Originally Posted by
Tomo
...but if you are wearing a kilt - that should speak for itself
There is also a fair amount of diversity among accessories when wearing highland black tie. Jacket style, lapel/cuff style, buttons, hose color and pattern, waistcoat style or dirk belt, sporran style or pattern.
It’s not difficult to find a lineup of kilted men who are all dressed correctly without one of them matching another.
Even Saxon black tie has this to a smaller extent. Calf or patent shoes, peaked or shawl lapel, double or single breasted jacket, cummerbund or waistcoat, grosgrain or satin facings/tie, size and shape of tie.
The small, subtle details are the place for a man to express his individuality in black tie. The key is subtlety and not drawing attention to oneself to a vulgar degree.
Descendant of the Gillises and MacDonalds of North Morar.
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