Full dress is a category of dress codes that refers to most formal clothing available in Western society.
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... ranks were also reflected in the amount and pattern of gold lace worn on the cuffs of the full-dress tunic ... year by a combination of narrow rings of worsted braid around the cuff, with the full-dress style shoulder badges on a three-pointed cuff flap ...
... Before this, the principal classifications of clothing were full dress and undress, and, less commonly, half dress ... Full dress covered the most formal option a frock coat for daywear, and dress coat for eveningwear ... Half dress, when used, was variously applied at different times, but was used to cover modern morning dress (note that the term morning dress is fairly undescriptive and has not always meant modern ...
... In the 19th century this tall cap evolved into the extravagant full dress feather bonnet while, as an undress cap, the plainer form continued in use until the mid-19th century ... style but with a stiffened crown was adopted briefly by some Lowland regiments as full dress headgear ... while all other Scottish regiments chose the Glengarry, a soft blue Balmoral was adopted as full dress headgear by the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) and was worn with the ...
... Full dress uniform is a special military uniform reserved for parade or other ceremonial occasions ... voluntary recruiting and found that a smart dress served to attract recruits and improve morale amongst those already serving ... French soldiers wore red trousers and kepis as part of their full dress, the majority of British foot regiments retained scarlet tunics for parade and off duty ("walking out"), the German Army was ...
1829 Undress frock (full round skirt) coat in place of officer's civilian clothes. 1851 French frock (full skirt) coat only uniform, trimmed in system of branch of service colors ... Blouse for garrison and field, uniform coat for dress, with epaulettes for generals ...
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“Hardly ever can a youth transferred to the society of his betters unlearn the nasality and other vices of speech bred in him by the associations of his growing years. Hardly ever, indeed, no matter how much money there be in his pocket, can he ever learn to dress like a gentleman-born. The merchants offer their wares as eagerly to him as to the veriest “swell,” but he simply cannot buy the right things.”
—William James (1842–1910)
“Language was not powerful enough to describe the infant phenomenon. “I’ll tell you what, sir,” he said; “the talent of this child is not to be imagined. She must be seen, sir—seen—to be ever so faintly appreciated.”... The infant phenomenon, though of short stature, had a comparatively aged countenance, and had moreover been precisely the same age—not perhaps to the full extent of the memory of the oldest inhabitant, but certainly for five good years.”
—Charles Dickens (1812–1870)