All I know is that I'm gonna put a plain, green wool tie on my Christmas list this year. It'll go well with the MacNaughton clan kilt as well, though I have a red silk (not very shiny, though) tie for that.

As for the hat, of course it's "not done" to wear a hat inside, but this reception was split between inside the Aquarium and outside on the deck overlooking the Bay, and I just happened to still have the hat on when the picture was taken. Oh, the hats tweed is not the same as the jackets, though you can't tell that from the picture.