Fly Plaid Question!!!????

[McClef]

Oh Trefor, come on!I do not intend to get into a pantomime-esque type of conversation over dress codes that have evolved over the years,many many years probably.You,me and others will wear what we are happy to wear and you know as well as me that there are conventions regarding dress.That is a fact.Old fashioned,out of date, constricting some may consider them to be,nevertheless they exist.We will all wear what we will wear and I am just trying to pass on 60 something years of experiance.That is all,please take it for what it is worth.Maybe to you,nothing and that is fine by me.

I do,however agree with you that a Dinner suit(tux)is boring and the kilt does add an extra something to an occasion,particularly if the accessories are appropriate!

All the best,
Jock.

Thanks for the clarification Jock. Experience is valuable, as Chaucer's Wife of Bath says, and one deserving of an audience and of respect. My question was based upon whether or not there was some published authority on the subject regarding degrees of formality in Highland Dress but all I can find is a variation of opinion. I know some people hate Wikipedia for example which lists a PC as an acceptable white tie event Highland dress equivalent (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_tie) along with the Montrose, the Sheriffmuir and the Kenmore. Guess you pays your money and you takes your choice.

It's a bit like working out the equivalency of ranks in different armed forces, (indeed perhaps that's easier to do!) and perhaps there has been in a reduction in the number of possible very formal occasions over time and the expectations of what is correct by those who organise them.

I would love to add a Montrose to my collection at some point by the way.

Best wishes to you also.

Trefor