Do the jacket and the waistcoat have to match?

[pdcorlis]

Match no... co-ordinate yes.

[McMurdo]

But he's wearing a belt! Course, if I looked like that I wouldn't care.
ith:

But he is wearing the belt over the waistcoat so that he has somewhere to hang his dirk from. Even Scotty Thompson says this is OK in So your going to wear the kilt.

[Riverkilt]

Hmmmm, when my PC comes in...with my X Marks tartan vest...but its not a diagonal tartan...well, we'll see...fun fun fun to try it out.

Ron

[billmcc]

But he's wearing a belt!

He is wearing a military uniform, not civilian attire.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

He is wearing a military uniform, not civilian attire.

Yes. The uniform of the only private army in the whole of the United Kingdom.

[billmcc]

Yes. The uniform of the only private army in the whole of the United Kingdom.

Interesting. I assumed only the Queen would be allowed to have a private army.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Matching vest & jacket:


Matching vest & jacket:


Vest matches kilt:


Non-matching vest (but jacket & kilt match):


Kilt, jacket & vest all match:


Nothing matches!

[Jack Daw]

Regarding matching argyll jackets and vests, make sure you have BOTH dry cleaned at the same time. One thing I discovered when I first began wearing suits in my 20s is that the colors can change and eventually not match if you don't have them cleaned at the same time/as often.

[McMurdo]

Great set of photos Matt, that really shows that anything can work. It is interesting to me to note that each outfit though different has balance, I'd say that is the most important part of any outfit.

[JSFMACLJR]

Interesting. I assumed only the Queen would be allowed to have a private army.

The Atholl Highlanders are a private army, under the command of the Duke of Atholl.