The Female Dinner Dress Blue Jacket (DDBJ) is a basic component of the women's uniform of the same name that’s authorized for Winter wear to official functions at which civilian attire would be black tie. Featuring a narrow shawl collar and normally worn without front closure, the bolero-style Female DDBJ has three 23-ligne Coast Guard gilt buttons on each front panel; the addition of a pair of 28-ligne CG gold buttons with a link chain closure is optional.
Rank or rating is displayed with sewn-on
sleeve stripes and sleeve devices for Officers and with
rating badges and
service stripes (“hash marks”) for Enlisted Sailors. These may be purchased separately by clicking on the hyperlinks above or by visiting the
Female Dinner Dress Blue Jacket Uniform Builder page.
Note: Our military dress coats and jackets are manufactured and ship with unfinished sleeves longer than most customers would ever need. This is to accommodate various arm lengths and to minimize total alteration costs, since placement of sleeve devices and sleeve stripes or services stripes is predicated on the distance from the sleeve end.
We do offer a variety of sleeve alteration services that will be suggested to you when add the coat to your shopping cart should you prefer to have the coat arrive ready to wear.