Cocktail attire was first popularised in the 1920s as women in the US moved into the public social sphere and sought to find more individuality and shed the more confining gender stereotypes of the Edwardian era, Michelle Gabriel, graduate programme director of Glasgow Caledonian New York College says
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As such, for formal day-wear use it generally consists of: [4] [5] Men: Plain superfine wool or barathea black, charcoal or tweed Argyll-, Crail-, and Braemar-style kilt jacket Belt and buckle or five- or six-button waistcoat in matching grey, putty, complementary or tartan material in matching colour Kilt White shirt with turndown collar, French cuffs, and cufflinks Long tie in a single colour or striped regimental style Black brogues (according to some views, brown shoes should never be worn with Highland dress, although such are worn by the royals) Tartan, argyle, diced, or plain coloured dark hose (white and off-white hose should be avoided) Flashes or garter ties Day or horse hair sporran Morning dress sgian-dubh (less intricate than for the full dress and typically made of horn or antler)
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