formal evening dress: vest or no?

[macwilkin]

MacLowlife, it's a Sergeant's sash. They're worn in the Commonwealth forces, are red, and denote Sergeants, Warrant Officers, etc. I've never worn one, so I'll leave it to someone else to give more detail.

Sashes were also worn by officers and NCO's of the US Army during the 19th century as a symbol of rank, and the officer's sash worn over the right shoulder:

http://howardlanham.tripod.com/link27.htm

T.

[AFS1970]

I do so like to learn things. Although I see hat for years what I wore was a violation of the rules. It is a good thing that even with the much older crowd at the Saint Andrew's Society, there was not a Kilt Policeman in the lot.

When I bought my kilt, I bought a set that came with the PC, 3 button Waistcoat, and Belt with silver buckle, as well as a few other things. No mention was ever made of not wearing it all together. When I would go to dinners, It was quite common to see dirks being worn with the PC and this required the wearing of a belt. I wonder would a belt with a buckle other than silver be useful for such a purpose?

As I no longer own a PC or vest, as a matter of fact I no longer own anything that could be considered formal wear, this is not an issue for me. Just about the only formality rule that still applies is the wearing of jeweled items only at evening and plain only at the day. I recently had to adjust even that one, as I was at an event that started at noon time but ended late into the evening. I chose plain, as more o the event seemed informal than formal.