Editing Lord Mayor of London (section)

==Official dress==
On formal occasions the Lord Mayor wears traditional black velvet [[Court uniform and dress in the United Kingdom|court dress]] consisting of a coat, waistcoat and knee breeches with steel cut buttons. This is worn with black silk stockings, patent court shoes with steel buckles, a white shirt with lace cuffs and a large jabot stock. This form of court dress is worn by all Lord Mayors regardless of gender.

When outdoors, the Lord Mayor wears a black beaver plush [[tricorne hat]] trimmed with black ostrich feathers and a steel 'loop' for the cockade. Traditionally, this has been made by Patey's, and re-commissioned by the [[Worshipful Company of Feltmakers]] for each incumbent Lord Mayor.
[[File:British (English) School - Sir Rowland Hill (1492^–1561) - 609006 - National Trust.jpg|alt=Sir Rowland Hill, who coordinated the Geneva Bible translation, wearing his chain of office as Lord Mayor in 1549|230px|thumb|[[Rowland Hill (MP)|Sir Rowland Hill]], who coordinated the [[Geneva Bible]] [[translation]], wearing his Lord Mayor's chain of office in 1549]]
Since 1545 the Lord Mayor has worn a Royal Livery [[Livery collar|Collar of Esses]]. The collar's origins are not royal, [[John Alleyn (mercer)|Sir John Alleyn]], twice Lord Mayor, having bequeathed it to the next Lord Mayor and his successors "to use and occupie yerely at and uppon principall and festivall dayes". It was enlarged in 1567, and in its present shape has 28 Esses (the [[House of Lancaster|Lancastrian]] ‘S’), [[House of Tudor|Tudor]] roses and the tasselled knots of the [[Garter]] (alternating) and also the [[Portcullis]], from which hangs the Mayoral Jewel.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/uknews/3511978/The-Lord-Mayor-of-Londons-treasures-go-on-show-as-the-Mansion-House-opens-its-doors.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/uknews/3511978/The-Lord-Mayor-of-Londons-treasures-go-on-show-as-the-Mansion-House-opens-its-doors.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | work=The Daily Telegraph | title=The Lord Mayor of London's treasures go on show as the Mansion House opens its doors | access-date=11 May 2010 | date=24 November 2008}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Weinreb" /> The collar is worn over whatever the Lord Mayor may be wearing, secured onto their underdress or State Robes by means of black or white silk satin ribbons on the shoulders.

===Robes===
[[File:Gavyn Arthur.jpg|thumb|left|[[Gavyn Farr Arthur|Lord Mayor Arthur]] wearing the state robe over court dress]]
As an [[alderman of the City of London]] the Lord Mayor has a scarlet gown and a violet gown, which are identical to those worn by their fellow aldermen except that they are [[Train (clothing)|trained]]. The violet robe is worn at most formal meetings of the Corporation with the scarlet robe substituted on certain days or occasions as directed by the City Ceremonial Book.

For state occasions when the monarch is present, the Lord Mayor wears a crimson velvet robe of state trimmed with an ermine cape and facings, similar to a royal earl's coronation robe. It is tied with gold cordons, and dates from the reign of George IV.<ref name="Weinreb"/>

On other ceremonial occasions a black silk damask robe trimmed with gold lace is worn, of a design the same as that of the [[Lord Chancellor]].  This is known as the Entertaining Gown.<ref name="Weinreb">{{cite book|author1=[[Ben Weinreb|Weinreb, Ben]] |author2=[[Christopher Hibbert|Hibbert, Christopher]] |title=[[The London Encyclopaedia]] |edition=reprint |year=1992 |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]] |page=496}}</ref>

At coronations, the Lord Mayor wears a special coronation robe: a mantle of scarlet superfine wool trimmed with bars of gold lace and ermine and lined with white silk satin; they also carry the [[Crystal Sceptre]] as a baton of office. After the coronation, the incumbent may keep their coronation robe as a personal token.

A plain black gown is worn by the Lord Mayor in times of national mourning.<ref name="Weinreb"/>
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File: Lord Mayor of London's coronation robes.JPG|The Lord Mayor wearing the coronation robe and carrying the [[Crystal Sceptre]] at George IV's [[Coronation of the British monarch|coronation]]
File:George Wyatt Truscott Vanity Fair 4 November 1908.JPG|The scarlet robe, with train
File:Joseph Cockfield Dimsdale Vanity Fair 23 October 1902.jpg|The Entertaining Robe
File:Arms of William Russell as Lord Mayor of London.svg|[[William Russell (Lord Mayor)|Lord Mayor Russell]]'s personal [[Coat of arms|arms]]
File:Mainelli_Arms_Impaled_City_of_London.svg|[[Michael Mainelli|Lord Mayor Mainelli]]'s personal [[Coat of arms|arms]]
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