Christmas attire - first time kilted!

[Jock Scot]

A splendid formal outfit, no wonder they were talking all about you!

If I may offer one small suggestion though for the next time you don your finery. I would forgo the pocket watch and chain with any black or white tie outfit. For one reason, they don't look quite right with the three button waist coat. Another is that when is dressed to the nines like that time should be unimportant.

Cheers

Jamie

Traditionally, if you wanted to carry your time piece on your person with formal attire, one carried it in your waistcoat pocket as usual, but without the chain. Instead, one had a "fob". It was a short piece of silk cloth, some times fine woven gold, or silver ,perhaps two inches wide and perhaps about four inches long. It had a clip on one end for the watch and some sort of elaborate "thing" on the other that just hung out of your pocket. Imagine, if you will, something like a medal ribbon with the watch on one end and the ribbon and medal hanging from the pocket.