Quote Originally Posted by MacMillan of Rathdown View Post
David, before the now ubiquitous Prince Charlie Coatee appeared sometime around WWI, a "dress Argyll" was regularly worn as part of formal Highland attire. Opposite page 33 in the book "THE KILT A Manual of Scottish National Dress", written about 1913 by Loudon MacQueen Douglas, there is a photograph of the council of the Scottish Society in Edinburgh and all of the gentlemen are in formal attire (including jabots and dirks) and wearing dress Argyll jackets.
I'd love to see that photo! Could you scan it?
And by "dress Argyll jacket" you just mean black with silver buttons? Any kind of waistcoat with that? Or just like this?

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(from http://www.blacktieguide.com/Supplemental/Scottish.htm)