Dressed to Kill: British Naval Uniform, Masculinity and Contemporary Fashions 1748 - 1857

[anteros_lmc]

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[esmerelda_t]

Dressed to Kill sounds like a great read, I think I may have to put it on my Christmas list myself, thanks for the rec!

[anteros_lmc]

Can't recommend this book highly enough. It's gorgeous. Top notch uniform porn ;)

[anteros_lmc]

And from such a venerable institution too! How do they get away with it? ;)

[anteros_lmc]

I'm not sure other people count it as porn.
Really? Are you sure? Well, aren't some folks strange!

[brewsternorth]

And as if his extraordinary uniform wasn’t enough he’s accessorised it with a bear skin no less.

This is the badass who explored the region around both Poles and gave his name to the Ross Sea: I think the bearskin is kind of practical as well as fearsome. (Reminds me of HH in his fur coat in the Baltic...)

[anteros_lmc]

This is the badass who explored the region around both Poles and gave his name to the Ross Sea:
Indeed it is. I have also heard him referred to as "the vainest man in the Royal Navy" but I can't for the life of me remember where I read that. Sounds a bit life sour grapes to me ;P

I think the bearskin is kind of practical as well as fearsome. (Reminds me of HH in his fur coat in the Baltic...)
Perhaps bearskins were de rigueur for dashing RN captains!

Btw have you seen this wonderful photograph of Ross taken later in life? He still looks like a very striking gentleman!