Oh, I wasn't talking about the advice in this thread being part of the confusion. It makes good sense. I was just thinking about another thread where the discussion was on strict rules on sleeve length and jacket cuts and proper ties, but then the answer on color coordination seemed to be that it's a free-for-all.

It's good advice to toss out the American dress code onion and focus solely on the Scots kilt attire onion. That's probably the source of confusion for those of us trying to learn: conflicting/confusing rules between the two.

Some rules seem universal, meaning that they can be applied to kilted attire or non-kilted attire (and some of us don't even know these rules, having never been exposed to them even though we've been wearing p***s all our lives). Other rules between the two onions seem to be at odds. So there's a lot to learn, and again, I thank the older experienced gentlemen for sharing their knowledge.