Quote Originally Posted by McMurdo View Post
Is the Burns night you are going to Black Tie? Do you have another jacket to wear? If not, then by all means wear the Prince Charlie jacket without a waistcoat, it has been done before. If it's not black tie then wear an Argyll jacket if you have one, if not perhaps a shirt with a jumper over it, this keeps the outfit casual but still works for many events when not going black tie.
Not black tie, it’s at a local pub, and I expressed my concern to the publican that I might end up being a peacock amongst pigeons, but we both agreed that there are very few times during the year that we can dress up, so why not have fun? I don’t yet own an Argyll, all I have otherwise are blazers and a 1935 tailcoat. I could go with the jumper, but the pub has three straight nights of activities, the next night being Whisky Club and music, and the following being a Celtic multi-instrumentalist, and I don’t want to wear the jumper and kilt three nights straight, preferring to change it up, keeping the kilt each night. So I guess I’ll wear the PC without the waistcoat. Do I still wear a bow tie, or should I switch to a necktie in that case? I would imagine a necktie would look more correct.