Prince Charlie Coatee

[Bugbear]

The white ones are modern machine-made lace. If they become off-white it will be down to careless cleaning. Older ones such as mine were made from Spanish silk which has a natural off-white colour.

And there would be no way to bleach the silk either, so I would think one would have to be careful. I do like the look of the white lace, but I wanted to be sure it worked for black tie attire.

I'm still interested in that MacKinnon of Dunakin quote by MacMillan of Rathdown. It says the jabot can be worn with the formal argyle.

Perhaps it is taboo to do so now, however, it is interesting to me that it was at one time acceptable.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

And there would be no way to bleach the silk either, so I would think one would have to be careful. I do like the look of the white lace, but I wanted to be sure it worked for black tie attire.

I'm still interested in that MacKinnon of Dunakin quote by MacMillan of Rathdown. It says the jabot can be worn with the formal argyle.

Perhaps it is taboo to do so now, however, it is interesting to me that it was at one time acceptable.

It is still perfectly acceptable today. To pull it off you need a fairly full jabot and a 5 or 6 button waistcoat. At my brother's wedding (30 years ago!) my father, brother, and I all wore jabots-- my brother wore an Argyll, my father wore a spencer, and I wore a coatee.

If I can get my scanner to work I'll post a photo to the wedding attire forum.

[Bugbear]

It is still perfectly acceptable today. To pull it off you need a fairly full jabot and a 5 or 6 button waistcoat. At my brother's wedding (30 years ago!) my father, brother, and I all wore jabots-- my brother wore an Argyll, my father wore a spencer, and I wore a coatee.

If I can get my scanner to work I'll post a photo to the wedding attire forum.

First, hope you can get your scanner to work.

Second, I love it!

[Bugbear]

The only way I would want to stand out at a black tie event is by dressing more traditionally than most; i.e., lacey jabot with black Argyle, or perhaps a dark colored Sheriffmuir doublet. That is why I focus on the traditionalists posts so closely in these threads; I have other flaws to cover and I don't need to draw negative attention to myself.

Not saying that I am exactly a traditionalist, but I'm not exactly a "stick out in the crowd," non-conformist either...