Black tie and white tie for kilts?

[Spartan Tartan]

I did something similar. Apologies for quality of the picture, it is a photo of a slide.

This is a fantastic photo.

[Jack Daw]

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[Jack Daw]

My personal explanation of black tie versus white tie.

Black tie: You get to dress like James Bond.
White tie: You get to dress like the Monopoly Guy.

Coincidentally, I just summed up my personal motives for buying and wearing both outfits.

Actually, the Monopoly guy is wearing morning dress. I liken the white tie to Count Dracula.

[Highwayman]

By God, he is indeed wearing morning dress. What about the Penguin? No, looks like they downgraded him to black tie as well...Attached is a picture of me last Friday wearing white tie for the first time. Yes, I looked like I was headed off to conduct a symphony.

[kiltedtom]

TPA, that is a great photo of you and your wife. Congratulations on a wonderful day.

Jack, so, are you saying that white ties are for dead people who do not stay dead? (By the way, loved Dracula, movies and book.) Have a good week.

[artificer]

As always, the Black Tie Guide (which also includes White Tie info) is a great place to start.

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[MacRobert's Reply]

I agree Artificer. A few minor issues overall but the white tie section nails it.

[tpa]

This is a fantastic photo.

TPA, that is a great photo of you and your wife. Congratulations on a wonderful day.

Thanks @Spartan Tartan and @kiltedtom. We were very lucky, both church and adjacent castle dated from early 12th century, so made a great photographic background. It was a good many years ago now (35).

[Steve Ashton]

In reply to the Black Tie Guide referenced in a previous post. I would hardly count this as a reference source for wearing the kilt when they say in their opening paragraph -

"Scottish evening dress traces its roots back to the seventeenth century and is as diverse as Anglo-American black tie, if not more so. Consequently, this page is only intended to serve as an introduction to the topic. It does so by repeating the descriptions in the Wikipedia "Highland Dress" article (which has improved considerably since the previous edition of the Guide) "

The section on highland dress in the Wikipedia article was actually edited into the Wikipedia article long after it was written by an X Marker who I don't think is even active here any more.

[Glen]

In reply to the Black Tie Guide referenced in a previous post. I would hardly count this as a reference source for wearing the kilt when they say in their opening paragraph -

"Scottish evening dress traces its roots back to the seventeenth century and is as diverse as Anglo-American black tie, if not more so. Consequently, this page is only intended to serve as an introduction to the topic. It does so by repeating the descriptions in the Wikipedia "Highland Dress" article (which has improved considerably since the previous edition of the Guide) "

The section on highland dress in the Wikipedia article was actually edited into the Wikipedia article long after it was written by an X Marker who I don't think is even active here any more.

Wikipedia is community based and dependent upon the community to edit.

I added elements a couple years ago, and apparently started the talk page at that time as well, decrying the previous information. Little has been added on the talk page to discuss material, just, as always, wanting more.

Currently, there is a request for information to be added concerning ladies highland dress, which would be a bread addition, if anyone feels so motivated. Lots of material could be gleaned from the forms...


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