To plaid or not to plaid.....thats the question??

[DyerStraits]

As for formal wear changing, I hate that it has and despite my wife telling me I was born in the wrong century, I will fight kicking and screaming the demise of formal wear.

I could not agree more. To Plaid Or Not Plaid would be a far less agonizing decision if everyone else would dress more formally when/where more formality is due. As the late James Coburn complained in an interview shortly before his death regarding the current crop of Hollywood Leading Men, "Nobody has style anymore". This is yet another reason why, when in doubt, I tend to overdress rather than underdress--it's a potential opportunity to subtly and silently goad the Habitually Casual into making a bit more effort to be a bit better turned out.