Wearing a PC in the Daytime??

[DWFII]

Jock I can not help but agree with you, to my mind, and this is my experience, being properly dressed for Black or White Tie has absolutely nothing to do with geography. Black Tie Highland wear should be the same the world over, and it should not be seen before 6PM those are the conventions. It should not matter where in the world the original poster is, it is not proper to wear Black tie attire during the day, notwithstanding the fact that conventions are changing.

I also find it interesting that a simple question like this one can degrade into yet another traditional vs non conformist thread. The original poster simply wanted a traditionalist view on wearing a PC during the day, if you are a non conformist why bother answering it?

I agree with all of this, Glen.

To my way of looking at it, it is really of no consequence that some portions of American society disdain...or are woefully ignorant of...formal wear conventions. They're free to disregard such conventions (or wallow in their ignorance) as they please.

But!...that doesn't change the fact that formal wear conventions do exist and that if one is even thinking of wearing black tie, then it is the better part of wisdom to abide by black tie rules. As you say, "Black Tie Highland wear should be the same the world over."

Asking the question is the first step in getting it right...ignoring the answer puts one right back where they started.

As for the second part of your remark...what I find interesting is that even in a sub-forum that is ostensibly focused on Traditional Highland Attire, somehow the "non-conformist" point of view creeps in. I can understand (and even to some degree applaud at least the spirit) the broad and eclectic mix of opinions elsewhere on Xmarks. But in this context, it almost seems deliberately provocative, in my opinion. I mean I have never even been tempted to jump in and offer my, admittedly narrow(er) views in the "Contemporary and Non-Traditional" sub-forum. I don't even open that section, to tell the truth.