Question for Jock and other Scots: neckwear.

[Lady Grey]

My 2 cents....
Jock summed it up perfectly
The real trick is to identify the event accurately and dress accordingly

From my Australian perspective - a jabot and cuffs would be worn at a Ball.

Not a dinner with dancing afterwards. Not at cocktails followed by speeches or presentations and some light background music where a few people may dance.
- yet all may state Black Tie on the invitation.

We do still have Balls in Australia.... my school & uni days were full of them. Many in the horsey set still hold them.
A Ball may have canapés beforehand, a buffet during or late eg;from midnight but rarely a sit down dinner.
But it’s a Ball for dancing hence jabot & cuffs are acceptable as black tie.
A black tie dinner where one sits down to a 3-6 course dinner is not suitable for jabbots & cuffs.
In the same way a morning coat would not be suitable for a Ball or Dinner
Nor would a tuxedo and bow tie be suitable for horse races during the day yet a morning coat is.

It’s about the actual event content, not what is written on the invitation.

To my knowledge White Tie is extremely rare in Australia and I can’t recall having ever seen it at an event, even diplomatic ones (I may be very wrong Ive just never seen it)

Also remember many of the formal events and their dress code are not public events or covered in the media. Hence taking your dress cues from what is seen in the media is useless.
I still have no idea why people think a photograph of Sean Connery in lace jabots & cuffs, outside in the sunshine must be “Correct Kilt Atire”
Just because he spent his youth in Scotland doesn’t mean it “the done thing”. (I’m an Aussie who’s never owned or worn a drizabone and I’d never wear one in the suburbs or city if I did)

So Identify the event... and dress accordingly