When to wear fur sporan

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

I am getting a new dress sporran that will be made of silver fox fur. It has a highly polished pewter cantle. Aside from black tie evening events, when else would it be appropriate to wear? Is it OK to wear in the evening in general, or in semi-dress (e.g. tweed argyle jacket ) events such as going to a nice restaurant? I’m a bit confused about what kind of sporran to wear in the evening when the occasion is not formal.

Generally if the cantle is shiny-- silver, pewter, brass, gold-- it's a formal evening wear item. For dressy occasions (tie and tweeds at a nice restaurant) you are really better off with a less showy sporran. Probably the most versatile sporran is the traditional full-mask muskrat sporran, which is appropriate for all levels of dress with the exception of white tie.