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2. Uniforms of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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   An officer inspects enlisted sailors in Service Dress Blue (2008) A female U.S. Navy officer in Service Dress Blue uniform (2012) The Service Dress Blue (SDB) uniform consists of a dark navy blue suit coat and trousers (or optional skirt for women) that are nearly black in color, a white shirt, and a black four-in-hand necktie for men or a neck tab for women.

3. Mess dress uniform - Wikipedia

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   The chain is gold for the navy and for army and air force generals; others wear a silver chain. This is matched by a white dress shirt (with a concealed placket; no stand-up collars, ruffles, or embroidery) and a black bow tie and black or black patent leather shoes. [6]

4. Uniforms of the Union army - Wikipedia

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   It was double-breasted for senior officers and generals, with black velvet facings and buttons placed in orders of twos and threes according to rank. On campaign many officers, including Ulysses S. Grant , wore sack coats, either private purchase or of the type issued to enlisted men with shoulder boards from the frock coat added to show rank.

5. Double-breasted - Wikipedia

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   A grey striped six-on-one double-breasted suit with jetted pockets, a style popular in the 1980s. A double-breasted garment is a coat, jacket, waistcoat, or dress with wide, overlapping front flaps which has on its front two symmetrical columns of buttons; by contrast, a single-breasted item has a narrow overlap and only one column of buttons.

6. Pea coat - Wikipedia

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   The standard US Navy-issued pea coat uses Navy blue wool and sports buttons (brass for officers, black plastic for enlisted) decorated with an anchor motif. The standard fabric for historical pea coats in the 20th century was a smooth and heavy, dark navy blue Kersey wool, which was dense enough to repel wind and rain, and able to contain body ...

7. Suit jacket - Wikipedia

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   A four-button double-breasted jacket usually buttons in a square. [12] The layout of the buttons and the shape of the lapel are co-ordinated in order to direct the eyes of an observer. For example, if the buttons are too low, or the lapel roll too pronounced, the eyes are drawn down from the face, and the waist appears larger. [13]