I would probably find the walking cane to be more unusual than the dinner jacket, but perhaps that is due to the stereotyped "pimp" connotations of a walking cane over here.
Not sure what you mean by "black tie events." If you are wearing a dinner jacket, isn't it a black tie event, even if its only having dinner?
That's precisely what I don't understand: people do not mind the walking cane (and it is the silver topped sort) but do mind the dinner jacket.
I suppose it would be tacky to ask if you have an attractive woman on each arm ...
I only ever have an attractive woman on one arm, and due to it always being the same one I hope any pimp connotations are lost
The same woman or the same arm?
Usually both are the same because the lady carries her bag on her left hand side meaning it is more comfortable for me to be on her right.