semi formal?

[CactusJack]

I'm also going to see the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards next month, but in Fort Worth, TX. I'm wearing my Matheson Red with a light tan wool sweater and matching hose (and Matheson Red flashes).
Dean

That is pretty much what I thought of doing myself, Thanks.

[Jack Daw]

The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards will be performing in Houston the evening of February 19th. I intend to wear my black Argyll jacket, waistcoat, tie, semi-dress sporran, kilt, hose, and ghillie brogues. If I find out others will be wearing the pc, I may upgrade.

[Alaskan Kilted Guy]

Here in Park City Formal is clean jeans, a pressed shirt and Sorel boots.

MrBill

Same here in Fairbanks!

[Bryan]

I'm also going to see the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards next month, but in Fort Worth, TX. I'm wearing my Matheson Red with a light tan wool sweater and matching hose (and Matheson Red flashes).
Dean

I'll be there too!

[pipesndrumsnun]

I LOVE it that men stress over what to wear and give each other advice on what to wear!! You guys are GREAT!!

[sblanck]

I LOVE it that men stress over what to wear and give each other advice on what to wear!! You guys are GREAT!!

Thanks! Personally I think we have become a nation of slobs (U.S.) I can't take my wife anywhere nice without seeing some people in jeans. When I was a kid Steak and Ale was a somewhat nice place but now its shorts, flip flops, and tank tops are to be expected. At my office I noticed people wearing jeans every day yet the HR manager had to think about whether my kilt was okay. Are you kidding me? when did levi's become nicer than a good kilt!?

Sean

[Chef]

Never mind places like Steak and Ale. Restaurants that 10 years ago you would have felt out of place in with out a jacket and tie are now the opposite. If you get dressed up for a special occasion you will stick out lie a sore thumb.

Of course now someone's "Sunday best" can mean they found the comb!

[James MacMillan]

Are you kidding me? when did levi's become nicer than a good kilt!?

That was when we accepted an glorified the people on TV who wore and wear jeans with a tuxedo jacket. This slobification is not only in the US, but it is worldwide. People just don't dress up like they used to.

It's also why I no longer feel obligated to ask about wearing the kilt anywhere!
It's what I wear! people can accept it or regect it as they want.

[McMathTX]

I'll be there too!

Cool! What'll you be wearing? Maybe I'll see you in the masses.
Dean

[Highland Logan]

Originally Posted by McMurdo
Well in that case I guess you could go for a dressy/casual look you would still look better than most theater goers these days it's amazing what people think is proper dress these days.

I agree with this statment... but even here on this board there is the same problem. As Chef says in his tag line

Disclaimer - I have been tried and convicted as a "Kilt Snob" so please be aware any statement I make may be biased towards tradition and good taste. LOL

... I too tend to frequent this point of view. I would suggest that anyone wishing to wear Evening Dress, read "So You're Going To Wear The Kilt!" by the late J. Charles Thompson, F.S.T.S. I would also recomend this website The Essential Black Tie Guide. This site answers many of the questions on why proper formal attire is going the way of the dodo. But to sum up the answer it's laziness and lack of respect (read selfish) for other and their experience during an event. We see this in the form of these answers; "I don't have time", "I don't have the money", and my favourite "I like it like this". We were all taught that if we can't say anything nice, then we shouldn't say anything at all. But it seems to me that people use this as a blank cheque to do anything they want nowadays, as there are no repercussions. In the case of proper evening wear, it would be ridicule. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a mean spirited person, but I don't want lazily dressed people at events I choose to take part in because they like to look like an abomination. I have seen pictures in the "don't" thread being ridiculed by members, and have seen people post their own picks, which might look like they also belong in that thread getting praise and the usual "looking good". Are members being nice, or do they mean this? I would suggest that being kind, when one does not mean the words they use will only reinforce in a person that they are dressed well when they are not. Am I the only one who has noticed this?

Frank Logan