Uniforms of the British Army Rifles]] are [[rifle green]]. [[The Rifles]] wear a rifle green tunic with black trousers. The [[Royal Dragoon Guards]] and the [[King's Royal Hussars]] wear dark green and crimson overalls (tight fitting cavalry trousers) respectively. Cavalry regiments wear shoulder chains in place of shoulder straps. The [[Royal Regiment of Scotland]] wears a short jacket called a "doublet", in Archer Green. Prior to amalgamation, Highland regiments wore the doublet with the [[kilt]] and [[sporran]] while Lowland regiments wore [[trews]], both in the individual regiment's tartan. In the full ceremonial order of No. 1 Dress, officers wear a waist sash of crimson silk
Trousers breeches as fashionable street-wear. At this point, even knee-length pants adopted the open bottoms of trousers (see shorts) and were worn by young boys, for sports, and in tropical climates. Breeches proper survived into the 20th century as court dress, and also in baggy mid-calf (or three-quarter length) versions known as plus-fours or knickers worn for active sports and by young schoolboys. Types of breeches are still worn today by baseball and American football players, and by equestrians. Sailors may have played a role in the worldwide dissemination of trousers as a fashion. In the 17th and 18th centuries, sailors