Dressing for a wedding

[Father Bill]

Thanks, Jock - I knew I could count on you for an encouraging smart crack!

[Peter Lowe]

There are three family weddings in the next year and I have been invited (informally at this stage). Unless a I am informed of a specific dress code I intend wearing a charcoal grey tweed jacket and waistcoat with my Douglas tartan kilt, white shirt / green tie.

In my experience this has covered all the bases where there is no specific dress code. Thats just my 2p's worth!

Whatever you do - enjoy!

Peter

[davidlpope]

Is there some nexus between this wedding and the kilt/Scotland, etc.? (Not that there has to be, but it helps inform my response...)

Do you wear the kilt day in and day out as your normal attire?

I have only attended a wedding kilted when piping or when asked to as a member of the wedding party. I suppose I might attend kilted if many of the other guests were wearing kilts, otherwise it seems to call too much attention to oneself and away from the real focus of the event.

[Chas]

My very sincere apologies - that was very stupid of me. I was thinking of a Sheriffmuir, NOT a Montrose.

I did wonder if it was the Sheriffmuir you meant - no probs.

[Sir Didymous]

The general run of the dress for persons in my age bracket will likely be smart day wear to business suit with some more dressed than others. The wedding is at 4:00pm with the reception following close after. I'm starting to lean toward the idea of either jacket and tie or clerical collar with the top of the doublet folded back. Oh, and just as a point of clarification: I was using the term neck stock in place of clerical collar. I still have a nasty habit if using terms specific to reenactment items.

[Jock Scot]

Is the wedding taking place during the day, or evening?
Is the wedding formal? smart? casual?------------Please note that I do not use that dreadful and meaning-less term, "semi-formal".
What is the weather likely to be?
What might the other GUESTS be wearing?
What might the GUESTS of your generation be wearing?

The above questions are the ones that I would ask myself and my hosts should I be invited to any wedding anywhere in the world, regardless of whether I might wear saxon wear or Highland attire. Given that I rarely wear the kilt outside Scotland, but on special request, I have worn the kilt outwith the UK to a wedding, on rare occasion.

Alright then, SMART. So armed with the reply and given that a clerical collar is not for me and bearing in mind the most important factor of all-------DO NOT OUTSHINE THE BRIDE! And this is a major consideration, particularly if you are likely to be the only one in Highland attire, so the theatrical look is best avoided at all costs, therefore, one must resist ones natural peacock tendencies! So for me, I would wear a tweed argyll, with waistcoat unless its going to be warm, plain coloured hose, plain flashes, plain sporran and black brogues(not those dreadful ghillie things). The clerical collar would not be difficult to include into this outfit.

So, basic smart wedding Highland attire(suit equivalent), something along the lines of this.

[Bareknees1]

Such a classic, classy look. Should be required viewing for all newbies like myself. Thanks, sir, for sharing.

[Father Bill]

Such a classic, classy look. Should be required viewing for all newbies like myself. Thanks, sir, for sharing.

Agreed. Don't you love the way the colours of the tartan are reflected in the jacket, tie, puff, hose, and flashes?

[Jock Scot]

Agreed. Don't you love the way the colours of the tartan are reflected in the jacket, tie, puff, hose, and flashes?

Well you are not wrong, Bill!

Mind you when the kilt colours are red, yellow, green, blue and black its a bit of a job to find colours that are not "reflected". Hummmm, I could try white hose-------------I suppose?

[Tobus]

Hummmm, I could try white hose-------------I suppose?

I would pay to see that. With ghillie brogues and tartan flashes hanging halfway down your leg.