Wedding Reception???

**PiobBear** · 24th July 07, 12:06 AM

Where would a Jacobite shirt be placed on the scale of casual to formal?

Casual. Very, very casual; just this side of a Guinness T-shirt.

**mbhandy** · 24th July 07, 12:59 AM

Found out today that the Wedding is in the Temple and the reception is in the Stake house in Hoytsville. The attire for the stake house is dress slacks and dress short sleve shirt and tie. I only have a black clip-on.

MrBill

**McClef** · 24th July 07, 01:10 AM

I'm a little confused as to why you should be requested to wear a kilt and then be told that slacks are to be worn in the Stake house.

**PiobBear** · 24th July 07, 05:00 AM

There you go; get a dress oxford shirt in a complimentary color, a solid tie and you're good (my setup is green hose (primary color of kilt) red flashes & tie (color of primary stripe) light blue dress shirt, brown brogues, belt, & sporran, stag antler sgian). This is a very comfortable hot-weather rig; cooler to me than a Jacobite shirt, and much more presentable.

**mbhandy** · 24th July 07, 08:11 AM

Originally Posted by McClef

I'm a little confused as to why you should be requested to wear a kilt and then be told that slacks are to be worn in the Stake house.

I mean No jeans.

MrBill

**McClef** · 24th July 07, 09:09 AM

Oh that's OK then

**Gary Krueger** · 24th July 07, 01:26 PM

I would dress as I would, wearing slacks... You can always lose the Jacket and tie if you find that you are overdressed compared to the other guys.
So... Kilt, hose brouges flashes, squian dubh (if you wish) evening sporan (if you have one - day sporan otherwise...no horse hair) kilt belt. Short sleve shirt with tie. Day jacket. Skip the vest. I don't think that head gear would be required here. As a piper I usually wear the Glengarry...but I have done weddings bare headed. Depends on what seems right at the time.

**CameronTaylor** · 24th July 07, 03:26 PM

A reception in a kilt oughta be a good time.

My friend Big Dave used to live in Utah (but not an LDS), when he first heard about the stakehouse he thought they meant a restaurant.

CT -

**davedove** · 25th July 07, 04:24 AM

I'm surprised nobody else has said this. What will everyone else be wearing? That should be your guide.

And we've all got to remember the general attitude here in the States now: Formal means you wear a jacket and tie.

**PiobBear** · 25th July 07, 05:03 AM

I'm surprised nobody else has said this. What will everyone else be wearing?

"The attire for the stake house is dress slacks and dress short sleeve shirt and tie."

And we've all got to remember the general attitude here in the States now: Formal means you wear a jacket and tie.

Not where I live. 'Formal' still means a tux or PC, 'Semi-Formal' a business suit or black Argyll, 'Informal' a blazer or tweed. We don't loose the ties until we get to 'Casual' (or Flanagan's Pub after the event's over). We go formal several times a year for Burns Night, St Andrew's Dinner, whisky tastings, etc., and formal weddings are quite common. If the invitation states "black tie" or "formal wear requested", a gentleman is expected to comply to the best of his ability. If you'd prefer to be interpreted as being something else entirely, by all means do as you please.
(A pet peeve of mine; people who show up to visitations, funerals, weddings, receptions, and other social events in all manner of shorts, T-shirts, jeans, etc. Second only to those who can't bear to turn their damn cell phones off for 30 minutes. It's not only inconsiderate, it's disrespectful to the point of being overtly insulting. Small wonder Western civilization's circling the bloody drain.)

...when he first heard about the stakehouse he thought they meant a restaurant.

OK; I'll bite..."Stake house" isn't a typo for "steak house"; a restaurant?