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[Father Bill]

At my age I have little wish to get involved with major formal evening attire events. No puff! I do still dress for dinner at home on occasion and for dinner with friends too, often after a days shooting. For that I wear a black barathea silver buttoned argyle(BBSBA), which also does for formal day attire(morning coat equivalent) as well.

In the past at different times, I have happily worn a sheriffmuir, one black and one Rifleman green to the less common more top of the range formal events, but I have usually found, especially these days, a BBSBA is as versatile a formal jacket that I have ever needed. Many of my friends and acquaintances tend to go along that course too, but a PC is not an unusual sight.

Yup.

I own a dark tweed (most events) a BBSBA for formal events and a Sheriffmuir for over-the-top events. That's more than plenty for me. Frankly, I could probably survive without the Sheriffmuir, but I like the way its collar mirrors my clerical collar.

[McMurdo]

I have to say that Day wear has changes little if at all in my lifetime, that is if we are talking Traditional Kilt wear here. I was lucky enough to get an "Argyll" jacket that dates back to 1894 a couple of years ago, here it is.



The thing is that while this is 126 years old it still works in this day and age. Another example is an Argyll I got from 1931 so this one is 89 years old, there is very little difference between this jacket and waistcoat and one made this year, save perhaps the buttons and the fact that the older jacket has horsehair inside it.



Contrast those with this modern jacket that I purchased a couple of years ago for a friends wedding and I think you'll see not much has changed in a hundred years or so

[jviss]

Thanks for the replies all. McMurdo, those are fine looking jackets. I have a Lovat green argyle tweed jacket and waistcoat that are at least 55 years old. It was my father's. It's still in solid condition, never worn much at all over all those years, and was protected against moths. I like the genuine stag horn buttons and gauntlet sleeves, although it would be big job to short the sleeves even a bit, which I would prefer (I think it would best be done at the shoulder.) That said, it's fine as-is.