Dressing formally kilted, noob

**TheOfficialBren** · 27th January 13, 08:44 PM

Accidental Double Post

**MacMillans son** · 27th January 13, 09:10 PM

Originally Posted by Tony

Thanks for the link - though I think by the time I've added in a vest and shipping, I'm approaching the price Rocky currently has on a jacket/vest combo. And I can be there in person to see if it fits...
Now crossing my fingers that he has right size, or Carse can get it here quickly enough, else Spencer it will definitely be.

I believe the price includes the waistcoat Tony, I paid about that price when I bought mine and it included the waistcoat. However, in looking at the listing it does not specify that it includes it so check with them to be sure. I ordered my regular size in Highland jackets and it fit great. I received it in about 10 days via Royal Mail Signed For.

Not to take anything away from USAK, just another quality option if you choose.

Enjoy!

**Jack Daw** · 28th January 13, 06:11 AM

Opening night for the opera season is taken to be the most formal evening, which only translates into black-tie semi-formal in Houston. The rest of the season, it's pretty much suit or even sports jacket. So far this season, I have only seen one man wear a white-tie outfit (which included a white business shirt with normal cuffs).

**Llama** · 28th January 13, 06:46 AM

I've talked to some of the folks at the the Lyric Opera in Chicago and they say that weeknights are usually business dress, weekends are semi to formal (though matinees are less so) and opening nights (especially opening of the season and gala events) are as-formal-as-you-can-muster. There's no real dress code, though - they'd rather you come in khakis than not come at all. And theatre and opera folk are usually fairly eccentric, so it's always a good time to dress in kilt, in my opinion.

**Downunder Kilt** · 28th January 13, 01:28 PM

The OP mentioned he was going to an Opera Ball. A night out at the Opera is a different thing

**Tony** · 28th January 13, 01:38 PM

Indeed! Forget I said anything aboput opera at all!

Formal, probably Black tie-ish.

Just about got myself approved for the idea of shelling out for jacket, vest and hose.
I can always justify a new pair of shiny black shoes.
Now do I need another kilt? (rhetorical question, most of us know the answer to that one)

**cck** · 28th January 13, 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by TheOfficialBren

Maybe I'm missing something here but I've always been told that when attending the OPERA it is WHITE tie. When attending the SYMPHONY it is BLACK tie.

I think you would have to go back about 70 years for that to be the case. My wife and I attend several operas each year, numerous black tie opening night dinners, and an occasional opera ball. I can't recall ever seeing anyone in white tie and tails. There is, however, the occasional person who does not follow the "black tie" on the invitation. If someone is in the audience in formal attire, one assumes they have been to a prior event. T-shirts and shorts are a more common sight. Pretty much the same holds for the symphony and the ballet and their associated events. Kilts are unique, but always draw compliments.

**TheOfficialBren** · 28th January 13, 04:27 PM

Originally Posted by cck

I think you would have to go back about 70 years for that to be the case. My wife and I attend several operas each year, numerous black tie opening night dinners, and an occasional opera ball. I can't recall ever seeing anyone in white tie and tails. There is, however, the occasional person who does not follow the "black tie" on the invitation. If someone is in the audience in formal attire, one assumes they have been to a prior event. T-shirts and shorts are a more common sight. Pretty much the same holds for the symphony and the ballet and their associated events. Kilts are unique, but always draw compliments.

Hmm...maybe but also it could vary by region. As for me, I dress as nicely as possible...NEVER jeans and a t-shirt for these sorts of events. I have not attended kilted, though, since I am new to the kilt.

It is not a common rock concert (ironic that I put it that way since I mainly do rock music)...it is more grand and upscale. Treat Serious Music (a broad term for all Classical/Opera/Baroque/Romantic/Post-Romantic musics) with the highest respect and it will enhance your image and enrich your life.

BTW, we should also note that we Americans are (painfully at times) casual with pretty much every thing. For example, every other country with a "president" as its head of state styles their president "His Excellency." The practice died out in the US in the very early 1800s and was replaced with the pseudo-egalitarian "Mr President."