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Old 01-18-2015, 07:32 PM   #11
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You can wear a tux more than once. I've worn mine more than once.
You may have. I doubt Prince Harry has... but he's likely worn his mess dress uniform more than once.
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Old 01-18-2015, 07:44 PM   #12
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You may have. I doubt Prince Harry has.
Well, you may be right, but I would have thought that he had a number of dinner suits and that he wore one or other of them at least four or five nights of most weeks. Mess dress is not suitable at non-Mess dinners, and his Windsor uniform is only worn at Windsor Castle. A DJ is what he's going to wear to most evening engagements.

This looks to me like a different occasion from this. And then there is this. And this.
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Old 01-18-2015, 07:58 PM   #13
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The Navy Commander's uniform for Archduke Norris is much less expensive than the tux he would wear to a formal event, and he would only wear the tux once.
If the prices are analogous to the prices for tuxes and uniforms I just googled, the uniform is about five times as expensive.

And why would he only use the tux once? I never heard of that being a requirement for royalty.

I do know that if any of our (the Danish) royals discarded several tuxes per week, our tabloids would have something to say about Royal profligacy.

And if he did discard his tux after only wearing it one time, why wouldn't he do the same to his uniform?


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Old 01-18-2015, 08:00 PM   #14
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I have no idea how, or even if, it bares any similarity to reality, but I saw an episode of N.C.I.S. They mentioned how illegal it is for a non-officer to so much as buy a dress sword.
I imagine protocol might make such things more overt with pomp and circumstance in high tech environments where simple reproductions might easier.
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Old 01-18-2015, 08:04 PM   #15
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Sure, with ultra-tech manufacturing methods uniforms and tuxes and dress coats alike may be dirt cheap. I'm not sure any of the equipment lists deal with clothes in any but the most general terms.


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Old 01-19-2015, 09:08 AM   #16
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I have no idea how, or even if, it bares any similarity to reality, but I saw an episode of N.C.I.S. They mentioned how illegal it is for a non-officer to so much as buy a dress sword.
I imagine protocol might make such things more overt with pomp and circumstance in high tech environments where simple reproductions might easier.
Or maybe all officers swords are simply made in a specific fashion.

I don't remember that episode. It sounds off; it is perfectly legal for even civilians to own a sword. It would make more sense that they would not be allowed to wear it in a context that might imply impersonation(perhaps by extension they cannot buy a sword from a navy-maintained store, or something like that).
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Old 01-19-2015, 09:29 AM   #17
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Or maybe all officers swords are simply made in a specific fashion.

I don't remember that episode. It sounds off; it is perfectly legal for even civilians to own a sword. It would make more sense that they would not be allowed to wear it in a context that might imply impersonation(perhaps by extension they cannot buy a sword from a navy-maintained store, or something like that).
Flynn's righ0 there was such an episode. Not a good one but real. A 19-20 year old recruit lost all touch with reality and began suffering major delusions and what the experts immediately thought of was "video games" and not "schizophrenia".

Your point is somewhat addressed by enlisted men buying pieces of an officer's uniform being a serious violation of regs rather than any general prohibition against owning swords. Probably related to impersonating an officer.

I wouldn't be surprised if there weren't regs about keeping weapons in your bunk on ship. The officer's swords were bought at a base exchange rather than some civilian source too.
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Flynn's righ0 there was such an episode. Not a good one but real. A 19-20 year old recruit lost all touch with reality and began suffering major delusions and what the experts immediately thought of was "video games" and not "schizophrenia".

Your point is somewhat addressed by enlisted men buying pieces of an officer's uniform being a serious violation of regs rather than any general prohibition against owning swords. Probably related to impersonating an officer.

I wouldn't be surprised if there weren't regs about keeping weapons in your bunk on ship. The officer's swords were bought at a base exchange rather than some civilian source too.
Heck, I own a sword. And a kukri too. A republic is not about there being no nobles it is about everyone being a noble or it should be.
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If the prices are analogous to the prices for tuxes and uniforms I just googled, the uniform is about five times as expensive.

And why would he only use the tux once? I never heard of that being a requirement for royalty.
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If he's a Dedicated Follower Of Fashion, the tuxedo might go out of style and "need" to be replaced before he's worn it very many times. The uniform will not go out of style.

In-game, this is more likely on a Solomani-descended world than on a Vilani-descended world, of course. Innate conservatism means styles change less often. (I think.)
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If he's a Dedicated Follower Of Fashion, the tuxedo might go out of style and "need" to be replaced before he's worn it very many times. The uniform will not go out of style.

In-game, this is more likely on a Solomani-descended world than on a Vilani-descended world, of course. Innate conservatism means styles change less often. (I think.)
It has been several times commented on the difference between fashion flux in Europe and lack thereof in China, or Persia.
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