Bow tie is fine...
unless you have some aversion to the bow tie, I'd say it's quite proper and will look dashing. I think that a three button low cut vest looks a bit out of place with an Argyll jacket. I'd stick with the higher vest. A low cut vest, probably in white, is essential for white tie...but then you'd also need a doublet or PC. Your current rig is a bit dressy for semi-formal (though if you lost the tartan hose would be perfect, IMO)...and is perfectly black tie with a turn down collar shirt. Don't listen to those that say "too much tartan". I say that rig is oustanding!
Sporran? Either hair, fur, or leather...so long as it has a chrome / silver cantle...or is the proper type of fur that could serve as either informal or formal.
"If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." -- Thomas Paine
Scottish-American Military Society Post 1921
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