What do I NEED?

[thescot]

The outfit you have will dress up or down pretty well with no purchases. You can always put on a dress shirt, tie, and sweater and be pretty spiffy for a little something extra. And tee shirt will work for a really casual, slopping the hogs type of day.

For more dressy events, you will definitely want a nice sporran, dress shoes (I recommend a cap toe as opposed to the wing tips, but that's just me),

and a jacket will eventually be needed unless you really never go dressed up. (I also recommend that you save up for shell cordovan shoes; they'll outlast you.)

An argyl will definitely suffice for "pretty dressy" as well as "not-too-dressy," but I prefer the looks of a tweed like this:

Look at the jacket, not the knucklehead wearing it.

For most of the events I attend, the charcoal tweed is plenty dressy. Except for the occassinal black tie event, it does fine. For black tie I either wear a tux or a PC. If you are prone to going to more dressy events, you might prefer the black argyl.

Good luck, take your time, and buy for quality.

[azwildcat96]

For more dressy events, ... dress shoes (I recommend a cap toe as opposed to the wing tips, but that's just me),

I also prefer a plain black cap toe. Nothing wrong with wing tips, but cap toes are more versatile. Black Docs work well for a casual look too.