Quote Originally Posted by MacMillan of Rathdown View Post
I'll second that. The grey of my morning waistcoat closely matches the stripes in the trousers... what works with a black coat and striped trousers would be out of place with the kilt. Believe me, self-covered buttons are about as wild and crazy as you'll want to go!
Jock and Scott,

Thank you for your replies, they were, in all honesty, what I expected but it's nice to have confirmation.

I noticed that it was hard to discuss the question of Saxon formal wear without bringing in the matching issue - something that is mostly ignored in Highland wear. It also seems that we are at least a little bit schizophrenic about some of the details about the edges, as the grey silk tie called for with the Highland morning dress equivalent is the same as one would wear for Saxon morning dress. It just shows that the whole thing is quite a bit more complicated than most people not acquainted with either, or both, modes of dress would ever understand.

Regards,

Brian