Possible Clues:

• Dress has fixture at the front
• Protective garment needed by chap in a forest
• Affix a warning in garment
• Sleeveless dress, like an apron
• American in favour of wearing long type of dress
• Some chap in a foreign garment
• A pro wearing long apron
• H.M.S. ... (Gilbert and Sullivan)
• Protective garment’s key for entering wood
• Ship on which Captain Corcoran sings “My gallant crew, good morning”