Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
Ughhhh, shiver! That damned flat cap! You do that on purpose! Now admit it,you do! LOL

Back to the tweed argyll, yes absolutely Jeff and very smart you and the others look. Apart from that-------! Although the 60 year old battered, much repaired and dearly loved tweed argyll belonging to a long deceased relative does have a place in less smart surroundings.

It has been said before, but it won't hurt by saying it again that a tweed argyll is not really suitable for dress(formal) occasions. Bare in mind in UK terms "dress" means formal wear, as I understand it, "dress" in the US(elsewhere too?) means something a bit different, such as smart business attire.
Who, Jock, me? Taunt you with a flat cap on purpose? Would I do that? No, never......okay, well, maybe once in a while. Keeps you on your toes.

As my tweeds are of recent vintage (no one else in my family claiming their scottish heritage much out loud for the last 400 years or more, best we can tell) they will be handed down to my sons and hopefully in 60 years (long after I am "shadows and dust", worn by my sons and grandsons with pride, along with my kilts. Tradition has to start, or in this case be reborn, somewhere.

I wear my tweeds just about every opportunity I can find an excuse to (only have to justify it to a wife who is not fond of the kilt----yet). Funny from a guy who was always so underdressed in my youth (sandals, holes in my jeans, long unkempt hair and unshorn face---heck I even wore a sweater, tie, and chinos to my med school interviews before buying a secondhand ill fitting tweed jacket) that I take dressing mush more seriously now than ever before. Dressed with a purpose. And flat-capped just to pi$$ of Jock once in a while.

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