Scottish Highland Dress
For more details on this topic, see Scottish apparel.Scottish Highland dress may also be worn at events requiring morning dress:
The morning suit version of Highland dress consists of:
- Black (or charcoal) semi-formal kilt jacket in superfine wool or barathea; Argyll-, Crail-, and Braemar-style jackets are suitable
- Five- or six-button waistcoat in black, grey, putty, or tartan
- Kilt
- White shirt with turndown collar, French cuffs, and cufflinks
- Tie in a single colour
- Black brogues
- Tartan, argyle, diced, or dark hose (white and off-white hose should be avoided)
- Flashes or garter ties
- Dress Sporran
- Dress Sgian dubh
Read more about this topic: Morning Dress, Variants
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