The Black Tweed Argyll Jacket

[Roderick Powell]

Following Jamie and friends Fashion Notes , I am Considering black tweed Argyll as alternative to Bonny Prince Charlie Black Jacket for Burns Night, as not cost effective. Black B.P. Charlie. could eventually replace Green Tweed
Argyll.
Might be suitable to wear with Possible New black cornish kilt made in glasgow.

At this years Burns Night at Bowleaze Cove with South Dorset Caledonians my friend and I considered our Tweed Argyll Jackets :As my friend was born in the Highlands , he considered the others, in their Bonny Prince Charlie Jackets and Bow Ties were incorrect, as their attire was a new Invention.
However the rest of the Tartan army had come from the Clyde, all 500 of them, in a Section transfer Fifty years ago.
Those of Scottish Desent will always find a good reason for passing an opinion. Roddy

[Nathan]

Not sure I'd personally go for a black tweed. I consider tweed primarily day wear regardless of the colour. If I wanted to wear an Argyll in the evening where others were going formal, I'd personally go for barrathea.

I think the level of formality of the particular supper determines whether a tweed, barrathea or black tie look is appropriate rather than the fact that the PC attire is a "new invention". Charlie coatees are almost 100 years old and derive from the Regulation Doublet which is older still and besides, Burns didn't wear a kilt anyway, so it's ok to live in this century and kilt accordingly.

I agree that those of us of Scottish descent will always pass an opinion, so this is mine.

I have a lovat green braemar day tweed, a Prince Charlie coatee, a velvet single breasted montrose doublet (kind of like a GT doublet) and a barrathea bottle green kenmore doublet. So I'm good for smart day wear and very formal but I'm missing a barrathea argyll/braemar/crail/wallace for those in betweeny evening events that are a little too refined for the rugged look of tweed but not quite black tie. Since the tweed is considered a business suit equivalent, I can certainly wait for the right deal.

Which would I wear to a Burns supper? It depends on who was hosting the supper and what the invitation called for.