I strongly recommend USAKilts PV kilts for summer warm weather wear. Here in the DC area, it gets quite humid and hot late June-early September. While a 4-5 yard wool kilt is not unbearable, one of Rocky's PV kilts is down right comfortable. And they hold their pleat and shape well. I own several. You cannot tell the material from 13 oz wool from any distance that non-intimate friends should be seeing your kilt!