Old Officers Mess
"Experience shows us Wealth unchaperoned by Virtue is never an innocuous neighbor."
- Sappho
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The mess is the centre of an officer's life. The last bastion of traditional style, conduct and comfort. The mess is a concept founded in the Profession of Arms. Its principles and virtues are timeless and they live on.
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Officers and Senior NCOs will retire to their mess to recharge. It's a quiet place to talk, work or think. A respite from the uncivilized world. It's a place to relax with peers, enjoy the privileges of rank, discuss the issues of the day, to network, read, drink, learn and mingle with the like-minded.
The mess demands a dress code and comes with unwritten rules of decorum and integrity.
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Welcome to the Old Officers Mess.
Old Officers Mess is a curated space to mingle, dwell and belong. It soothes your spirit, nourishes your mind and fills your desk. You can read, shop and be inspired in the pursuit of excellence - just like a real officers mess.
Old Officers Mess is a haven from the modern world. We value the great thinkers and doers. The big picture, the nuance and the history. We're a magazine of interesting thinking. Defence and Strategy, Public Policy, Science and Learning, Architecture, Real Estate, Finance and Philosophy.
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Old Officers Mess supports its members' couth and culture. We value the style as well as the substance. You can't have one without the other. They're synonymous and symbiotic.
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Shop in our curated store of premium style, decor, reading, fashion, and accoutrements for the office, the lounge, or home mess. We sell trusted partner products as well as our own branded premium lines.
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Or consider our premium subscription service. A quarterly delivery of luxury items to bring your mess to life. A great gift for someone that has almost everything.
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"You don't have to choose," he says quietly. "We chose you already."
- T.J. Klune
"Rudeness is merely an expression of fear. People fear they won't get what they want. The most dreadful and unattractive person only needs to be loved, and they will open up like a flower."
- M. Gustave
"Never Stop Thinking."
- Seen at the Royal Military College Duntroon
About Old Officers Mess
We are a brand, a style, a store, a way of life.
Our founders are military veterans with decades spent in the Officers Mess. That's decades developing a keen sense of style and learning.