Argyll jackets

[Laird_M]

As pointed out above, the Argyll can be worn for both semi-casual and more formal occasiosn and now comes in black (normal colour, dark navy blue or even green.

If you can only afford one jacket then go for an Argyll, would be my advice.

No matter what you wear, there'll always be one person who'll say you're wearing the wrong jacket, but its more down to what you feel is appropriate and comfortable with.

I'm trying to save up for an Argyll which i'll wear until I can afford to get a BPC (Bonnie Prince Charlie) for whatever foraml occasions I may be invited to.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

You may find this article helpful, as well:

http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/which_jacket.htm

[MizzouScotsman]

You may find this article helpful, as well:

http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/which_jacket.htm

Thank you very much. It did help a great deal. Although, the cuff discussion left me feeling like I'd been running in circles a bit...lol...but I'm not sure cuffs matter much to me anyway.

[Carolina Kiltman]

Just a bit of personal history. I originally bought a Braemer Jacket in black, which is an Argyll with the gauntlet sleeves of the Prince Charlie. When worn with a dress shirt and four-in-hand-tie, with or without a waistcoat (5 button) it is the equivalent of a dress suite with or without vest. When the occasion "black tie", I add a formal dress shirt, bow tie, and a three-button vest and fly plaid, which puts it above the Tuxedo and slightly below the Prince Charlie.

I later found a Navy Blue sport jacket in a Salvation Army Thrift shop for $3.25, and following the instructions elsewhere on this site, converted it into a Crail jacket. (The buttons cost me $24.00!) The jacket is of a very light wool, (I would guess about 4 or 5 oz) and I wear it much more often than the Bramer. (I live in USDA zone 8) With a shirt and four-in-hand tie it is right up there with the Saxon suit. I also wear it with a turtle-neck from L.L. Bean in one of the colours found in my Tartan.; Incidentally I have never been challenged, and I have attended an occasion where "Prince Charlie" has been on the invitation.

In any case, the secret is to wear whatever you do, with the air of full saviour faire and let the critics look like the small minded snobs they are!

[Laird_M]

you do, with the air of full saviour faire and let the critics look like the small minded snobs they are!

Well said CK!