"Brigadoonery"? "TCHD"? Who decides?

[Tobus]

I believe it is actually Tobus wearing the pith helmet in the blazing Texas sun near the end of our THCD guide, although Panache deserves credit for being the Xmarks pioneer of that style ith:

To be technical, what I am wearing is a straw sun helmet (purchased at my local Whole Earth Provision store), not a true pith helmet. Jamie still remains the king of the pith helmet.

I have been very busy with work and personal stuff lately, so I haven't been on the forum as much. I was sort of surprised to see my photo with the sun helmet included in the THCD thread. If you notice my posture and facial expressions in these photos, along with the pipe that I rarely ever smoke, you will see that I was attempting a bit of comedy (in a pseudo-Professor Elemental way). To be honest, I have never worn that sun helmet in public, and the only time I have worn it with the kilt was for these photos.

That said, the sun helmet is a very practical piece of headwear here in the hot South-Central Texas sun. It provides shade while still allowing plenty of ventilation above my scalp. It's a "hard" straw weave that sits over my head with an air gap, much like a hard hat. I've been known to wear it while I'm sitting on a tractor all day, shredding pastures in the sun (when I'm wearing overalls, not a kilt). But yes, if I were to wear it out and about with a kilt, I would personally feel like it was a bit of a costume, even if it's practical. My Tilley hat is usually my preference for that reason.

So I have mixed feelings on it being called THCD. A practical adaptation of kilt attire, perhaps, with a nod towards military use (or even civilian use in tropical climes), but not really traditional Highland wear.