Glad to see this thread has been resurrected. I will have to go back and review all the posts. I just received a black Argyll with Braemar cuffs that I had bid on e-bay. It is a lovely jacket, and now I am disappointed to hear that perhaps it will not be very versatile - or at least not as much as I thought.

My questions... because of it's level of formality, must it always be worn with a white shirt? Coloured shirt? Would pattern work? And I have already seen both long ties and bow ties...so that answers that.

I still may wear it on my next appearance at Tartan Tuesday, just to show it off.