Quote Originally Posted by Nanook View Post
Belts are a difficult terrain. They are within civilian modes of dress nearly always informal. Belts are generally considered as inappropriate to formal or business attire as training shoes. A well dressed gentleman is probably best advised to avoid wearing belts

If one needs a belt to hold up one's pants then one needs no belt but a better tailor! :-)
I agree for the most part; I have never owned a kilt that required a belt to stay up. Where I disagree is the idea of being dressed with no belt on the kilt. True if you are wearing a PC then you don't need one; when ever I wear a waistcoat (day or evening) or a pull-over I go without the belt; its not seen anyway and it just makes the waistcoast lie badly. However the most formal kilt jacket is arguably one of the variations of the doublet and it absolutley requires a belt. This is my favoutite formal wear.