Quote Originally Posted by pascs View Post
That is not the experience that I have from where I live in Scotland. The majority of men had only one kilt jacket and this was usually black and would be worn to all occasions.
This is very interesting, and possibly highlights older attitudes v newer attitudes, a change in style between generations, or what have you.

By the 1920s Highland Dress had become very compartmentalised/codified with a quite strict delineation between "day/outdoor" dress and "evening" dress. (Things were looser in the 19th century/early 20th century.)

So you have pronouncements, in print, from the 1920s and 1930s as to what is "correct" or "proper" and it is "Harris Tweed, Homespun, or other suitable Tweed, and Blues, Lovats, and Browns" for day/outdoor jackets and black is reserved for the evening.

Our own Jock Scot maintains these traditional attitudes (and he's not alone).

On the other hand, as a piper I have piped at many weddings here in California at which numerous Scottish family members have flown over from Scotland and brought their own Highland Dress with them, and nearly always it is black Argylls or black Prince Charlies, though the weddings are invariably during the day.