Tartan waistcoat experimentation

[Nathan]

So I've posted a thread about this waistcoat before and I ended up trying it with day wear. Given the fact that it has silver buttons, I thought I'd try it with evening wear. I'm aware that while tartan waistcoats are rare, the more traditional choice with the PC is a bias cut three buttons with lapels.

So today I tried two evening wear looks. The first was with the black barrathea Argyll:

This is a similar look to one that CMcG posted with his nice hair sporran.





This one is the more out there. I wanted to try it with my Balmoral doublet. When I tried it on open, it looked a little strange around the bottom so I decided to channel the old school look of a dirk belt over the waistcoat only in my version, I did so sans dirk as I don't own one and don't really wish to.



I'd be interested to know your thoughts on these experiments. I'm sure they are pushing the limits of the traditional canon, the second more than the first, but have they crossed the line?