IDEAL v. BUDGET

[Bugbear]

... 7) Sporran (evening wear)-- With a four-in-hand tie either the muskrat or brass cantle sporran. With black tie wear either a silver mounted skin sporran (seal, leopard, bobcat, etc. but not rabbit fur or anything else "fuzzy") or a silver mounted horsehair sporran.

That's what I was refering to. It was new information to me, so I wanted a clarification on the full mask skunk sporran.

[Nick the DSM]

Would it be overkill for daywear to use Lewis hose or is that strickly eveningwear?

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Yo Ted!

There is nothing wrong with a rabbit fur sporran for black tie-- it's just that in "the ideal world" something that isn't "fuzzy"-- like sheared beaver, sable, or ermine-- would be a cost-no-object option.

[McMurdo]

Would it be overkill for daywear to use Lewis hose or is that strickly eveningwear?

I wear Lewis Hose for day wear often as do I'd say many of us who own them. They would not be overkill at all, having said that they are one option that is readily available that do work with evening wear.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Would it be overkill for daywear to use Lewis hose or is that strickly eveningwear?

Hola amigo! This isn't carved in stone on the face of a cliff somewhere in the Grampians, but generally speaking tartan, argyle, or diced hose are an evening wear item. The exception would be an ultra-formal daytime event-- a levee or coronation come to mind-- for most other "jacket and tie" events held before 6PM solid, dark coloured hose are your best choice. Now this is honestly a fairly recent convention and you will easily find lots of photos taken before WWII of men in civilian attire wearing diced hose, similar to those worn by golfers in "Plus Fours". I personally think this looks rather smart-- buy you'd probably really need to be wearing a jacket and tie to pull it off.

(I have possibly mis-read your post-- by "Lewis hose" were you referring to hose in MacLeod of Lewis tartan?)

[McMurdo]

MoR
I read it as Hawick brand hose from the House of Chevot in the Lewis line as sold by Matt at the STM
http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/hose_lewis.htm

I am wearing my yellow pair here

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Well those are just kickass bitchin' socks and are an A+ for day wear!

[McMurdo]

Well those are just kickass bitchin' socks and are an A+ for day wear!

High praise indeed thanks Scott.

[Bugbear]

Yo Ted!

There is nothing wrong with a rabbit fur sporran for black tie-- it's just that in "the ideal world" something that isn't "fuzzy"-- like sheared beaver, sable, or ermine-- would be a cost-no-object option.

Thanks for clearing that up.

* I had considered a Mcmurdo style skunk sporran.

* Oops, I forgot about the Celtic Croft sporran.

It was my understanding, after I bought the sporran, that a black tie sporran should have fur with a metal cantle. I think Panache has a picture back there. It's black leather with the chromed cantle, and has leather leafe work of some sort on the front.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Thanks for clearing that up.

It was my understanding, after I bought the sporran, that a black tie sporran should have fur with a metal cantle. I think Panache has a picture back there. It's black leather with the chromed cantle, and has leather leafe work of some sort on the front.

While most evening wear sporrans do have a metal cantle, a lot of them don't-- most full mask fur sporrans don't have any cantle at all. There is also no hard and fast rule that requires evening sporrans to be fur or hair-- I've seen (and admired) both velvet and leather evening sporrans. About the only custom one needs to observe regarding a dress sporran, is that it should (probably) be fancier than one worn "oot an' aboot" during the day.