Day and evening sporrans

[OC Richard]

In the circumstances you suggest then your day sporran will do nicely and is perfectly acceptable.

This day/evening attire thing can be a tad misleading. For example it is perfectly acceptable( correct even) to wear a tweed day kilt jacket, day sporran, etc., when taking the wife out for a quiet informal dinner in the evening, or an informal evening drinks do and so on.

Thanks for that Jock. As always it's valuable to get your perspective.

It's interesting to note differences between American and Scottish levels of formality. I've seen a large number of vintage (c1920-c1960) photos taken in Scotland of weddings in which the men present are wearing 'day dress' (Lovat tweed jackets etc). Here, regardless of whether the wedding is held during the morning, afternoon, or evening the men nearly always wear black tuxedos if in 'Saxon' dress or full Evening Dress (black Prince Charlies, fur sporrans, plaids, etc) if in Highland dress.

The brides in the vintage photos showing men in Highland Day Dress are wearing what appear to be ordinary dresses rather than bridal dresses. Here full white bridal dresses are worn at any time of day or night.

Interesting that my in-laws' wedding photos show the groom in an ordinary suit and bride in an ordinary (for the time) dress.

Here, men will wear full Highland Evening Dress for morning church services (such as at a Kirking of the Tartan service) which has always struck me as overdoing it.

However as I've said before I've been hired to pipe at daytime weddings here in which one entire side of the family has flown over from Scotland for the event and the Scotsmen are all in black Prince Charlies or black Argylls with fur sporrans, leaving myself, if wearing Day Dress, somewhat out of step.