Many thanks gentlemen for your examples and advice! I received many compliments on my New Years outfit, the idea for which was baically stolen from the generous UB's Rob Roy kilt pix. I wore a tuxedo shirt (NO FRILLS!), black bow tie and waistcoat with my Black Watch tartan, and felt comfortably jacketless all night...now if I could just figure out a better way to ride my bike kilted...the bike seat was awfully cold riding through town from party to party.

In case any are interested I have posted 2 pix in my gallery of my garters, which were very comfy, highly efficient (didn't have to adjust my hose all night and the sgian dubh stayed in place) and NOT ELASTIC!

cheers
Philibeg