Cumberbun with a kilt?

[billmcc]

Has anyone tried wearing a cumberbun (and a formal jacket) with a kilt?

I finally found where my DW packed away my US Air Force mess dress uniform. This formal outfit has a short jacket, which is like the Eton jacket some members recently purchased, so it will work well with a kilt. However, a cumberbun, instead of a vest/waistcoat, is also part of the uniform and I am undecided whether it would look good with a kilt or not.

I would post a picture of this combination, but I haven't found the cumberbun yet. I am trying to decide if I should buy another cumberbun or try to find a vest to go with the jacket.

What do you think?

[Colin]

Has anyone tried wearing a cumberbun (and a formal jacket) with a kilt?

I finally found where my DW packed away my US Air Force mess dress uniform. This formal outfit has a short jacket, which is like the Eton jacket some members recently purchased, so it will work well with a kilt. However, a cumberbun, instead of a vest/waistcoat, is also part of the uniform and I am undecided whether it would look good with a kilt or not.

I would post a picture of this combination, but I haven't found the cumberbun yet. I am trying to decide if I should buy another cumberbun or try to find a vest to go with the jacket.

What do you think?

I guess it would all depend on the colour of the cumberbund. Personally I would think that if your kilt is a traditional style kilt (worn at the natural waist) that the rise of the kilt would work fine on it's own. I personally prefer the look of a waistcoat. Mind you I bartended for years at a wedding reception hall and had to wear a teal bow tie and cumberbund (yuck...). If you want an affordable waistcoat to go with your formal jacket, head down to a local tuxedo rental shop. At the end of their busy season (grads, new years) they usually sell off stock for dirt cheap. You can likely pick up a PC style waistcoat for next to nothing. I bought a black argyle style vest for $20 a few years ago and it worked great until I got my argyle jacket and waistcoat. A lot of deals to be had. I would even phone around and see if they are doing a clear out right now.

[James]

Going back about forty years, I recall a chum wearing a cummerbund with his kilt: and memory suggests that it looked smart.

James

[davedove]

In my mind, it would seem to me that a cumberbund of an appropriate color would look okay with a kilt, until I try to picture it with a sporran as well. I don't know how that look would work.

[billmcc]

One reason I am considering a cumberbun is I live in Florida, where the heat and humidity are terrible during the summer months. A cumberbun would be much cooler than a waistcoat.

The jacket and cumberbun would be dark blue and matched up with a traditional kilt in a suitable tartan, such as the Scots American here:
http://scottishkilts.net/products/5_...yard_kilt.html

[Shay]

(Pssst- it's Cummerbund.)