Kilt with a waistcoat and tie?????

**moovet** · 10th July 06, 04:26 PM

Hi all,

I am getting married in November and have had a kilt made for the occassion in the Scottish town where I used to work. It is in my local district tartan rather than a clan tartan. ANyway, I dont really want to wear a bow tie or cravat with the Princr charlie jacket so was wondering how a 8 buttoned waistcoat ( standard hire job ) in a pale colour/ivory with a tie or fatboy tie and wingtip collar would go with the Prince charlie jacket and kilt.
I am hoping that on this forum you guys would have photos of kilts with various outfits etc. Problem is I probably wont be able to try it together before the wedding because I will be hiring the rest of the outfit!!

Any ideas would be great thanx guys!!

**Hamish** · 10th July 06, 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by moovet

Hi all,

I am getting married in November and have had a kilt made for the occassion in the Scottish town where I used to work. It is in my local district tartan rather than a clan tartan. ANyway, I dont really want to wear a bow tie or cravat with the Princr charlie jacket so was wondering how a 8 buttoned waistcoat ( standard hire job ) in a pale colour/ivory with a tie or fatboy tie and wingtip collar would go with the Prince charlie jacket and kilt.
I am hoping that on this forum you guys would have photos of kilts with various outfits etc. Problem is I probably wont be able to try it together before the wedding because I will be hiring the rest of the outfit!!

Any ideas would be great thanx guys!!

Hi Moovet,

Firstly, welcome to X Marks.

What you are describing certainly sounds as if you want to break away from 'the traditional' wedding outfit but, to be honest, I don't think it would work at all - it would look a bit of a mess! You don't have to wear a Prince Charlie - there are other styles of formal/semi-formal jackets you could choose.

Many of the Scottish Highland Dress outfitters have some very unusual and really 'different' wedding outfits for hire these days, so I'd shop around. A jacket and waistcoat like this, seems to be what you might be looking for:

This one is available from www.thekiltstore.com in Edinburgh.

**Blu (Ontario)** · 10th July 06, 05:05 PM

The standard tie would present a less formal look than a bowtie. Do you have something against bowties?

With my PC jacket... the waistcoat is the same color as the jacket... black. (I personally have never seen a light waistcoat worn woth a dark jacket.)

Also, I've never seen a wingtip shirt worn with anything but a bowtie.

So what district tartan is the kilt?

Welcome to the board!

blu

**auld argonian** · 10th July 06, 05:46 PM

The outfit that Hamish has referenced is great. For some reason I'm not that crazy about the bow tie look or the jabot look either...probably part of why I'm not interested in getting a PC jacket...a Montrose or a Sherrifmuir would almost be preferable (to me) except that they look rather "military". The look illustrated above definitely would agree with my outlook on going formal. Hope you can find what you're looking for, Moovet...thanks to Hamish for giving the reference to a really good alternative...one more suit of clothes to add to the list...please...no one tell my wife....

Best

AA

**moovet** · 10th July 06, 10:41 PM

Thanx guys,

Yeah that photo isnt too dissimilar to what I had in mind? Would an Argyll jacket do the trick. My wife-to be isn't too keen on bow ties and I prefer smart cravats and fatboy ties if there is enough waistcoat to cover your chest. With the PC jacket and vest there isnt. So that photo is pretty damen close even the colour of the waistcoat. Doesn't look to bad to me? Any other opinions on that? Anyone with similar photos?

I am wearing Teviotdale tartan from Hawick

**David Dalglish** · 10th July 06, 11:07 PM

I my opinion a Argyle jacket would look good with white shirt & plain colour tie for the wedding-match the tie with a colour on the kilt. Good luck

**Pour1Malt** · 11th July 06, 01:40 AM

ya dinnae need a jabot oor a tie...

a Jacobite shirt an a split sleeved Jacobite jeekit lueks greet!

Thot's whit ai wore...

**cessna152towser** · 28th January 07, 02:14 PM

to the forum from another wearer of the Teviotdale tartan.

**cavscout** · 28th January 07, 02:22 PM

I like the look of the pic Hamish posted. I'd probably wear the tie a bit more crisp to follow the clean straight lines of the rest of the outfit. That's just me though.

It's hard for me to see the jacket in detail on my monitor but it looks like a contemporary version of the Braemer or argyle jackets without the gauntlet cuffs and pockets and epaulletes. Avery smart and modern look but still rooted in tradition to my eye.

I'd love to put together an outfit like that for church or other semi-formal events.

**Sir Robert** · 28th January 07, 03:23 PM

Wow what a wedding photograph!

MooVet, welcome. "Black tie" does not require a bow tie, Just black. Got it? For me a hand tied four-in-hand tie looks better than a clip-on bow tie.

To a certain extent a wedding day is where the bride gets to play princess for a day. Would Prince Charming wear an ill-fitting rental tux? No way. Look at a few hundred photographs on the net and find the look that will make you look like a million dollar accessory on your bride's arm and dress that way.