Please, if one is to wear a smoking jacket it is rather unseemly to be seen sans Fez.

Smoking jackets may not be [I]de rigeur[I], but I do think that they can cut a dash on slightly less formal occasions. I can thoroughly recommend Cadogans in Winchester (near gieves and thieves) for some fine examples, and other splendid chaps' accoutrements.

Would it be appropriate to grow some substantial Bugger Grips to compliment the attire?

Originally Posted by Mr_Deputy

Would it be appropriate to grow some substantial Bugger Grips to compliment the attire?

It would be considered rude not to!

As much as I quite like the idea of owning a smoking jacket, I can't justify the expense for something that I will never where.

Now.....a bowler hat and cane is a different story entirely!

Originally Posted by PrinceAlbert

It would be considered rude not to!

As much as I quite like the idea of owning a smoking jacket, I can't justify the expense for something that I will never where.

Now.....a bowler hat and cane is a different story entirely!

Cane? CANE! Correct accessory is a tightly furled umbrella*


*and NB always check the umbrella before unfurling. If one does not one might find that one's fellow Subalterns have filled it with talcum powder, confetti or ripped up grot mags, which can cause red faces on Cavalry Sunday.

Originally Posted by CaptainPlume

Cane? CANE! Correct accessory is a tightly furled umbrella*


*and NB always check the umbrella before unfurling. If one does not one might find that one's fellow Subalterns have filled it with talcum powder, confetti or ripped up grot mags, which can cause red faces on Cavalry Sunday.

(Ahh memories. Respirator haversacks + loosened filters + everyone's combined mars bar / yorkie wrappers + gas drill = much mirth. 'Jack In A Box.' Teach people to check their kit.)

Originally Posted by richy4

When is it correct/allowable to wear a smoking or velvet jacket for an evening function?

As a slight side note would you wear normal dinner jacket trousers with the jacket?

I think a suit of armour would look much cooler.

Originally Posted by CaptainPlume

Cane? CANE! Correct accessory is a tightly furled umbrella*


*and NB always check the umbrella before unfurling. If one does not one might find that one's fellow Subalterns have filled it with talcum powder, confetti or ripped up grot mags, which can cause red faces on Cavalry Sunday.

I must admit attending my first Cavalry Parade with a monumental hangover I was convinced the whole thing was a wind up, somewhat compounded by a WPC on the cordon asking if I was marching, I did resist biting along the lines "no I wander round Hyde Park in Bowler with brolly every fucking sunday morning....." mainly on the grounds my head was spliting.

Plume

Are you a desciple of the Green Suit?

Umbrella with a bowler? Surely as a hat for the country, the correct accopaniment to a bowler is a Purdey over-under.

Originally Posted by Mattb

Umbrella with a bowler? Surely as a hat for the country, the correct accopaniment to a bowler is a Purdey over-under.

Isn't an over-under considered a bit Del Boy? Surely a classic side-by-side or nothing?