para 27â13c). (5) Shoes. (a)…
a. The cummerbund will be made from a commercial design. It is made in either black or white silk or satin material, with four or five pleats running the entire length of the cummerbund. b. Wear. The black cummerbund is worn with the white mess and white evening mess uniforms. The white cummerbund is worn with the all-white mess uniform. The cummerbund is worn with the pleats facing down. c. Females who possess cummerbunds made…
No headgear is authorized for wear by female personnel with the Army white mess, all-white mess, or white evening mess uniforms.
The blouse is a tuck-in style made of polyester and cotton fabric, with a front closure containing seven removable dome-shaped buttons. On each side of the front opening, there are three vertical rows of ruffles. The blouse has short sleeves and a rounded collar.
As an option, all female officers are authorized to wear the Army blue or the Army black cape instead of the black all- weather coat, when wearing the Army white uniform after duty hours. Enlisted personnel may not wear the cape. (See paras 27â6a and b for a complete description of the wear of the cape.)
The material is polyester and cotton broadcloth, in Army shade 305. It is a quarter-moon neck tab, which fits under the collar of the white formal blouse.
a. The all-white mess uniform skirt is a white knee-length skirt, with a one-panel front and four-panel back of straight design, with a waistband and a zipper closure on the left side. b. The white mess skirt is a black knee-length skirt, with a one-panel front and a four-panel back of straight design, with a waistband and a zipper closure on the left side. c. The white evening mess skirt is a black full-length skirt,…
The following are appropriate occasions for personnel to wear the Army white, all-white, and evening white mess uniforms. a. Social functions of a general or official nature, held after retreat. b. Private, formal dinners or other private, formal social functions held after retreat.
a. Old version. The jacket is single breasted with a natural-waist length and a shawl-type collar. It has a two-piece front, and a two-panel back. The front pieces have three 20-ligne buttons on each side, and the shoulders have two loops for the attachment of shoulder boards. Each sleeve has a band of white braid, 1â2 inch in width, with the lower edge of the band 3 inches from the bottom of the sleeve. (1)…