senior generals only (), who wore light-grey tunics on special occasions (mostly reception of state awards). This uniform was abandoned in the 1990s but reintroduced under President Putin, again for senior generals only. The grey tunic uniform should be distinguished from the blue or dark green full-dress parade uniform regularly worn on holidays and ceremonies (). Sweden Full mess dress Swedish full mess dress (known as stor mässdräkt) is formal wear to be worn on occasions when a civilian would wear white tie or a morning dress. The Swedish Army code for full mess dress is m/86, the navy is m/1878, and the air force m/1938. The numbers represent the year in which the style was introduced. The full mess dress is thus the equivalent of full dress uniform for units which don't have their unit-specific full dress uniform traditions. The uniforms consist of: dark blue mess jacket white waistcoat; a white waist sash for female personnel dark blue long trousers with piping; dark blue long skirt for female personnel dress coat; female personnel wear a white spread-collared, ruffle front blouse black bow tie dark blue cap (with certain variations between the branches) black socks black plain-toe, lace-up shoes (patent leather is an option); female personnel wears black ladies' shoes (again with variations) white gloves Additional clothing includes a cloak (akin to the boat coat), galoshes, and a scarf, as well as any medals. With the full mess dress one may also wear braces or a waistcoat in one's branch colours. Lesser mess dress The "lesser" (liten) and "full" (stor) mess dress are two uniforms of the Swedish Armed Forces uniform subgroup of "social uniforms" (sällskapsuniformer). Aside from mess dress, this group also includes "formal wear" and "society wear". The Swedish lesser mess dress is the equivalent of the civilian black tie. It is the same as the British mess undress or the American mess dress blues. It differs from the full mess dress in a number of ways: the waistcoat/waist sash is dark blue; white is permitted if the gathering includes civilians there is no piping on the trousers black gloves shorter skirts are permitted, in combination with brown nylon stockings turnover collars are acceptable Army officers and cadets may replace the blue vest and sash or the lining of a cloak with traditional regimental or branch-specific colours. A sabre may be carried, but is not obligatory. Dark red