Seeking more opinions about White Tie and a velvet Sheriffmuir

[Carlo]

To have a doublet / jacket made in velvet is very formal. Also very formal is to wear a fly plaid with a brooch. Pair the two together and you are pinning velvet with a brooch frequently. Seems to me this will destroy velvet rather quickly. For those who have had to deal with this issue, how do you get around it?

This little film by Rocky might help: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xH44F9o25U

No experiance with white tie, but I think a black waistcoat with the black Sheriffmuir would look great.