Help with white tie

[Coemgen]

For reference, here I am in my black tie get-up at my senior prom:

[McClef]

I wish I could remember my St Andrews graduation ceremony better in terms of those who wore a kilt to graduation - I don't remember that many did to begin with.

Non-kilted men wore a white bow tie and winged collar but with an ordinary suit and then the black graduate gown. By the time you had knelt before the Chancellor and received your hood (and been hit on the head with John Knox's red hat!) the tie was fairly obscured in any case.

I have a pic somewhere - will have to scan it.

[Phil]

Following on from McClef, the graduates wearing kilts at St. Andrews simply replace the bow tie with a white one. The PC is a pretty formal dress as it is. Three things from your photo, you shouldn't wear a "bunnet" (headgear) to a formal event and it is not usual to wear a buttonhole with a PC jacket. Also a more formal sporan with a silver cantle would be expected for "white tie". Otherwise your outfit looks great, just wear a white tie with the wing collar.