Regarding the gaiters fit on the buttons, my advice would be to tighten up the gaiters good deal, especially in the upper thigh where the leg circumference gets a little smaller. The Infantry were given buttonhooks just to put their gaiters on, which should give an idea on how tight they ought to be. Certainly for all the gaiters I've made (over the knee, under the knee like yours, and short legere/hussar boot style ones) they don't want to fall off if they have been tailored tight enough. No need for the button on the trousers trick.
This is some good advise and was definitely taken in consideration. Especially since the unit is now finally working on getting upgrades in terms of the gaiters for the uniform. Hopefully they will be finished before our big events for the unit happen later this year.
One thing I have always wondered: how warm are those uniforms with regards to seasons? Are they overly hot in summer? Are they too cold in winter (/when worn with a greatcoat?)
They wouldn't usually be worn during the summer, the interior pieces of clothing would be more popular, during the Winter on extreme cold, the army often supplied the troops with Capotes and other types of gloves and etc...
@@siralexandersequeira3rdcou12 Thanks. But full dress was (usually) worn in battle. That must have been rather uncomfortable, I imagine, though adrenaline would go a long way to make it bearable.
Bro that’s seems amazing. I was willing to have one but I don’t kwon where I can find it or do it. Can you help me or give me some tips to do it myself?
Most of the unit's uniforms come from sutler of Corpsutler out in Australia. Though we also get some bits of our kit from here in the USA and as well as Belgium.
So far from my readings the only time I have seen where they would change the color out for any piece of the uniform was for the La garde imperiale and that was for their gaiters. In the winter time they would wear black gaiter and the summer time white gaiters.
@@Gracchus4047 alright, thanks for the reply! My source, by the way, is napolun.com/mirror/napoleonistyka.atspace.com/ - I think it's more for modellers, but I've never had an issue with this site, and I think it would be useful to a reenactor still. Give it a look please.
No no no as a French-speaking person I read many original sources. The results are that in summer trousers were white and worn over the gaiters and in winter they were blue and worn in the gaiters. Gaiters and necktie were white for peace and parade, black for battle and gaiters were grey for labour duties and drill. But the waistcoast remained blue. The only exception is in 1807 if I remember well when the uniforms became white not to spend money in colouring clothes. But, as it reminded people of the Ancien Régime and the royal army that wore white uniforms, uniforms of the Grande Armée became blue again the next year.
Regarding the gaiters fit on the buttons, my advice would be to tighten up the gaiters good deal, especially in the upper thigh where the leg circumference gets a little smaller. The Infantry were given buttonhooks just to put their gaiters on, which should give an idea on how tight they ought to be. Certainly for all the gaiters I've made (over the knee, under the knee like yours, and short legere/hussar boot style ones) they don't want to fall off if they have been tailored tight enough. No need for the button on the trousers trick.
This is some good advise and was definitely taken in consideration. Especially since the unit is now finally working on getting upgrades in terms of the gaiters for the uniform. Hopefully they will be finished before our big events for the unit happen later this year.
I love the uniform and the shako
One thing I have always wondered: how warm are those uniforms with regards to seasons? Are they overly hot in summer? Are they too cold in winter (/when worn with a greatcoat?)
They wouldn't usually be worn during the summer, the interior pieces of clothing would be more popular, during the Winter on extreme cold, the army often supplied the troops with Capotes and other types of gloves and etc...
@@siralexandersequeira3rdcou12 Thanks. But full dress was (usually) worn in battle. That must have been rather uncomfortable, I imagine, though adrenaline would go a long way to make it bearable.
Bro that’s seems amazing. I was willing to have one but I don’t kwon where I can find it or do it. Can you help me or give me some tips to do it myself?
Most of the unit's uniforms come from sutler of Corpsutler out in Australia. Though we also get some bits of our kit from here in the USA and as well as Belgium.
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By the time that I finished dressing the war would have been over!
You should've mentioned that the waistcoat is white in summer and only the dark blue one worn in winter months, or so I've read
So far from my readings the only time I have seen where they would change the color out for any piece of the uniform was for the La garde imperiale and that was for their gaiters. In the winter time they would wear black gaiter and the summer time white gaiters.
@@Gracchus4047 alright, thanks for the reply! My source, by the way, is napolun.com/mirror/napoleonistyka.atspace.com/ - I think it's more for modellers, but I've never had an issue with this site, and I think it would be useful to a reenactor still. Give it a look please.
No no no as a French-speaking person I read many original sources. The results are that in summer trousers were white and worn over the gaiters and in winter they were blue and worn in the gaiters. Gaiters and necktie were white for peace and parade, black for battle and gaiters were grey for labour duties and drill. But the waistcoast remained blue. The only exception is in 1807 if I remember well when the uniforms became white not to spend money in colouring clothes. But, as it reminded people of the Ancien Régime and the royal army that wore white uniforms, uniforms of the Grande Armée became blue again the next year.
@@remymougeat2751 I mean the little vest underneath the tunic, not the actual habit
@@JohnsonTheSecond oh sorry my bad. So now I agree with you