Formal Ambiguity

[auld argonian]

That is unfortunate but seems fairly typical of relaxed dress codes in modern times.

What will you wear?

I have pretty much sworn to wear the kilt and Argyle jacket to both of these. (Don't tell my wife but I just ordered a new sporran. Ole "Fluffy the Bargain Bunny Sporran" just doesn't make it for me anymore...sorry, Fluffy, but I gots to look good for the peoples...).

This'll be good since the first one of these architect awards dinners that I went to, I did wear the kilt and the host shot me an arched eyebrow when he got a look...I'm not sure how to take that but we have been invited back to the last couple of these and I did tell my wife that I would wear whatever she thinks would be appropriate since these are her business contacts rather than mine. God bless her, she said that it's okay to wear the kilt and that they should be honored that I'd go through the trouble for them. Just hope that I don't get surrounded by the photogs from the social columns like I did at one of the Art Institute events that I attended formal kilted...that was sort of embarassing....left me saying, "You all are supposed to be grown up, educated people...you never saw a kilt before? And, no, I'm not anybody special so why don't you go bother somebody else...".

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AA