Originally Posted by
Drac
The tie was ok but will take a bit more work to get even.
You look very nicely turned out. Well done. 
I commend you for jettisoning the white hose and fly plaid.
Don't worry too much about getting your tie perfect. A slight jaunty mussiness is the hallmark of a hand-tied bow tie - it will never have the perfect proportion of a pre-tied one, and it isn't meant to. Over time, you'll develop your own particular way of tying and wearing it. I think it came out quite well.
The only advice I would add for next year is, as the budget allows, pick up a nice evening sporran. Also, just FYI, if you're interested, you don't have to wear a wing-collar shirt if you don't want to - all my formal shirts (both of them - I don't wear black tie /that/ often ) have a lay down collar, and I just find it more comfortable.
"To the make of a piper go seven years of his own learning, and seven generations before. At the end of his seven years one born to it will stand at the start of knowledge, and leaning a fond ear to the drone he may have parley with old folks of old affairs." - Neil Munro
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