Hey Longhuntr, if you hear a Southern drawl coming through somebody's keffayeh ( sp) ask 'em if their CO goes to fancy balls in white tie. The guy down the street from me ( who does) served in Desert Shield, I believe, and some of our guardsmen are pretty hoity-toity. The coolest black tie garments I have ever seen have to be UK mess jackets, privately tailored, I suspect for regimental dinners. MoR can probably tell us more about them, or somebody. (I believe they are worn with boots, but not Tony Lamas or Justins.)

I am always on the look out for a red wool tailcoat ( 40, 41, 42 ) that can be remade into a PC. Anyone who sends me in the right direction will receive my laurel and hearty handshake, as well as stars in your heavenly crown.