KornKob made a point that I happen to heartily agree with. Whether or not you are overdressed depends largely upon what the others around you are wearing.

I think this goes back to the point I made about conventions of dress not being widely observed anymore. There are no more "rules" about what level of dress is appropriate, everyone just takes their best poke at it. I remember several times going to events, dressing in what I felt to be appropriate for the venue and event, only to be conspicuously overdressed, compared to others around me. Had nothing to do with Highland attire, either. I was wearing a suit and tie.

Personally, I think it's a shame that the expectations have been discarded. There was a time when people would have both the nicer clothes to wear and the occassion to wear them. Now we have generally adopted such informal manner of dress that many, if not most, men can get by owning one suit, two or three shirts and a handfull of ties. The concept of Daywear, Eveningwear, Black tie and White tie are foreign to most people.