One for the native Scots

[Jock Scot]

So much for the black barathea silver buttoned argyll being 'versatile' then, if it is only correct to wear it at daytime weddings and the odd horse race.

A quite reasonable observation there, although I have never seen a civilian at Ascot wearing the kilt, but we must not get too hidebound in specifics here. The black barathea silver buttoned argyll(BBSBA), in kilt terms, is in indeed first and foremost morning dress equivalent however, these days it can an is used successfully for minor black tie events too. This we know and there is some historical evidence to confirm this. If one wants to go for versitility, then the tweed argyll is really the way to go, but that versitility can only go so far.