The mess dress of the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police is dark blue with light blue facings on the lapels and includes a two-inch oak leaf lace strip on his trousers and a set of aiguillettes.
The mess dress of the Metropolitan Police is dark blue with black cuffs and a black'roll' collar having an embroidered badge (Brunswick star) on each lapel. That of the of the Commissioner includes a two-inch oak leaf lace strip on the trousers and a set of aiguillettes.