Help with white tie

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Actually, clan chiefs get to wear 3 feathers, chieftains wear 2, and armigers get to wear 1.

BTW, I thought formal wear required the donning of white gloves. Am I off?

I'll dig out my 1912 copy of Dress Worn At Court and see what it says. My hunch is that gloves weren't worn because Levees were held indoors, during the day, and outside of the presence of ladies.

While I'm at it, I'll check on the status of feathers -- while you are correct about the 1-2-3 feather thing, a different rule may have applied at court.