In Scotland if the weather is bad enough to need to wear an overcoat, then more often than not a Barbour coat would probably be a common choice. The view here is, that fashion and style take second place to common sense. In fact we do not wear an over covering that often and apart from pipe band use, even an Inverness of any sort is rarely seen.
An interesting point is raised in the first post of this thread that puzzles me and has often puzzled me in the seven or so years that I have been connected to this website. It is this, if wearing the kilt outwith Scotland instantly raises the profile of the wearer and many have commented that it does-------- many have ventured an educated guess in a recent thread where it seems, at best, kilts are scarce outwith Scotland-------, so there you are already stood out like a sore thumb in your kilt attire in a "kilt desert", but then you feel that wearing an Inverness, for example, makes you stand out in a crowd! That I do not understand. Why go to all the trouble to aquire your kilt attire and then wear it in this apparent "kilt desert" and then worry about what overcoat you are going to wear?
Last edited by Jock Scot; 14th January 14 at 09:06 AM.
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