wedding guest attire

[kypnkilt]

Well...since I wear the same tartan-kilt, I have worn it to 2 weddings in the past year. At my daughters wedding I was formal dressed minus the PC jacket. It was a August wedding outside with barely any shade. I had on a white dress shirt and a dark charcoal waist coat with a formal sporran, white hose and ghillies. The other wedding was "casual". Instead of wearing a Lovat green Jacobite shirt I found a dress shirt that was close to the same color with no vest and wore my regular leather sporran. Lovat green hose and shoes. I have found that wearing the Crawford modern means never wear any maroon colored shirts or hose, that to me looks awful. However, darker greens, grays (dark and light) and off white does well. Black (or charcoal) is OK too, just not sure if that is OK for weddings.

I would definitely ask the bride what she may consider "too much" and what exactly is "casual" in her mind. I have also been told that no matter how grand and formal or casual a wedding is, the "only guy in the kilt there" will get noticed.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

If it is a church wedding, then a jacket and tie are pretty much mandatory. Outside on the beach, in a park, or on a ride at Disneyland then you can probably forgo the jacket and tie. I would give the ghillie/jacobite shirt a wide miss-- far too costumey to be worn as a guest at a wedding.

Thinking this through, if the wedding and reception are indoors you will be sitting in air conditioned rooms, so the jacket and tie shouldn't be that uncomfortable, especially if you forgo the waistcoat.

[Panache]

Based on the little information you have given I would go in smart day wear with a tie, tweed jacket, and brown leather accessories.


If a neck tie would be too much, and don't have a tweed jacket, then how about the Argyll jacket with a turtleneck and no waist coat?

It is a smart look but not overly formal

Cheers

Jamie

[Jock Scot]

If it is a church wedding, then a jacket and tie are pretty much mandatory. Outside on the beach, in a park, or on a ride at Disneyland then you can probably forgo the jacket and tie. I would give the ghillie/jacobite shirt a wide miss-- far too costumey to be worn as a guest at a wedding.

Thinking this through, if the wedding and reception are indoors you will be sitting in air conditioned rooms, so the jacket and tie shouldn't be that uncomfortable, especially if you forgo the waistcoat.

This would be for me. But how casual is casual? It is a wee tad tricky to advise as "my" casual may not be "your" idea of casual.

[Deil the Yin]

Given our subtropical clime here in South Georgia, I can highly recommend a waistcoat with oxford shirt, sans tie, with everything below the waist as traditional as you please excepting ghillies versus normal dress shoes. Or if it's on the beach- sandals? Something to think about anyway...

Here's an example (my wee brother, who looks better in a kilt than I do):

[Raphael]

I would go for a white dress shirt with button down collars and a waist coat.

[The Barry]

Try to blend a bit.. If nobody is going to wear a tie, don't wear a tie, etc..

But, it is a wedding, so leave the Iron Maiden shirt at home

[mbhandy]

Come on your from a Collage town. The best is to ask the Bride how casual is casual? I have been to casual weddings where Hawaiian Shirts were over dressed, a wedding at Lake Powell. They said "I do" and went water skiing.
To each their own.
So ask how casual.

MrBill

PS One guy put on a tux T Shirt.

[macwilkin]

One possible variation for tropic climes is "Red Sea Rig", which was worn by Scottish regiments, the Royal Marines & Navy and others "East of Suez". RSR usually is a formal shirt with bow tie (no jacket) and normally in the case of gents in trousers, a cummerbund.

Regards,

Todd

[davedove]

While I think the suggestions for what to wear are great, the most appropriate guideline that has been given is to ask what to wear. As has been said, "casual" can cover a wide variety of clothing. If everyone else is in tank tops and sandals, even a nice dress shirt would be over-dressed. On the other hand, if everyone else is in dress slacks and shirts, then those sandals would be out of place.

We can all argue over what "should" be worn based on the established conventions, but the real authority in any case is the host or hostess.