Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
As most, if not all , weddings take place in day hours in the UK(before 1700 hrs usually) it is quite in order for guest at the service clad in day wear to "go on to the do" in the evening clad in day attire. Guests arriving later, just for the evening bash, if it is formal(ish), would normally turn up in black tie evening dress.

Ultra, super, mega, smart weddings like the first Royal wedding this year did allow for the guests at the service to rid themselves of heavy tunics, gongs, etc and did dress in evening attire(black tie) for the evening bash as it was more comfortable.
I know that...but as my partner said: you can wear anything to a wedding nowadays - even if you're the groom! I don't see a massively great reason for wearing an Argyle jacket 'cos it's proper' and I didn't like the Argyle jacket. Or was it 'Argile'? Anyway the low-cut jacket looked too informal to me.

Strange thing is: looking through the pictures on the Best Kilt thread I like the ones that mix casual/everyday with kilts rather that the extremely formal. The very formal is great for a special occasion but it looks a little bit dropped in aspic and out of place anywhere else. Hence why I like wearing a tshirt and/or waistcoat (leather or otherwise) with mine...looks punk-style but at least it seems to fit with the last century rather than the one before! :-P Even stranger is I LOVE Victorian clothes...but I do recognise that say, turning up in a topper to a non-formal/dress up occasion makes you look freaky or a part of some sort of re-enactment group!

Although credit to those who can pull that off AND look other than completely eccentric. I'd really like some tips ;-) I expect it's just 'be yourself'...hence the decision over the wedding. Clothes you are happy in and comfortable in shine out far more than anything else, I find.