Dedicated leaders of fashion

This week at Wimbledon. Ilie Nastase, the Romanian tennis ace of yesteryear known for 'eccentric behaviour' (a posh phrase for having fun), appeared in the Royal Box in full military regalia, as befits his title of honorary major-general in the Romanian army.  And quite a dash he cuts too.
It reminds me of the pre-Great War Romanian general, Ion Eomail Florescu, as chronicled in the compendium The Guinness Book of Military Blunders by Geoffrey Regan - "Where other generals might have an eye for a defensive position or an advantageous geological feature, Florescu had an eye for haute couture, which would have done credit to a Parsisian designer planning his Spring Collection."  Obsessed with uniforms, insignia and medals, Florescu insisted that the army had to have glitter because the uniform reflected the importance of the soldier in society.  While in charge of the Romanian army, a panoply of emblems, regimental standards and commemorative plaques manifested in readiness for being attached to the personnel kit, at a time when the British military observers had learnt from the Balkan Wars (where Romania participated in the second one) of the importance of camouflage, adopting khaki in the process.
This didn't concern Florescu who designed uniforms right down (or should that be up?) to the epaulettes, the style of even ancillary workers such as brewers and baggage handlers needing his seal of approval and issued Codes of Dress along with Orders of the Day.  Senior officers took to using make-up as if they ere reliving the British Georgian era, class considerations still a factor with Florescu banning its use among the common soldiery and NCOs.
According to Regan, "Florescu's [command] became the gaudiest army in Europe and probably the least competent."  A harsh reflection given that clumsy diplomacy caused Romania to be invaded from the north, west and south all at the same time in 1916 causing a general collapse until a front held by the Russians coagulated along a sliver of north-eastern Moldavia.  It can be said though that such fashion foibles by 'men in uniform' should be kept to the confines of Centre Court.