Been a while since I been here. You were all so wonderfully helpful the last time. I had a quick question about outerwear that should be worn with a kilt. For those who don't remember, I'm writing about a character wearing a kilt to a formal ball in early spring of 1902. I do have the book The Kilt and How to Wear It (great resource) but it says nothing of outerwear that I can see. Would one wear a black Inverness coat with the kilt? It does mention that gloves are not required (though Victorian/Edwardian gentlemen did tend to wear them for balls and going outside in any case). And - what about hats? A top hat would look silly. He could wear a tartan "bonnet" as Mr. Erskine notes, but I'm not sure my character would wear a tartan hat to this affair--he's not entirely comfortable yet in his kilt-wearing persona. What is best, a bowler? A Homburg?

Anyway, suggestions are appreciated. Thanks for all your help, it's made my story much more colourful!
--Ann