Patrols (aka blues) did look very sharp on parade. We also used to wear them after duty hours when doing orderly officer. I credit mine with perhaps saving my butt when I had to intervene in a domestic dispute involving a fire arm in the married patch, as I was recognizable as an authority figure who was able to negotiate terms of surrender. Having said all that, they were worn fairly rarely. Other than guest nights in the mess and a few parades, I only recall wearing mine at two or three weddings, a few guards of honour and as commander of the firing battery that fired the 100 gun salute on 1 July 1967 in Soest.
It's time to move on and develop our your uniforms in a manner that matters to our troops. I don't think that includes pips and crowns, embossed calling cards and various Victorian era British army uniforms and paraphenalia. If I had my druthers, I'd fix the tac vest before I devoted a smidgen of effort to scurrying about inventing dress uniforms.