Formal Kilt Oufit - Help!

[Canadian_Kilt]

I agree that looks fantastic!

[Chef]

Looks Great!

[The Guy in the Kilt at UC]

I though I would resurrect this thread to get your opinion on the cummerbund. I just bought an Eton jacket from Buckskin to wear to my wedding. My fiancée likes the way I look in a cummerbund. What do you think? Obviously I have no choice by now , but I'm curious what you all think of it.

[McMurdo]

I though I would resurrect this thread to get your opinion on the cummerbund. I just bought an Eton jacket from Buckskin to wear to my wedding. My fiancée likes the way I look in a cummerbund. What do you think? Obviously I have no choice by now , but I'm curious what you all think of it.

I'd say get a three button waistcoat and forget the cummerbund. Unless you are wearing pants, then by all means wear it.

[Rex_Tremende]

My fiancée likes the way I look in a cummerbund.

If your fiancée likes it, your wife will too, someday.

Regards,
Rex.

[ScottEPooh]

Being a chubby fellow, I have never liked cummerbunds, they always slide about, and for me, seem to accentuate the middle. I have always liked vests more in general, and so I would probably vote for that here too. Anything to avoid the cumbersome cummerbund....

[Colonel MacNeal]

Cumberbunds just remind me of high school prom - ill clad, uncomfortable, self conscious teenagers. The waistcoat is traditional highland attire and flows with the lines of the Prince Charlie jacket.

[Wompet]

The cummerbund issue has come up before - if I remember correctly, the general consensus was "go with a waistcoat,"
but if you are going to go with a cummerbund, go with one that does not clash with the kilt, make sure that it covers the top of the kilt, and forgo the waistcoat. (You may want to fact check me on this with the search function.)

Of course, you may want to run the kilt/cummerbund combination idea past your fiancee. She may like you in a kilt, she may like you in a cummerbund, but the two together ...

[Big Mikey]

Whilst making your decision, remember the old adage..............

"Happy wife, happy life."

[Barclay]

I've worn cummerbunds with a kilt twice - both times as a member of a wedding party, and with an argyle. I think it looks okay, not as nice as a waist coat, but okay. Both times I was "uniformed" with the other groomsmen from the waist up, highland from the waist down. Of course, some places are too hot for a waist coat and jacket, and while it's not ideal, I think a non-distracting (preferably black) cummerbund and matching tie is acceptable, especially if your SO likes it.