Jacket at night

[Drac]

Hi all,

I've been looking at the jackets from USAK.

I go out to the theater and nice dinners quite often. Now the PC is more than a bit over the top for most of these events. Seems the argyle would be too. The most of the sites and post list the tweed jackets as day wear.

What do you wear when you want a jacket at night but don't want to go over the top?

Jim

[CMcG]

I think a tweed jacket would be perfectly traditional for the occasions you're talking about. In the Highlands, any type of tweed would do but one might select their newer jacket (rather than a well-worn one) for a nice dinner or the theatre. In North America, the charcoal or other dark tweed seems to have more currency as a dressier fabric.

[Jock Scot]

You could search for my thread "the Tweed argyll"----perhaps some cleaver fellow will do the link thingy?. However don't be confused by the term "day wear". The tweed argyll is perfectly acceptable and proper to wear to informal but smart events in the evenings(think lounge/business suit). So think a quiet dinner with the wife/girlfriend, informal drinks do, that sort of thing.

[Drac]

Thanks.

The Tweed argyll

Jim

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

What Jock just said, in spades.

[Drac]

Thanks again. Read throught the thread.

This started with the going out but was also thinking about getting a matching kilt but the wife invocked the veto. She thinks it would look to dress like. Funny she will allow it to be done in pin strip like this -



(I figured if I invoked Hamish I was less likely to get linched )

She does want me to try the waist coat without the jacket look. While I've seen this in a few pubs here in the US I don't see that very often on the forums. Would this also be a smart look or more of a casual at the pub look?

Jim

[Joshua]

She does want me to try the waist coat without the jacket look. While I've seen this in a few pubs here in the US I don't see that very often on the forums. Would this also be a smart look or more of a casual at the pub look?

Jim

That's because the majority of our members seem to hail from areas that aren't sub-tropicals...

Shirt + Waistcoat + Kilt is my preferred attire for smart dress for the majority of the year in Florida. I have an argyle now, but don't think it's gonna get much wear time outside of air-conditioned indoor events or winter formal events.

[Drac]

That's because the majority of our members seem to hail from areas that aren't sub-tropicals...

Shirt + Waistcoat + Kilt is my preferred attire for smart dress for the majority of the year in Florida. I have an argyle now, but don't think it's gonna get much wear time outside of air-conditioned indoor events or winter formal events.

Texas definitely falls into the category but I will qualify that I go out of my way to spend as little time outside as possible, especially in the 100+ summer

Well Hamish is a trend setter by any standard, and he has many years of experience wearing the kilt to be at ease with what he wears. Make no mistake though, the outfit he is wearing, in your picture, is far from the norm of what those who do not have Hamish's knowledge and confidence might understand. And that understanding probably gets watered down every mile further away from the UK'S shores you are. My advice is to seriously stick with, or maybe purchase, a tartan kilt and appropriate attire so that those that do not understand the kilt, might in there depths of their brain, at least attach some sort of vague reasoning and acceptance to tartan.

Just posing a few thoughts, that's all.

I do have more tartan kilts than non-traditional materials. The tartan ones get worn the most but the casual ones (solid and camo) actually get less attention here in the US than the tartan ones. I imagine that they don't go over very well in Scotland.

Maybe the cultural divide is wider than the ocean that separates the two places.

Back on to topic, the coat will be in the future. Not sure how long but I do want one for evenings when just a polo or shirt and tie just aren't enough.

Thanks,
Jim

[Dale Seago]

Back on to topic, the coat will be in the future. Not sure how long but I do want one for evenings when just a polo or shirt and tie just aren't enough.

For something a bit unusual versus tweed, you might consider this:

http://stores.channeladvisor.com/Sti...0Kilt%20Jacket

I have one and not only is it very soft and supple lambskin, it's incredibly lightweight. I think it would do very well for a warm climate.

[Spartan Tartan]

She does want me to try the waist coat without the jacket look. While I've seen this in a few pubs here in the US I don't see that very often on the forums. Would this also be a smart look or more of a casual at the pub look?

Jim

I think the waistcoat without a jacket is perfectly fine. It looks smart and dresses it up a bit more than a polo shirt--regardless of trousers or kilt. And of course, if your wife thinks it will look good...it will probably look good ( to her at least, and isn't that what matters ).