Okay guys and girls I need an opinion here. My wife has her office Christmas party this coming Friday. I am pretty sure I know what I am going to wear, but I thought I would throw it out anyway.

I am going with the:
16 oz Ancient Watson kilt
matching flashes
Charcoal hose
dress sporran
the charcoal tweed argyle
black oxfords

But here is the tricky part. I was thinking of wearing the new cashmere charcoal (matches the jacket perfectly) sweater vest instead of the tweed waistcoat. I know the waistcoat is the ideal thing to wear, but the level of formality at these things goes from evening gowns to suits with flames up the side (!?!). However, I tried the vest last night, and despite the lack of silver buttons in the front, the outfit looked really sharp and was very comfortable.

Any initial thoughts?

I will try and get a pic or two tonight to show the visulas and see if opinions differ. In the meantime, here is a poor photoshopped version, but imagine a different sporran and that the vest actually matches the grey of the jacket