| 1. | The wearing of mess dress was suspended during World War II.
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| 2. | No rank insignia are worn on the mess dress shirt.
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| 3. | The full mess dress is the equivalent of Dress Uniform.
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| 4. | Mess dress uniforms are traditional military evening wear purchased by individual members.
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| 5. | They are still used today on the Officer's Mess Dress uniform.
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| 6. | Mess dress would be worn at occasions requiring white tie or black tie.
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| 7. | The evening mess dress for Officers included a kilt.
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| 8. | Carl Philip wore a mess dress dated to 1878.
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| 9. | Today, the jacket continues to be used as part of military mess dress.
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| 10. | Mess dress uniforms are worn by members for formal ( black tie ) evening ceremonies.
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