Various members of the military, in full dress, dotted the seats and aisles.

FORBES: The NFL And GE Announce 'Head Health Initiative' To Study The Brain And (Maybe) Save The Game Of Football

Girls in full dress splash about next to boys who have put down their guns to learn to swim.

ECONOMIST: Surprising Somalia

On the back cover, a high-ranking Japanese samurai looks splendid sitting on a trunk in full battle dress.

WSJ: Collecting: Antique Arms and Armor Auctions Recall Ancient Warriors

There were clerics in white turbans, Western ambassadors in suits, police and army generals in full ceremonial dress, soldiers with berets and florid, Saddam-style moustaches, and women both veiled and unveiled.

BBC: Meeting the king of simmering Bahrain

The 2015 guidelines on dress code, detailed in full on the Royal Ascot website, are pretty prescriptive, especially for racegoers in the higher echelons of the Royal Enclosure.

CNN: Royal Ascot: Hats off to Ladies' Day!

The model Carolyn Murphy closed the Calvin Klein show with a navy leather dress, fitted on top then flared into a full skirt in the bottom.

FORBES: NYFW Fall '13 Day 8: Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Marc Jacobs