Shirts & Argyll Jackets

[Kid Cossack]

I'm interested in what kind of shirts people wear with traditionally styled black Argyll jackets, like this one here:



I've seen pictures of people wearing plain white shirts with straight solid colored ties, and tuxedo shirts with bow ties. Both look good to me.

Is there any more casual tie-less option with this particular style of jacket?

Best regards,

Jake

Jake:

I'm eyeing the forthcoming FK jacket with a great deal of interest. I realize this is a little different from your actual question, but there you go.

[sirdaniel1975]

I googled for pics found this to represent grandad shirts not at all formal looking we can find better.
A little more formal.
Another but in hemp. Ohhh!
On Ebay.

I've saved a couple of collarless shirts just for nice kilt occasions.

[ChromeScholar]

I don't know. collarless shirts just look "off" to me.

[Jock Scot]

Ooops sorry,I went a bit off course.The question was about what colour shirt should be worn with a black Argyll and there is only one answer.White and with collar.

[Monkey@Arms]

Thanks for all the ideas, gang. A quick run into town, and $12.00 later and I was all set to attend a charity dinner. You can see the end result here

Best regards,

Jake

[ccga3359]

Thanks for all the ideas, gang. A quick run into town, and $12.00 later and I was also set to attend a charity dinner. You can see the end result here

Best regards,

Jake

Looking good Jake.

Oh well looks like BEEDEE won, good thing Brian and I didn't have a side bet going.

[Panache]

Thanks for all the ideas, gang. A quick run into town, and $12.00 later and I was also set to attend a charity dinner. You can see the end result here

Best regards,

Jake

Jake you and the Lovely Cynthis look great! Is that jacket a poly-viscose one? If so I purchased the same one from Hugh and Tristan at the G(T) booth at the Pleasanton Games. It is a handsome coat and the PV material isn't certainly lighter (and less expensive than wool). I like the sleeves better than the gauntlet style cuff of a standar Argyle jacket.

By the by, with those sleeves I believe that neither of us own Argyles, they are Braemars-one step up in dressiness, but very handsome all the same.

Cheers

Jamie

[Jock Scot]

This question should not be taken as a criticism of anyone's personal choice,I would be very interested in your answers though.

I have noticed a couple of comments from people on this thread regarding The Balmoral Jacket and The Crail Jacket being seen as a "dressier" style than an Argyll Jacket.This is news to me and perhaps I have missed something over the past 50 odd years.

I have asked several of my friends here in Scotland and they,like me, regard the three styles of jacket as just a variation on the same theme.Or,perhaps this is a modern trend?

[MacWage]

This question should not be taken as a criticism of anyone's personal choice,I would be very interested in your answers though.

I have noticed a couple of comments from people on this thread regarding The Balmoral Jacket and The Crail Jacket being seen as a "dressier" style than an Argyll Jacket.This is news to me and perhaps I have missed something over the past 50 odd years.

I have asked several of my friends here in Scotland and they,like me, regard the three styles of jacket as just a variation on the same theme.Or,perhaps this is a modern trend?

That's how I've seen them. They are the SAME cut and style, just with different cuff trim decor.
What "dresses" them up or down is more the accessories and the material.
Black with silver trim tends to be "nicer," while tweed with bone or leather tends to be more "casual."

[Panache]

...I have noticed a couple of comments from people on this thread regarding The Balmoral Jacket and The Crail Jacket being seen as a "dressier" style than an Argyll Jacket.This is news to me and perhaps I have missed something over the past 50 odd years.

I have asked several of my friends here in Scotland and they,like me, regard the three styles of jacket as just a variation on the same theme.Or,perhaps this is a modern trend?

I believe this is how The Kilt Store advertises them. The logic I imagine is that the cuff design on the Braemar, because it is the same as a Prince Charlie, is the most dressy of the daywear jackets. The Crail with it's plain cuffs would be the simplest, thus the least formal. The Argyle gauntlet cuffs are then left to fall in the middle. I imagine the jacket's material would be the overall important factor for level of dressiness (i.e. Black wool Crail jacket would be more formal than Braemar in tweed). I find all the styles handsome but I am more drawn to the Braemar cuff desgn over the Argyle's gauntlet cuff.

Cheers

Jamie