Civilian Mess Jackets

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

I can get behind the SSR movement; though you might want to let the Australian armed forces know that bit about not wearing cummerbunds with kilts!

I suspect that officers (as opposed to the other ranks) probably don't wear cummerbunds, but ya never can tell...

I'm not as opposed to a red bow tie as MacMillan of Rathdown, but I really only see it being worn with RSR (and have worn one as such during my days of playing in band).

Bands? Yes, I agree whole-heartedly that red bow ties are proper to wear if one is in a dance band... It may just be a local thing, but virtually all of the caterers these days also put red bow ties on their staff...

And as long as we're on the subject, I've always been under the impression that a cummerbund is worn with the pleats pointing up, though it appears the US military's regulations are for downward-pointing pleats.

Can't speak for the other branches of service, but that's what the Army does.