I promise that I will do my best, to be true to myself and develop my beliefs, to serve the Queen and my community, to help other people and to keep the Brownie Guide Law”.

Rainbow Guides | Brownie Guides | Girl Guides | The Senior Sections | The Adult Sections | BGIFC (British Guides in Foreign Countries) | Lord Baden-Powell's Role in The Girl Guide Movement (UK) | Uniform Through the YearsBritish Girlguiding Overseas might wear Girlguiding uniform or they might adapt or design suitable guiding wear for their members. The clothing should suit the climate and customs of the country concerned. Land Rangers wore a grey jersey, navy blue tie, navy blue skirt, and a navy blue beret with red hat badge.

All girls should have a uniform top and bottom chosen from the Brownie uniform range. These can be worn for unit meetings, trips and events where formal uniform is needed. Made popular by designers like Mary Quant, the miniskirt reflected the growing youth population as ‘baby boomers’ born in the 1950s became entered their teenage years in the ‘swinging sixties’. Fashion moved away from the more conservative silhouettes of the 1940s and 1950s, and the second wave of feminism fought for increasing equality for women. 1960/70s Promise Badge Of course there was no Guide uniform in 1908 because there were officially no Girl Guides. However some girls had organized themselves into self led groups and had adapted the Scout uniform for themselves. They wore a long khaki or Lincoln green skirt, khaki blouse, and a khaki brimmed hat. In 2000, top fashion designer Ally Capellino, whose clients include Kate Moss, Sadie Frost and Zoe Ball, revamped the uniform. Our uniform gives everyone in guiding a sense of belonging and pride in being part of guiding. We don't have one set uniform – we take a flexible approach.

Today's Brownie uniform, which was introduced in 2002, was created by catwalk designer Ally Capellino. When metal was needed for the production of munitions and military vehicles, Brownie Promise Badges first simplified their design to use less metal, and then due to further restrictions, were no longer available to all Brownies. Instead, Brownies were encouraged to find alternative badges, and girls with older sisters who were Brownies before them may have re-used older badge designs as well as more Brownies wearing hand-me-down uniforms over the 16 year period. Trainers instead of more traditional shoes, often school shoes, completed the transformation from military uniform to casual wear.

Our uniform ranges are developed with input from our members and designed for active girls and women. Clothing to match the weather and activity Rainbow Guides | Brownie Guides | Girl Guides | The Senior Sections | The Adult Sections | BGIFC (British Guides in Foreign Countries) | * (Lord Baden-Powell's Role in The Girl Guide Movement (UK) * | * Uniform Through the Years * In the 1930s, Brownies promised: “I promise to do my best to do my duty to God and the King and to help other people everyday, especially those at home”.

The addition of a cardigan would have made the uniform slightly more casual and comfortable, moving away from the more militaristic uniform design. 1950s Promise Badge Collections are sometimes donated, which can provide a uniform or badge with a personal family story of who wore it and where. These stories help us learn more about how uniforms were worn in the past, sometimes by multiple people as hand-me-downs, and sometimes customised. Not all Brownies wore a sash to keep their activity badges on, and some sewed them directly onto their uniforms. This can help us date a uniform, as badges were introduced at different times and some have been discontinued. Adjustments to hem lengths can also tell us more about a uniform and its past, as hems may have been taken up and let down to account for changes in height or the fashions of the time. In 1990, designer Jeff Banks launched a new Guide uniform; a mix and match of bright blue sweatshirts, jumpers, polo shirts, T-shirts, jogging bottoms, skirts and trousers. Guides wearing their uniforms represent their local unit, Girlguiding as an organisation and their place in history.