Fly Plaid at Burns Supper?

[Jock Scot]

If you want to wear a fly plaid then do so. However, many from the "old school" of thinking, on this side of the Atlantic would consider it to be rather excessive, unnecessary and frankly, a damn nuisance. I think many outwith Scotland tend to want to go rather "over the top" with their attire for that particular occasion and unfortunately many have followed suit over here for the event, I think encouraged by the kilt hire industry.

Many who wear the kilt are unaware, or don't appear to grasp that a tweed kilt jacket is the equivalent of a suit in Saxon terms and as such a drop down tie would be the normal choice. At a guess more tweed kilt jackets will be worn on Burns night in Scotland, than all the other versions of kilt jackets lumped together. Yes of course there will be formal Burns do's as well which will be black tie events, but they will be in the minority.