They did, however, tend to retain traces of their military inspiration with frog fastenings and braid trim. Although initially these Regency-era pelisses copied the Hussars' fur and braid, they soon lost these initial associations, and in fact were often made entirely of silk and without fur at all. In early 19th-century Europe, when military clothing was often used as inspiration for fashionable ladies' garments, the term was applied to a woman's long, fitted coat with set-in sleeves and the then-fashionable Empire waist. Green silk pelisse from La Belle Assemblée, Apr.1817 The Danish Garderhusarregimentet are the only modern military unit to retain this distinctive item of dress, as part of their mounted full-dress uniform. The two hussar regiments of the Spanish Army retained pelisses until 1931.
In the Prussian Army the pelisse had been abolished in 1853 but between 18 it was reintroduced for ceremonial wear by nine hussar regiments and the Life-Guard Hussar Regiment, usually at the request of the regimental Colonel-in-Chief. The prevalence of this style began to wane towards the end of the 19th century, but it was still in use by some cavalry regiments in the Imperial German, Russian and Austro-Hungarian armies up until World War I. In cold weather the pelisse could be worn over the dolman.
Lacing varied from unit to unit and country to country. Other ranks had either yellow lace with brass buttons or white lace with "white-metal" (nickel) buttons. For officers of the British Hussars this frogging, regimentally differentiated, was generally of gold or silver bullion lace, to match either gold (gilt) or silver buttons. The front of the jacket was distinctive and typically featured several rows of parallel froggings and loops, and either three or five vertical lines of buttons. The jacket was further decorated with patterns sewn in bullion lace, often in a pattern matching that of the dolman worn beneath it.
In appearance the pelisse was characteristically a very short and extremely tight fitting (when worn) jacket, the cuffs and collar of which were trimmed with fur. Uniform of French Second Empire Hussar with the characteristic loose-hanging pelisse over-jacket
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