The ideal time for the black argyll

[DyerStraits]

Much has been said about the formality of Argyll jackets today but some time ago it was worn as equal evening wear - MacKinnon for example suggests to wear it with a jabot, what seems to be very formal to me.
I am not a big friend of the PC because of the cut and like to wear the Argyll as formal evening wear instead (with a low ct waistcoat).
Some of our members demonstrate how impressing it can be, Nathan for example...
And on this picture it is worn with a white tie as full formal outfit...



As part of kilted morning dress equivalent it is also worn. For a morning suit is equal to tails in the evening it seems to be a hint that the Argyll is a jacket for formal AND semi formal occasions depending on how you combine it... much more flexibel than a PC.
So it seems a modern view to consider it purely "semi-formal".
And the cut is much more highland than the mess jacket military style of a PC IMHO...

I like it and prefer it.

Tom

I'm right there with you, Tom. My Argyle jacket gets far more use than my PC, and I also wear it with a formal vest and sometimes even a fly plaid (as in this photo, taken on a recent Opening Night at the Lyric Opera) and would not mind at all having an Argyle with satin lapels.