Do the jacket and the waistcoat have to match?

[McMurdo]

But he's wearing a belt! Course, if I looked like that I wouldn't care.
ith:

But he is wearing the belt over the waistcoat so that he has somewhere to hang his dirk from. Even Scotty Thompson says this is OK in So your going to wear the kilt.

[billmcc]

But he's wearing a belt!

He is wearing a military uniform, not civilian attire.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

He is wearing a military uniform, not civilian attire.

Yes. The uniform of the only private army in the whole of the United Kingdom.

[English Bloke]

He is wearing a military uniform, not civilian attire.

He's not wearing a Uniform he's wearing Mess Dress which is civvies. All be it highly regulated civvies where mistakes in the wearing of can cost many nights of extra duty, it's still civvies.

[pdcorlis]

Match no... co-ordinate yes.

[Riverkilt]

Hmmmm, when my PC comes in...with my X Marks tartan vest...but its not a diagonal tartan...well, we'll see...fun fun fun to try it out.

Ron

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Matching vest & jacket:


Matching vest & jacket:


Vest matches kilt:


Non-matching vest (but jacket & kilt match):


Kilt, jacket & vest all match:


Nothing matches!

[Jack Daw]

Regarding matching argyll jackets and vests, make sure you have BOTH dry cleaned at the same time. One thing I discovered when I first began wearing suits in my 20s is that the colors can change and eventually not match if you don't have them cleaned at the same time/as often.

[McMurdo]

Great set of photos Matt, that really shows that anything can work. It is interesting to me to note that each outfit though different has balance, I'd say that is the most important part of any outfit.

[The Barry]

Wow, before I read this thread, I would have just defaulted by saying "of course they should match"..

Now, I'm thinking that, like Riverkilt, I might have me some fun by trying some things out!!