Wedding guest: black vs grey tweed Argyll?

[Phil]

from Edinburgh. Wear what you want, that's what I say. You'll probably be taking the jacket off anyway once the dancing starts so who cares?

[BEEDEE]

Why not wear the black argyll to the wedding and change into the charcoal in the way to the reception?

Brian


:ootd:

[Panache]

...As you are a guest and the wedding starts at 4:00 I'd say generally I'd wear the Gray, unless of course the other guests will be more formal, if that is the case then the Black would be the way to go. I would suggest checking with the couple first.

My first choice would be to wear the grey tweed jacket. It would not be out of place, though, to wear the black jacket--with a 5 or 6 button waistcoat and a four-in-hand necktie. Just don't dress in black tie at 1600h.!!

My instinct here would be the same as Sanford's and Glen's and wear the grey jacket, though as they both note either would work.

You mention being familiar with previous weddings of this family. As you have this information...

Ask your self if the gentlemen attending these prior weddings have worn sport coats or dark suits?

Answer this question and you will know which jacket to wear.

Cheers

Jamie :ootd:

[piperdbh]

The tartan you wear might have some influence on the jacket you wear. Some people like a dark jacket with a (mostly) dark tartan; others like the contrast of a lighter-colored jacket with a (mostly) dark tartan. Still others would say becuse it will be insufferably hot in Virginia in June that you could (notice I said could, not should) get by with wearing just the waistcoat and skip the jacket altogether, like the 'pipe bands I saw last weekend. Any way you go about it, you're going to be rather warm.

[JSFMACLJR]

Still others would say becuse it will be insufferably hot in Virginia in June that you could (notice I said could, not should) get by with wearing just the waistcoat and skip the jacket altogether, like the 'pipe bands I saw last weekend. Any way you go about it, you're going to be rather warm.

Shudder!!!!! Go to a wedding without a coat? I won't answer my own question

Luckily, we have a wonderful invention these days--even (or should I say especially) in the South-- called air conditioning.

[raibeart_dubh]

Being a guest, I would tone it down a notch and go with the tweed. I think I would only wear a black jacket if it didn't have silver buttons. To me that's a little on the flashy side as a guest.

[Bugbear]

Shudder!!!!! Go to a wedding without a coat? I won't answer my own question

Luckily, we have a wonderful invention these days--even (or should I say especially) in the South-- called air conditioning.

There's been talk on the forum of linen jackets for the hot and muggy areas, but over here, in the Phoenix area, sometimes they keep the AC so low that you need a wool jacket when you walk into a building...

[Al Leghany]

My charming wife came home from work this evening with "something she needed me to get out of her car."

An early birthday present to me, just in time for the wedding: a charcoal Lochcarron Argyll jacket! Perfect, and problem solved. How did she know?

Jacket? Check. Kilt? Check. The black belt and understated but elegant plate in place of the waistcoat; black Alden wingtips; have yet to decide on shirt color but leaning toward white; coordinate the hose and tie, add the flashes and call it almost done.

I am thinking rather than either my red fox or calfskin dress sporrans, a Ferguson Britt Duin uasal might finish this off nicely:

http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/...al%20black.JPG

That and my cleverly disguised "converted sgian bottle open it."

A simple but elegant classiness over formality is the goal.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Either jacket is perfectly acceptable, just as it would be acceptable to change from the grey jacket to the black jacket on your way to the reception.

[The Barry]

Well, now you have a new charcoal jacket that you just simply must field test.