1914年8月,英国总动员之后,红衣就变得罕见了。近卫旅在1920年恢复了鲜红色军礼服,但其他部队只有在极少数场合(社交、典礼、进宫或婚礼)才穿红衣。英军不再用红衣,也有经济上的原因,因为当时的胭脂虫红染料比较贵。有意思的,是红衣的兴废都与经济因素有关。1854年10月25日,克里米亚战争的巴拉克拉瓦战役激战正酣。熟悉英国诗歌的朋友或许记得阿尔弗雷德·丁尼生勋爵的名诗《轻骑兵冲锋》 August 1914, the British general mobilization, the red became rare. The Guards Brigade resumed the bright red army gown in 1920, but other units only wear red on a very few occasions (social, ceremonial, palace or wedding). The British no longer use red, there are economic reasons, because the then cochineal red dye more expensive. What is interesting is that the rise and fall of red are related to economic factors. On October 25, 1854, the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War was fiercely contested. Friends familiar with English poetry may remember Lord Alfred Tennyson’s famous poem “Hussar Charge”